Agree. I'd give Knies the opportunity to take ROR's LW spot and shift Acciari down, but more likely that he ends up being a 13th/14th forward option for this year's run before taking on a legit role next year.

So much in the arsenal. I'd start with this. If needed to change it to a shutdown line, you can do that situationally. If needed to change it to loaded top 6, you can also do that situationally. But this would allow us to keep everyone's minutes reasonable for a longer run and create huge matchup problems.

Jarnkrok - Matthews chemistry has really opened more doors for the lineup of late.

People won't like Kerfoot 2LW, but he's fast, smart, defensive, and not afraid to go digging for pucks in the corners. If he'll just shoot the puck a bit more which, he seems to be doing more lately, it's a fine fit. JT needs Marner to be most effective imo.

I'd switch Nylander to the left side to balance out which side gets the most pressure come playoffs... and when needing to go all out:

Jarnkrok-Matthews-Nylander
JT-ROR-Marner
Bunting-Kampf-Acciari
Knies? (Kerfoot if Knies can't handle it)-Lafferty-ZAR