Holtz will be playing opening night. I'd put him next to Hischier and Bratt and Mercer up to 1st line. Sharangovich down to 3rd line LW centered by Boqvist and Zetty at RW. Tatar traded

on top of this nemec will very likely be starting the season with utica

Honestly, don't like that bc I feel like he's NHL ready but I think Walsh would be fine. Very underrated IMO

I agree, just don't see him starting the season with the big boy club. They probably get him acclimated with utica and then bring him up very quickly tho i can see it happening maybe 4-5 games in

I couldn't see Tatar get moved right now bc of Nemec and their familiarity. No clue if it'll play out that way, but we'll see.

May be underrated but did not show much in his brief 2-3 games on the big team. I know its not enough time but if he's a third pair with Smith, that could be rough. Nemec should get his 8 games but go sign Lybushkin,/Bear/Pysk to solidify the bottom right side. Another thought which I really dont like is slide smith over and let Bahl be his d mate.

Walsh only played 1 game and has higher ceiling than Bahl. Can’t do smith and Walsh. Has to be Smith Severson and Graves Walsh

Forgot he's a countryman, thought of that with Slaf, but you're right, Nemec will play in Tomas' basement with his kids while billeting there.