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Goriders · 09-10-2021, 06:43 PM

With the recent signings and looking at who has reduced salaries to head to the AHL. Unless there's a trade I think the lineup will be as follows:

Gaudreau Lindholm Tkachuk
Mangiapane Monahan Coleman
Dube Backlund Pitlick
Lucic Richardson Lewis
Gawdin
Ritchie

Hanifin Tanev
Zadorov Anderrson
Valimaki Gudbranson
Stone

Markstrom
Vlader

I'm guessing the odd men out will be Mackey, Kylington, Welinski, Froese. Highly doubt Gallant makes it to the big club unless it's as an AHL call up.

The team got a lot bigger and tougher for sure. Especially on D. Grittier up front as well. In a nutshell more competitive culturally. Not more skilled though.

Remains to be seen if it will work. But this is pretty much what you would have assumed they would do. It's Sutter's recipe.

I figured they would have moved one of Tkachuk and Monahan. But maybe Tkachuk's issues were smoothed over by Sutter and they want to give a healthy Monahan one more shot.

Who knows.

09-10-2021, 06:43 PM	#271
Goriders Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2014 Exp:	With the recent signings and looking at who has reduced salaries to head to the AHL. Unless there's a trade I think the lineup will be as follows: Gaudreau Lindholm Tkachuk Mangiapane Monahan Coleman Dube Backlund Pitlick Lucic Richardson Lewis Gawdin Ritchie Hanifin Tanev Zadorov Anderrson Valimaki Gudbranson Stone Markstrom Vlader I'm guessing the odd men out will be Mackey, Kylington, Welinski, Froese. Highly doubt Gallant makes it to the big club unless it's as an AHL call up. The team got a lot bigger and tougher for sure. Especially on D. Grittier up front as well. In a nutshell more competitive culturally. Not more skilled though. Remains to be seen if it will work. But this is pretty much what you would have assumed they would do. It's Sutter's recipe. I figured they would have moved one of Tkachuk and Monahan. But maybe Tkachuk's issues were smoothed over by Sutter and they want to give a healthy Monahan one more shot. Who knows.