ok so here's some obvious lineup tweaks that need to be made:
firstly, id say these last few games have proven its well past time zibby gets to play on the left circle on the powerplay, panarin isn't as good a shooter and would be much better suited playing on the dot or the right side. zibby has maybe the 3rd best left dot onetimer in the league behind ovi and stammer, why not use it? the 2nd powerplay unit is alright, they're still forming chemistry but since our pp1 is so good we can just give the 2nd unit some time to gel.
the second tweak is a bit more risky, but from the way lafreniere has played the last few games, i think it's pretty clear he needs to continue on the 2nd line, even if it means moving to his offwing. his time from the 3rd line has definitely carried over since he's played exceptionally well defensively on the 2nd line, but he's also forming some chemistry with strome, and if you throw panarin into the mix it's a perfect recipe for a full on breakout. it could also be a terrible idea, in which case we can just have goody fill in on the 2nd line while looking for a top 6 rental. another idea would be to move lafreniere back to the 1st line, with kreider shifting to the RW, but seeing how well kakko is doing with zibby and kreids its probably a bad idea having him move again.
maybe its weird to move goodrow down after he's scored 3 goals, 5 points in 3 games, but if laffy works out in the top 6, the best option would be to place him alongside chytil and gauthier. goodrow will of course be the number 1 option to fill in to the top 6, but i think with goodrows newfound "offensive confidence" it could offensively spark that 3rd line, and give us a very deep team. this would move hunt down to the 4th line, which im fine with. he's been pretty solid as a placeholder on the 2nd line, but he's best utilized as a 4th liner with offensive upside.
another option would be reuniting the goodrow rooney reaves line, moving hunt to the 3rd line, depending on how the production looks.
the rest of the lineup is pretty much the same. i did switch hajek with lundkvist, but that 3rd dpairing is really hard to judge. i just think its worth a shot. another thing worth noting is that a rental would slot into either:
1. the RW on the 2nd line, moving laffy to the 3rd line
2. the 2C spot moving strome to the RW and laffy to the 3rd line
3. the 1st line LW, moving kreider to the RW, kakko to the 2nd line, and laffy to the 3rd. (depending on recent performances/injuries of course)