Now, it's no question that they were historically bad in 19-20. But there is hope. I'm astronomically high on Veleno and Seider. The former has 2C potential while the latter has number 1 potential IMO. This leads me to my x-factor for them: the younger players such as Veleno, Zadina and Seider need to make a good/great impact right away.

Cause I mean let's get real here the only 3 new player who could play relatively prominent roles are Stecher on the PK, Greiss to help Bernier and Namestnikov to help the middle six. I don't see Merrill as anything more than a number 7 and Ryan's a 3rd/4th liner at this point in time.

I do expect a breakout season from Larkin and Bertuzzi, so there's that for DRW fans.

Here's how I see the lineup:

Zadina-Larkin-Mantha
Fabbri-Namestnikov-Bertuzzi
Rasmussen-Filppula-Ryan
Svechnikov-Nielsen-Helm

Dekeyser-Hronek
Nemeth-Seider
Merrill/Cholowski-Stecher

Bernier
Greiss

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There is going to be a lot of change because half the team is on a 1 year deal and will be traded during the season/trade deadline.

I think the lines are going to be more like below.

Bertuzzi/larkin/mantha
Namenstinkov/fabbri/zadina
Filppula/gagner/ryan
Helm//lgd/erne
Extra f nielsen

Dekeyser/hronek
Nemeth/stecher
Staal/merrill
Extra D Biega

Greiss/bernier

Seider, ras, veleno, all start overseas and don't come back till March after the tdl, then they are all up.

Svech might get a spot in the lineup, still not sure yet
Cholowksi is either traded or starts in ahl

I like what you have here, it's reasonable.

I'm high on Veleno and Seider as well & I'm also very excited for the guys coming up right after them who are looking promising. Berggren, Raymond, Niederbach, Wallinder.

I think @buffbry is a bit closer on what the lineup will look like for two reasons.

- Unfortunately any players we loaned to a SHL team such as Seider & Veleno are under contract for the entire season which ends in March (not including playoffs).
- Bertuzzi Larkin & Mantha have shown great chemistry and should probably stay together unless they can't get on the score sheet.


I could see Fabbri playing center to get more experience but I feel like they brought in Namestnikov to play 2c so we'll see what happens there.
Maybe I'm wrong but I think if Bobby Ryan is playing really well he might earn 2nd line minutes or if/when injuries come into play. I have high hopes for him.

It will be a strange season having to play the same 7 teams over and over but I'm still excited for it. Hopefully it's a good rebuild year for the Wings and prospects.

C
51 Valtteri Filppula C
41 Luke Glendening C
71 Dylan Larkin C
81 Frans Nielsen C
LW
43 Darren Helm LW
48 Givani Smith LW
59 Tyler Bertuzzi LW
14 Robby Fabbri LW
RW
39 Anthony Mantha RW
92 Vladislav Namestnikov RW
54 Bobby Ryan RW
27 Michael Rasmussen RW
D
18 Marc Staal D
3 Alex Biega D
24 Jon Merrill D
70 Troy Stecher D