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1. 5th or 6th, likely in the conversation for a playoff spot until March-ish is my guess.

2. PP1 will likely change all year. We have a lot of offensive weapons and offensive prospects that need experience, so my guess is Granato won't shy away from swapping things around to get guys like Cozens, Mitts, Krebs, hell even Quinn or Peterka PP1 time. Expect Dahlin, Thompson, and Olofsson to be mainstays though--having guys who specialize in one-timers on both dots is very nice.

3. Cozens is probably the most obvious choice. He played a very good game last year and only picked up steam as the season went on. He just needs to be willing to shoot more, and that's something he seems to be working on. With better wingers to play with too, I think he should see a sizeable jump from his 40pts last season. Mittelstadt is another, he just needs to prove he can be consistent (both production- and health-wise) as his flashes of talent have been very good over the past two years. He was our best player coming out of camp last year, and seemed destined to be our 1st line C, but got injured in the first game of the season.

4. Okposo is my guess. He was shooting almost too well last season, and I think he'll come back down to a 12G + 18A year. Outside of that, I think the NHL world is expecting Power to put up Makar rookie-esque number which is unfair. He won't be getting top-pairing nor PP1 minutes anytime soon, so I can see him having a "good" rookie season and not a "great" one.

5. Like the rest, Comrie gets 40-45 games, and the rest end up being a split between Andy and UPL. I don't see it being an even divide either, I think UPL gets those games through injuries elsewhere, or he earns a spot later in the season and takes over 1B duties.