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Boston Bruins
Forwards
First off, take these with plenty of salt. only some of the bottom six forwards skated this morning so it’s even more unclear as to who will slot in.
Ondrej Kase is the new look here, and as might have been initially expected, he pushes the remaining forwards down the roster a little bit. There should be some allowance for learning curve and his speed combined with his so-called “cultural alignment” with fellow Czech David Krejci might make adjusting that much easier. It’s no promise that he sticks in the top six. If I were a betting human, Par Lindholm will end up getting scratched to put Nick Ritchie in the lineup, if only to see what he can do with limited playing time.
UPDATE: Kase out; suspect Kuhlman will be on Krejci’s right. that leaves room for Lindholm to stay; still leaves Joakim Nordstrom and Anton Blidh as scratches.
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk - David Krejci - Ondrej Kase Karson Kuhlman
Nick Ritchie - Charlie Coyle - Anders Bjork
Par Lindholm - Sean Kuraly - Chris Wagner
Defense
Zdeno Chara - Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug - Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk - Jeremy Lauzon
Connor Clifton might be back with the big club, but he likely needs a bit more conditioning before he starts rotating with Lauzon and John Moore (who?).
Goalies
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Forwards
Johnny Gaudreau - Sean Monahan - Elias Lindholm
Andrew Mangiapane - Mikael Backlund - Matthew Tkachuk
Milan Lucic - Sam Bennett - Dillon Dube
Tobias Rieder - Mark Jankowski - Derek Ryan
Defense
A big change for defensive depth in Calgary, as Forbort and Gustafsson are expected to take over third-pairing minutes... at least, for now.
Noah Hanifin - Rasmus Andersson
T.J. Brodie - Michael Stone
Derek Forbort - Erik Gustafsson
Goalies
David Rittich
Cam Talbot