Nope, one spot available for a forward *at the start of the season, barring injury*, and that's it.
I'm skeptical all of Raymond, Backlund, and Jones are going to be good to go on opening night. All have missed a lot of camp and regular practice time. Even if they somehow manage to be, Gaudreau stays. Order of probability of the forwards staying due to injury (from highest to lowest) is then Jooris, Baertschi, then Bennett. Bennet is almost certainly going back to the OHL without any regular season NHL games, and Granlund will start the season in Addy once he's able to return from his concussion.
The probability of forwards being shuffled aside if all four of the healthy bubble young forwards manage to stick are Setoguchi, Jones, Bolling, Byron, McGrattan, and then Bouma.
Last edited by Finger Cookin; 10-03-2014 at 03:34 PM.
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