Kaprizov--Hartman--Zuccarello
Johansson--Eriksson-Ek--Boldy
Foligno-Gaudreau--Sundqvist
Shaw/Duhaime--Dewar/Steel--Reaves

Middleton--Spurgeon
Brodin--Dumba
Merrill/Goligoski--Klingberg

Klingberg has been worse then Dumba this year. And not just because he's been on a bad team. His numbers are legitimately brutal.

Klingberg's awful numbers are a big reason why I tried to protect him with Brodin. He's still got some offensive upside that would be helpful.

But yeah all speculation until we start seeing some games, so TBD

I have Dewar, Shaw, Steel, Addison, and Goli in the pressbox if everyone (Nyquist included) is healthy.

I do too with the exception of Goose over Merrill. That's just my own personal preference, though. If I'm going for accuracy, you'd be correct in that it's almost certainly Merrill over Goose if/when the entire group is healthy.

Nyquist I left out on purpose due to his uncertain timeline.

I was looking more at the Playoffs lineup not the next game. They need to sit Brodin and Foligno until they are healthy.

This is somewhere between next game and playoffs. They need to rest, but I don't anticipate them being on the shelf until literally game 1.

This would be the team 1-2 weeks from now for the remainder of the year (assuming no other injuries).

I think both of Foligno and Brodin are more injured than what has been said. Sit them until April 1st and see where they are in the standings. Get them a few games to knock the rust off before the Playoffs start and role from there.

The WC spot that plays the Pacific is the spot I want to be in for the Playoffs. MN has better goalies than all of those teams and none of them are very good. Both DAL and WIN have better goalies than MN. COL if they can get healthy is just better overall.

Yeah solid points - I can get on board with that.

What would you run for a forward lineup once playoffs start (assuming everyone including Nyquist is healthy)?

Just on paper because I have no clue how they'll all mesh.

Kap/Hartman/Zucc
Nyquist/Freddy G/Boldy
MarJo/JEE/Duhaime
Foligno/Sundquist/Reaves

Brodin/Dumba
Middleton/Spurgeon
Merrill/Klingberg

MAF/Gus (I'd have Gus as the starter, but the team will go with MAF)