Vlasic takes the 1st line spot next to Jones IMO...regardless, he's playing for sure unless he gets hurt.

Tinordi will be a 7th man with Phillips, Roos, and Kaiser rotating in the lineup trying to figure out who's the best or top 2 out of those 3.

Dickinson plays 3rd line, he's definitely more than a 4th liner, however Perry is not. Reese Johnson along with Entwistle will regularly rotate in. I don't think Reichel is a center in the league but happy to be proven wrong.

3rd and 4th line are more ice time allocations than labels, and in this case there isn’t much difference. That being said, a line of Foligno - Guttman - Perry would be trash.

Kurashev hopefully has some offensive talent to pair with Guttman while Perry is still serviceable at crashing and banging and finishing infront of the net to support those two young players.

Donato - Dickinson - Foligno is basically a line of the leftovers who are all competent defensively and should hopefully be capable of winning defensive zone draws and getting the puck to centre ice or further.

You may be right about Reichel, but for his development it would probably be best for him in centre as it gives him the most freedom and flexibility, defensive play be damned with this squad. Johnson can help him out there and with faceoffs, while AA’s speed will hopefully complement his.

I honestly wasn’t really sure who to put as 1LD and had half a mind to pencil Tinordi there since he’s the only NHL vet on that side, and I’d be slightly worried at throwing rookies to 22+ minutes a night, but if Vlasic earns that job it would very tidy work for Davidson. Ultimately I left Tinordi on the third pair because plugging a young guy with Zaitsev could possibly be detrimental to their development.

Well said, I completely agree with everything *Except* I think reichel WILL get his shots at Center this season, however I think they'd start him off at AA's wing simply because that's where he lit up the scoresheet last season