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What's Your Opening Night Line-Up?


EZRider

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Set Lines: (barring Zibaneheadache)

Kreider-Zib-Buch

Panarin-Strome-Kakko

Lafreniere-Chytil-Gauthier

 

4th line will rotate.

PDG/Lemieux/Howden/Rooney/Blackwell

I'm guessing PDG- Rooney - Howden for game 1

 

Set:

Lindgren-Fox

 

Practiced Yesterday:

Miller-Trouba

Johnson-AdA

 

 

Shesterkin

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Set Lines: (barring Zibaneheadache)

Kreider-Zib-Buch

Panarin-Strome-Kakko

Lafreniere-Chytil-Gauthier

 

4th line will rotate.

PDG/Lemieux/Howden/Rooney/Blackwell

I'm guessing PDG- Rooney - Howden for game 1

 

Set:

Lindgren-Fox

 

Practiced Yesterday:

Miller-Trouba

Johnson-AdA

 

 

Shesterkin

Actually, now that I think about it, I don't see a scenario where Smith doesn't play. They probably just giving Johnson as long a look as possible.
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There are some wildcards here that will impact the day-to-day lineup

 

1 - There's going to be some kind of defense rotation in the bottom pair with Johnson, Smith, and Bitteto. Bitteto has to play 19 games so he can be exposed in the expansion draft, which I believe to be the intent.

2 - I think Libor Hajek needs to get a good cup of coffee here too. He's really in a "shit or get off the pot" situation. I wouldn't be shocked if he somehow finds his way on.

3 - Because of our cap situation (because of the bonus overage, we're almost right at the cap), because there's no team who will step in and take on the contract, and because the taxi squad counts as being buried if you clear waivers - I'm thinking Brendan Smith finds his way there sooner rather than later. That creates some cap savings and gives the Rangers some maneuverability for the year (even if it's just the million or so savings).

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