As to the OP question, yes - no question he has (so far) made the team. The only question is where to put him in the lineup.
Was hoping someone: Poirier, Lazar, Pribyl? would step up and run with a RW spot. But it hasn't happened. I think Lazar can be a good player on the defensive side, but we need another offensive RW.
So I'll throw it back out on the table. Jagr. It makes the lines so much deeper:
Gaudreau - Monahan - Ferland
Tkachuk - Bennett Jagr
Frolik - Backlund - Lazar
Versteeg - Jankowski - Brouwer
Stajan, Hathaway
With our D, and with good or even decent goaltending, that lineup can win the cup
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