The roster is almost full with little to no holes. Last year was kinda similar but I would say that Klapka kind of took over that surprise entry.
If we take a look at the forwards, we currently have the following penciled in :
Huberdeau-Kadri-Coronato
Zary-Frost-Sharky
Farabee-Backlund-Coleman
Fourth line being a combination of Lomberg, Pospisil, Kirkland and Klapka.
With all that being said, the sole opening I can see at forward being up for grabs is the 4th line centre role. The contenders for such role would be Kerins (doesn't really fit the bill as we all expect him to eventually make the jump, Honzek (recently played centre but isn't an unknown commodity, Morton and King. Only King would really adhere to Josh Jooris like status.
On the backend, we have the following :
Hanley-Weegar
Bahl-Anderson
Bean-Pachal
Now, I fully expect for there to be a move at defense. Parekh is going to need minutes in order to play his game. With everything swirling around Anderson, he will likely be the man to be moved. If Anderson isn't moved, I would expect for Weegar to move back to the left side and have them run with the following :
Weegar-Anderson
Bahl-Parekh
Hanley-Pachal
For d-men there are a plethora of defenders who could play 5/6 roles such as : Solo, Kuznetsov, Grushnikov and Brzustewic. Brzustewicz has top 4 potential though and I would prefer having him hone in on his game in the minors before being sent up. Each of Solo, Kuz and Grush wouldn't be all that of a surprise to come in and steal a spot though so I don't really view them as a Josh Jooris type. If a player like Morin came in and had a big camp and stole a role I would be very surprised but other than him I don't think there is anyone who truly fits the bill.
In goal, no one fits the bill.
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