We all have different ideas on what lines and pairs will be used by the Jackets and Monsters to start the season, so let’s have a fun discussion in the comments with what lines / pairs / groupings you think the teams will ice when the NHL and AHL seasons begin. It’s a big caveat, but assume no injuries for the sake of this exercise.
Here are mine:
Boone Jenner – Brandon Dubinsky – Cam Atkinson
Brandon Saad – Alexander Wennberg – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Scott Hartnell – Sam Gagner – Nick Foligno
Matt Calvert – William Karlsson – Josh Anderson
Gregory Campbell – David Clarkson
Seth Jones – Ryan Murray
Zach Werenski – Jack Johnson
David Savard – Cody Goloubef
Dalton Prout
Sergei Bobrovsky
Curtis McElhinney
Sonny Milano – Lukas Sedlak – Daniel Zaar
Paul Bittner – T.J. Tynan – Markus Hannikainen
Nick Moutrey – Jordan Maletta – Alex Broadhurst
Ryan Craig – Justin Scott – Dante Salituro
Brett Gallant – Seth Ambroz*
Dean Kukan – Scott Harrington
Jaime Sifers – Dillon Heatherington
Markus Nutivaara – John Ramage
Blake Siebenaler – Jacob Graves
Oleg Yevenko – Steve Eminger*
Anton Forsberg
Joonas Korpisalo
Brad Thiessen*
* AHL contract status unknown