If you don't want to play Merrill NYR can trade for him

He doesn't want to play him because he's injured to start the season, genius.

JEE didn't have chemistry with Kap last year. What makes you think they'd suddenly have it now?

Keep Hartman with Kap and Zuccarello, he's at least known to have chemistry with them and produce there.

I would expect one of Duhaime, Gaudreau, Jost or Beckman to play in Greenway's spot to start the year until he comes back.

Beyond that, most of the experimentation and tweaking of the roster will be on the 2nd and 4th lines. The Kaprizov and GREEF lines will be mostly left alone, barring injury.

Shouldn't he be on injury reserve then, genius

Maybe try reading the description first before commenting, genius.

Sure, he could of stuck them on IR. But he literally stated why they weren't in the lineup in his description. Not being lazy and actually bothering to read them would save you a fair bit of trouble and help keep you from looking stupid every once and awhile.

Still that is what is it there for. And no I don't read every description, genius.

By the way, acting like a a-hole isn't that genius, genius

buddy your acting the same way as him don't act like your not being an a hole also

I am giving it back, the same so yeah I do. But I didn't start this dance, buddy

yeah your just proving my point more, you said something the guy came back saying that Merrill is hurt and says more and you get all butt hurt from him, common rangers fan

Butt hurt? Aha you mean that his sarcastic response hurt me... not really. I can't count the time I told people to read my description but I managed so far to do that without pooping on them.

honestly you are the one acting like you have a problem

And as I already said, he could of done it but didn't. He did however say why in the description.

That's on you for not reading it.

And while I don't read them all either, but as long as it's not a novel and typically this short, I read them. Provided one is written. Not reading it is just laziness on your part.

I'm sorry if my annoyance and irritation that someone can't somehow be bothered to spend 5 seconds of their life to read a very short description that has the required information that could of saved them a decent amount of trouble before commenting. I mean, a description that's less than 100 words isn't that difficult to read, now is it?

Either way, coming off as a a-hole while displaying that annoyance means jackall to me.

Thanks for the explanation. No it isn't hard, but even if I write 10 words in description, people don't read. And if the explanation to what they written is in the description I say "read the description" that is it.
When I checked last time the team info on capfriendly Merrill wasn't listed as injured. And therefor I didn't look for info about he being sidelined because of that, I assumed the description was about the trades.

Rossi needs time to adjust the the speed and physical game of the NHL. Start him in a sheltered, bottom-6, o-zone start role so he can get that learning curve with the least amount of pain.

The team can't afford Kap and Boldy together. Boldy is due a new contract and with the dead cap they can't afford him riding Kap's coat tails to a huge season. A ~$4mish x2 bridge deal works for the team, an $8m x 8 doesn't.

Keep the Kap/Hartman/Zucc line together. MN needs Kap to carry the team and they can't afford him starting slow (for him) like he's done the last 2 years.

Boldy with Foligno and JEE would be something to consider. Greenway is drives the GREEF line in the o-zone with his puck possession abilities, he's nothing of note in the d-zone. That is a role Boldy might be able to step into better than anyone else in the lineup. He lacks the physicality of Greenway, but he's a better shooter and passer. It might be a somewhat even tradeoff for that line's +/- numbers.

It leaves a Rossi/Freddy G/Jost 3rd line; which is meh to me. But Jost it's now or never for Jost to show why he was a high draft pick. Yes Rossi on wing, to get acclimated to the NHL game, make his mistakes with a lesser impact, and free him up to focus more on the o-zone game than the d-zone game.

4th line of Duhaime/Dewar/AHL plug. It's a 4th line, play them limited minutes and hope they play even hockey. I hope that Chaffee makes a push to fill that last roster spot, but it could be a few different FWDs. I think Petan is the new Rau for the team and he'll end up filling that spot or be the pressbox guy when the season starts.

https://www.capfriendly.com/player-status/players/jon-merrill

Merrill has literally been on IR since July 6th, he had surgery on his arm back in May and was expected to be out for the start of the season even then.

IIRC Russo has stated that the team believes he'll be back around mid-November at some point. It's why we haven't moved Kulikov despite having eight defenseman. They knew Merrill wasn't going to start the year.

I don’t got a problem I’m just defending a fellow wild fan