Where do you have Sanford fitting on Montreal? Don't see him fitting in on Montreal and Fleury is one of the very few RHD that we have.

That's one hella expensive 3rd line lol

I like the idea of Bozak and Tarasenko playing together to start but Kyrou has been way too good to bury him on the fourth line. Sundqvist should definitely fill that spot.

I made an ACGM team a few weeks back saying that one of Sanford, Blais, or Barbashev will need to go to make us cap compliant, and it should probably be Sanford because he's prime Seattle fodder otherwise and I think he's pretty overrated at this point and will be the most expensive to keep going forward and won't crack higher than the third line because he has Schwartz (assuming he's extended) and Schenn (who slots in to be a wing long term) on LW ahead of him. He also probably fetches the most in a trade.

https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/2175557

I also don't know if we can justify having both Perron and (to a lesser extent) Hoffman on the top line if they don't start playing better. They should be the guys demoted down the lineup before Schenn and Kyrou, both of whom have played well. Here's how I would configure the lines if Tarasenko came back today.

Schwartz/Schenn - O'Reilly - Hoffman
Schwartz/Schenn - Thomas - Kyrou
Perron - Bozak - Tarasenko
Blais - Barbashev - Sundqvist