do not Devil my ass
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This looks really decent mate. About the bottom six, I see no point in moving McLeod up to the 3rd line. He held his own and found some success on the 4th, its such a speedy line that breakaways are an inevitability. But like Wood I think he is a poor contributor on a line prioritizing possession of the puck over a simpler game like forcing turnovers, rushing the neutral zone and dump & chase. What I'm saying is that McLeod is such a limited player I have a hard time seeing him succeed in a different context, so don't break him and Wood up. I don't think McLeod is gonna develop much further as an NHLer anyhow.
Following this line of reasoning, you'd have to scratch Jankowski which seems fine to me. If he makes the team he'd be an adequate 13th forward, may beat out McLeod for 4C.
Using your players, this means that the 3C spot would go to either Boqvist or Kuokkanen with Boqvist having the first go at it, he looked really good at 3C at the the end of last season.
I don't think AJ was bad at all last season relative to the team, just stupendously snakebit. If none of the forward prospects make the team right away from training camp, I'd want him to play 3RW with Boqvist at center and Kuokkanen on the left, or at the very least play him at 4RW over studenic.