starting lineup

Fantastic!

Not bad, but a few things.

Anderson-Dolan is going to play this season in Juniors, and Clague is going to spend one season in Ontario. Neither will be on the roster this season.

Switch Brown and Kovalchuk. Brown and Kopitar just had career seasons with Brown playing on the right. They're not going to mess with that.

Stevens has been quoted saying that they like Kempe at center and that they're likely going to move Vilardi to wing to start. Additionally, Iafallo has never played RW in his career, only LW and C. The third line is going to be Iafallo at LW, Kempe at C, and Vilardi at RW, assuming Vilardi doesn't have a setback at training camp that prevents him from making the team.

That leaves the 4th line as Clifford, Thompson, and Lewis. The alternates will be Brodzinski and Amadio.

Blake was just quoted last week saying that LaDue has earned a chance to get a regular spot in the lineup, so look for him to take the right pairing defensive spot instead of Clague. He and Brickley will alternate as the healthy scratch.