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At special teams, whatd id like to see: PP1: Debrincat - Larkin - Kane Raymond - Seider No explanation needed. Our 5 best offensive players. Dont overthink it. Just let em cook. PP2: Finnie - Kasper - Compher MBN - ASP The young studs. Let em be young wild n creative. This is our future. Go build chemistry together boys. Uncle Compher will chaperone. ASP's ability to walk a blue line MBN's slapper could be a deadly one two for years. PK1: Copp - Appleton Chiarot - Seider PK2: Compher - Ras Edvinsson - AJo First and foremost, Ras is approaching being done with this team. He's being phased out. Appleton is the better PKer and it's hard to justify Ras in anything other than a 4th line role in regular minutes. He still has more value than Bergs n Soder as a PKer though.

Genborg is underrated. When we drafted him he seemed like a safe pick, but he has all the tools and is way ahead of his same aged peers. Like you say - just like MBN - hes bigger stronger faster, and playing with men. At 18. Lotta hope for him.

Wow, Holl and Gustafsson on waivers.

This waiver wire announcement made me happy. Todd said gotta earn it and warned vets they needed to step it up..... Baby lions eventually take over the older lions and we are progressing to a lot of baby lions in the lineup sooner than later. My biggest question is where does Daniel-Son fit after he is healed as it sounded like he was being penciled in before the injury

Im expecting this: Finnie - Larkin - Raymond Debrincat - Kasper - Kane Copp - Compher - MBN JVR - Ras - Appleton Berggren/Soderblom I expect Berg + Soder + JVR + Ras + Appleton - and to some extent MBN and Finnie if they falter - to all ride pine at some point. I think Finnie and MBN will be given more than fair oppurtunity to prove they deserve the spots they just won. A lot of the rest will be a dog fight. JVR has the advantage of being a seasoned leader who can play up n down a line up as a powerforward... Appleton has the advantage of being a premier penalty killer on special teams... These two will be hard to knock out of the lineup for Bergs n Soderblom. Elmer is big and shows flashes of brilliance... but hes got to learn to use that size or else hes just a big AA with flashes of nifty goals.... berggren same thing, lack of physicality, and we have no room for pedestrians. And this: Chiarot - Seider Edvinsson - JBD Johansson - ASP Hamonic Seider and Ed have big workoads ahead of them, with pretty meh partners. But through flame they will be forged harder. I expect AJo and ASP to start the season sheltered, but with every oppurtunity to unseat Chiarot and JBD in the top 4. Both, and JBD, may have to sub out at times for Hamonic, Gus, Holl. IMO defense is still our weakest position. But AJo and ASP could change that as soon as this year...

Albert Johansson, Though I wish it were Chiarot Bye bye Gust and Holl, Hello Finnie, MBN and ASP.