team lines

i'd like to start a thread that lists each team's lines, as you the fans feel they might shake out for your favorite teams. boston is going to be tough, but here's what could shake down:

knuble-thornton-murray
samsonov-zinovjev-huml
axelsson-rolston-zamuner
stock-donato-mccarthy

mcgillis-boynton
odonnell-jillson
gill-moran (i think berard will be back, so put him in moran's place when he signs)

potvin
raycroft

Naslund-Morrison-Bertuzzi
D.Sedin-H.Sedin-Arvedson/Linden
Cooke-Chubarov-Arvedson/Linden
Ruutu-Lindgren-May

Ohlund-Sopel
Jovo-Malik
Salo-Slegr/Allen

Cloutier
Hedberg

Yzerman/Holmstrom - Zetterberg - Shanahan
Hull - Datsyuk - Whitney
McCarty - Draper - Maltby
Holmstrom/Yzerman - Hudler - Deveraux

Lidstrom - Dandenault
Fischer - Hatcher
Chelios - Schneider

Hasek
Legace

Ottawas will be hard as Martin is always changing the lines but I'll give it a shot on what I'd like to see.

Varada - Bonk - Hossa
White - Spezza - Alffy
Schastlivy - Fisher - Neil
Schaefer - Smolinski - Hull

Redden - Rachunek
Phillips - Chara
Volchenkov - Leschyshyn

Lalime
Prusek

Try this ...
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/we-want-stanley/index.html

Daze-Zhamnov-Sullivan
Calder-Arnason-Radulov
Vorobiew-Ruutu-Bell
Nieminen-Nichol-VandenBussche

Klemm-Poapst
McCarthy-Dempsey
Babchuk-Karpovtsev

Thibault
Leighton

LeClair/someone who can still play [Recchi or Chouinard]-Roenick-Amonte
Gagne-Handzus-Williams
Brashear-Primeau-Kapanen
Somik-Lapointe-Fedoruk/Chouinard

Desjardins-Johnsson
Pitkanen-Ragnarsson
Vandermeer-Weinrich

Hackett
Esche

Hitchcock changes lines often though, those defensive pairings are probably wrong, but that's basically the order of depth.

Sanderson-Cassels-Vyborny
Nash-Marchant-Knutsen
Wright-Pirjeta-Letowski
Shelley/McDonnell-Nedorost-Grand-Pierre

4th line is up in the air and things could shift more if Zherdev comes over in a week.

Richardson-Spacek
Sydor-Klesla
Lachance-Westcott

Denis
Brathwaite

Babcock juggles lines quite a bit but I hope something like this happens

Chistov - Fedorov - Niedermayer
Prospal - Rucchin - Sykora
Smirnov/Holmqvist - Pahlsson - Lupul
Johnson - Krog - Severson/Burnett

Carney - Havelid
Ozolinsh - Sauer
Vishnevski - Salei

Giguere
Gerber

Leclerc, Bylsma and MacDonald are injured

Isbister-Smyth-Hemsky
York-Horcoff-Dvorak
Chimera-Reasoner-Pisani
Torres-Stoll-Laraque

Brewer-Staois
Smith-Semenov
Cross-Bergeron

Salo
Conklin

This is what I'm thinking, could be wrong tho.

These will probably be the lines that start the season...expect King to be gone soon, though...

Naslund-Morrison-Bertuzzi
Sedin-Sedin-King
Arvedson-Chubarov-Cooke
Ruutu-Lindgren-Linden
May, Langdon

Jovanovski-Ohlund
Salo-Malik
Slegr-Sopel
Allen

Cloutier
Hedberg

Frolov Stumpel Palffy
Robitaille Armstong Pirnes
Avery Belanger Laperriere
Sim Chartrand Brown

Norstrom Miller
Visnovsky Strbak
Corvo

Cechmanek
Huet

Not much of a team at present as Deadmarsh, Cammalleri, Aulin, Allison, Norton, Zizka, Grebeshkov and Modry are each injured. Kuznetsov is stuck in Russia.

Edit: Klatt was wrongly omitted. Klatt is currently without a line but will likely replace Brown on the 4th line until he Deadmarsh and Allison come back.

No Klatt?

Montreal (IMO)...

Bulis - Koivu - Audette
Hossa - Ribeiro - Zednik
Sundstrom - Perreault - Ward
Dwyer - Kilger - Ryder

Markov - Rivet
Souray - Brisebois
Quintal - Komisarek

Theodore
Garon

Scratches: Juneau, Dackell, Bouillon

Audette could be bumped pretty quickly down the depth chart if he doesn't produce though and Perreault could get traded if Ribeiro steals his 2nd line center job permanently.

edit - typo

i'd like to start a thread that lists each team's lines, as you the fans feel they might shake out for your favorite teams. boston is going to be tough, but here's what could shake down:

knuble-thornton-murray
samsonov-zinovjev-huml
axelsson-rolston-zamuner
stock-donato-mccarthy

mcgillis-boynton
odonnell-jillson
gill-moran (i think berard will be back, so put him in moran's place when he signs)

potvin
raycroft


Stock-Donato-Mccarthey?

Lets make bets what the combined +/- of that line will be....

Stock-Donato-Mccarthey?

Lets make bets what the combined +/- of that line will be....

probably close to even- how many minutes do you think they'd even get per game? i'd say not many.

Modano - Arnott - Guerin
Morrow - Turgeon - Young
Mietts - Kapanen - Lehtinen
Otter - Barnes - DiMaio

Zubov - Numminen
Boucher - Matvichuk
Robidas - Erskine/Daley

or

Morrow - Modano - Guerin
Turgeon - Arnott - Young
Mietts - Kapanen - Lehtinen
Otter - Barnes - DiMaio

Zubov - Numminen
Boucher - Matvichuk
Robidas - Erskine/Daley

or my own lines of:

Turgeon - Modano - Young
Morrow - Arnott - Guerin
Mietts - Kapanen - Lehtinen
Otter - Barnes - DiMaio

Zubov - Numminen
Boucher - Matvichuk
Robidas - Erskine/Daley

Crap shoot for Stars fans..

Colorado Avalanche:

Alex Tanguay - Peter Forsberg - Milan Hejduk
Paul Kariya - Joe Sakic - Teemu Selanne
Bates Battaglia - Andrei Nikolishin - Marek Svatos/Cody McCormick
Peter Worrell - Riku Hahl - Dan Hinote
Extras: Jim Cummins, Serge Aubin, *Chris McAllister

Adam Foote - Derek Morris
JM Liles - Rob Blake
Karlis Skrastins - Martin Skoula
Extra: *Chris McAllister

David Aebischer
Phillipe Sauve

*McAllister has played some pre-season games at LW, but would be a seventh defenseman as Liles has definitely earned a spot on the team.

Cody McCormick or Marek Svatos will be on that third line, with the odd man out being sent to Hershey. I can't see the Avalanche keeping one of them as a healthy scratch and Hershey would be the more likely destination.

Ales Kotalik - Chris Drury - Miroslav Satan
Jochen Hecht - Daniel Briere - JP Dumont
Taylor Pyatt - Curtis Brown - Maxim Afinogenov
Andrew Peters - Steve Begin - Adam Mair

Alexei Zhitnik - Dmitri Kalinin
Jay McKee - Henrik Tallinder
Brian Campbell - Andy Delmore

Martin Biron
Mika Noronen

Others:
Tim Connolly
Eric Boulton
Derek Roy
James Patrick
Rory Fitzpatrick

I'll give the Penguins a try.

Mario Lemieux -- Martin Straka -- Konstantin Koltsov
Ramzi Abid -- Milan Kraft -- Aleksey Morozov
Matt Murley -- Rico Fata -- Ryan Malone
Kelly Buchberger -- Mike Eastwood -- Matt Bradley

Josef Melichar -- Michal Rozsival
Dick Tarnstrom -- Drake Berehowsky
Marc Bergevin -- Brooks Orpik

Sebastien Caron
Jean-Sebastien Aubin

Defense is up in the air.. Melichar and Rozsival are both hurt, but I don't know for how long. Goaltending is still up in the air as well.

I'll give the Penguins a try.

Mario Lemieux -- Martin Straka -- Konstantin Koltsov
Ramzi Abid -- Milan Kraft -- Aleksey Morozov
Matt Murley -- Rico Fata -- Ryan Malone
Kelly Buchberger -- Mike Eastwood -- Matt Bradley

Josef Melichar -- Michal Rozsival
Dick Tarnstrom -- Drake Berehowsky
Marc Bergevin -- Brooks Orpik

Sebastien Caron
Jean-Sebastien Aubin


Very... very...hm... very.. just.. very.. very.. *iew*..

And a try at the Hurricanes:

Radim Vrbata -- Ron Francis -- Jeff O'Neill
Josef Vasicek -- Rod Brind'Amour -- Eric Cole
Marty Murray -- Kevyn Adams -- Craig Adams
Ryan Bayda -- Eric Staal -- Jesse Boulerice

Bret Hedican -- Danny Markov
Glen Wesley -- Sean Hill
Bob Boughner -- Bruno St. Jacques

Kevin Weekes
Patrick DesRochers

Alot depends if Staal is signed. Bayda, Svoboda, Daniels are fighting for the last spot.

No way Mario plays wing, Abid is suppost to be his LW isn't he?

Why not? He has before.

You can switch Lemieux and Straka if it makes you happy. But no, Abid is not supposed to be his left wing. The top line will consist of Straka, Lemieux, Koltsov to start the season.

EDIT - Here is a quote for the local paper:

Olczyk kept his other lines intact for the second day in a row. They were Steve McKenna-Mike Eastwood-Kelly Buchberger, Lemieux-Martin Straka-Konstantin Koltsov, Matt Murley-Brian Holzinger-Matt Bradley and Reid Simpson-Milan Kraft-Ramzi Abid.

http://www.post-gazette.com/penguins/20031002pensnotes1002p6.asp

Very... very...hm... very.. just.. very.. very.. *iew*..

As you can continue to make idiotic drivel your normal course of action.

As you can continue to make idiotic drivel your normal course of action.

Sorry if I offended your All-Star squat.. really... I'm sorry..

Sorry if I offended your All-Star squat.. really... I'm sorry..

You know, you really have an attitude that is entirely unneccesary. I know the Penguins suck. And so do all the other educated Penguins fans. I don't know what kind of crap you are trying to pull, but it's getting old.

Go cry about Hatcher some more.

Frolov Stumpel Palffy
Robitaille Armstong Pirnes
Avery Belanger Laperriere
Sim Chartrand Brown

Norstrom Miller
Visnovsky Strbak
Corvo

Cechmanek
Huet


More like....

Frolov - Stumpel - Palffy
Robitaille - Armstong - Klatt
Avery - Belanger - Laperriere
Pirnes - Chartrand - Brown

Norstrom - Gleason or Muir
Visnovsky - Modry (who should be ready)
Corvo - Strbak

Cechmanek
Huet

Miller would replace Gleason and play with Corvo. Strbak would move up to Visnovsky or Norstrom. The Kings wouldn't pair Miller and Norstrom together when they have so much youth on defense. Kuznetsov would be in the mix once he's in game shape.

Dustin Brown has been SENSATIONAL in camp (he's 18 yo). He might get his 10 games and then get sent back to Guelph. 10 games would hopefully buy the Kings some time with Deadmarsh, not sure about Allison though. Wouldn't be shocked to see Allison sit until December or January. I'm quite sure the Kings won't be happy with Stumpel as their 1st line center (been there done that) but hopefully it's temporary.

Watch out for Esa Pirnes, folks... this guy has a lot of playmaking ability as an overage Euro draftee....

I know the Penguins suck.

I'm glad you realise it too.. good job!


Go cry about Hatcher some more.

I might.. slow day at the office afterall..

Dustin Brown has been SENSATIONAL in camp (he's 18 yo). He might get his 10 games and then get sent back to Guelph. 10 games would hopefully buy the Kings some time with Deadmarsh, not sure about Allison though. Wouldn't be shocked to see Allison sit until December or January. I'm quite sure the Kings won't be happy with Stumpel as their 1st line center (been there done that) but hopefully it's temporary.


Isn't that a little bit exaggerated FW ?
He did play an outstanding pre-game against the Coyotes and so far he has been more than decent BUT sensational ?
I do agree with the line-up.

Anyhow in contrast with the prospects from other teams it's amazing he still has a chance to crack the line-up, of course also because of the injuries.

Capitals:

Alex Semin ^ Michael Nylander ^ Jaromir Jagr

Dainus Zubrus ^ Robert Lang ^ Peter Bondra

Steve Konowalchuck ^ Jeff Halpern ^ Mike Grier

Brian Sutherby ^ Boyd Gordon ^ Stephen Peat



*waiver wire trash* Sergei Gonchar

Brendan Witt Steve Eminger

Jason Doig Joel Kwiatkowski


Olaf Kolzig

Maxime Ouellet


x- Rick Berry
x- Joseph Boumedienne
x- Alex Henry

Isbister-Smyth-Hemsky
York-Horcoff-Dvorak
Chimera-Reasoner-Pisani
Torres-Stoll-Laraque

Brewer-Staois
Smith-Semenov
Cross-Bergeron

Salo
Conklin

This is what I'm thinking, could be wrong tho.

you are, jk buddy. but here is another perspective of the oilers line up.

Isbister-Smyth-Hemsky
Chimera-York-Dvorak
Moreau-Reasoner-Pisani/Salameinen
Torres-Horcoff-Laraque

Brewer-Smith
Smith-Bergeron
Cross-Semenov
Ferguson

Salo
Conkilin

Kvasha/Yashin/Asham
Papineau/Peca/Parrish
Weimer/Scatchard/Blake
Bergenheim/Bates/Hunter (or Goddard, or Puppy Chow)

Aucoin/Jonsson
Hamrlik/Niinimaa
Cairns/Martinek

DiPietro
Snow

Above Average D, Decent Goaltending (with slight upside) and an extremely confusing offense...

McAmmond - Conroy - Iginla
Saprykin - Reinprecht - Dome/Clark/Lowry
Gélinas - Betts - Kobasew
Green - Yelle - Donovan

Leopold - Regehr
Lydman - Warrener
Gauthier - Ference

Turek
McLennan/Krahn/Waiver wire goalie

Scratches: Oliwa, one of Dome/Clark/Lowry and one of Commodore/Montador/Wallin.

I'll do a healty Kings line-up:
Luc/Allison/Deader
Frolov/Stumpel/Palffy
Armstrong/Belanger/Klatt
Avery/Chartrand/Lappy

Norstrom/Corvo
Miller/Modry
Visnovsky/Starbek

Cechmanek
Huet

Spares: Flinn/Kuznetsov

Possible Lineup for Sens:

Varada-Bonk-Hossa THe Czech Mate line
Schastlivy-Spezza-Alfie
Smokes-White- Havlat ( if signed)
Schaefer-Fisher-Neil

Redden-Rachunek
Chara-Phillips-
Curtis L-Volchenkov

Lalime
Prusek

I think the Caps will look something like this:

Zubrus-Nylander-Jagr
Semin-Lang-Grier
Konowalchuk-Halpern-Bondra
Pettinger-Sutherby-Peat

Gonchar-Boumedienne
Witt-Eminger
Berry-Gruden/Doig

Kolzig
Charpy

extras: Kiwi, Henry, Miller

And a try at the Hurricanes:

Radim Vrbata -- Ron Francis -- Jeff O'Neill
Josef Vasicek -- Rod Brind'Amour -- Eric Cole
Marty Murray -- Kevyn Adams -- Craig Adams
Ryan Bayda -- Eric Staal -- Jesse Boulerice

Bret Hedican -- Danny Markov
Glen Wesley -- Sean Hill
Bob Boughner -- Bruno St. Jacques

Kevin Weekes
Patrick DesRochers

Alot depends if Staal is signed. Bayda, Svoboda, Daniels are fighting for the last spot.


Very close but Bayda was sent down today so the 4th line will more than likely be:

Jaroslav Svoboda -- Eric Staal -- Jesse Boulerice

can anyone put up one for minnesota?

can anyone put up one for minnesota?
i'll try.

Brandner - Walz - Daigle
Brunette - Bouchard - Zholtok
Laaksonen - Dowd - Burns
Johnson - Hendrickson - Park

Kuba - Mitchell
Zyuzin - Schultz
Bombardir - Brown

Roloson
Fernandez

Scratches: Chouinard, Stevenson and Roche.

when or if gabz and/or dupuis signs:

Stevenson - Walz - Gaborik
Brunette - Bouchard - Dupuis
Laaksonen - Dowd - Zholtok
Johnson - Hendrickson - Daigle/Park

The flyers should line up like this:


Gagne-Roenick-Amonte
Reechi-Handzus-Williams
LeClair-Primeau-Kapanen
Brashear-Lapointe-Chouinard

Desjardins-Johnsson
Pitkanen-Ragnarsson
Vandermeer-Therien

Esche
Hackett


Bench

Somik-Fedourk-Weinrich-Sidenberg

Very close but Bayda was sent down today so the 4th line will more than likely be:

Jaroslav Svoboda -- Eric Staal -- Jesse Boulerice

Yes.. As I stated, Bayda, Svoboda, Daniels are/were fighting for that last spot.

I'm sure it won't be long until we see Bayda back in the NHL though. :)

Isn't that a little bit exaggerated FW ?
He did play an outstanding pre-game against the Coyotes and so far he has been more than decent BUT sensational ?
I do agree with the line-up.

Anyhow in contrast with the prospects from other teams it's amazing he still has a chance to crack the line-up, of course also because of the injuries.

Actually it's not an exagerration. In a private conversation a buddy of mine (in the local media) had with DT the other day (before the PHO game, by the way) the organization is thrilled with Brown. They love how hard he works... they think he's close to having an NHL ready body NOW and they think he's as mature as any teenager they've had in camp maybe ever. DT said, he couldn't believe he was there at #13 and would have taken him much higher...

They don't project him to stay with the club after the first ten games, but with the persistent injuries, they may buy him out of his final Junior season and send him to Manchester if he does not perform after 10 games in the NHL.

That's HIGH PRAISE in and of itself.... The kid has TOTALLY impressed Kings' brass...

From how the pre-season has been playd this os ow I see things shaping up for, though many things can change, and J. Martin likes to juggle his lines all the time.

White - Spezza - Alfredsson
Varada - Bonk - Hossa
Schastlivy - Smolinski - Fisher*
Schaefer - Van Allen* - Neil

Redden - Rachunek
Phillips - Chara
Volchenkov - Leschynchyn**

*when/if Havlat signs he'll replace Fisher on the third line RW, and Fisher will bump Van Allen From 4th line center.

**Curtis will most likely start as the 6th D-man, but Pothier could play his way in to the spot.

Edit: sorry south-sentral I didn't see you post there.

From how the pre-season has been playd this os ow I see things shaping up for, though many things can change, and J. Martin likes to juggle his lines all the time.

White - Spezza - Alfredsson
Varada - Bonk - Hossa
Schastlivy - Smolinski - Fisher*
Schaefer - Van Allen* - Neil

Redden - Rachunek
Phillips - Chara
Volchenkov - Leschynchyn**

*when/if Havlat signs he'll replace Fisher on the third line RW, and Fisher will bump Van Allen From 4th line center.

**Curtis will most likely start as the 6th D-man, but Pothier could play his way in to the spot.

Edit: sorry south-sentral I didn't see you post there.

Actually i like those lines better than mine. Never occured to me that White can be shifted to the wing.More balanced especially with the possibility of Havlat missing some games.

More like....

Frolov - Stumpel - Palffy
Robitaille - Armstong - Klatt
Avery - Belanger - Laperriere
Pirnes - Chartrand - Brown

Norstrom - Gleason or Muir
Visnovsky - Modry (who should be ready)
Corvo - Strbak

Cechmanek
Huet

Miller would replace Gleason and play with Corvo. Strbak would move up to Visnovsky or Norstrom. The Kings wouldn't pair Miller and Norstrom together when they have so much youth on defense. Kuznetsov would be in the mix once he's in game shape.

Dustin Brown has been SENSATIONAL in camp (he's 18 yo). He might get his 10 games and then get sent back to Guelph. 10 games would hopefully buy the Kings some time with Deadmarsh, not sure about Allison though. Wouldn't be shocked to see Allison sit until December or January. I'm quite sure the Kings won't be happy with Stumpel as their 1st line center (been there done that) but hopefully it's temporary.

Watch out for Esa Pirnes, folks... this guy has a lot of playmaking ability as an overage Euro draftee....

I think you got it Face. However, there is a possiblity that that 4th line could be

Sim-Pirnes-Brown
if Simmer clears waivers.

uh, isn't Norston injured?

From how the pre-season has been playd this os ow I see things shaping up for, though many things can change, and J. Martin likes to juggle his lines all the time.

White - Spezza - Alfredsson
Varada - Bonk - Hossa
Schastlivy - Smolinski - Fisher*
Schaefer - Van Allen* - Neil

Redden - Rachunek
Phillips - Chara
Volchenkov - Leschynchyn**

*when/if Havlat signs he'll replace Fisher on the third line RW, and Fisher will bump Van Allen From 4th line center.

**Curtis will most likely start as the 6th D-man, but Pothier could play his way in to the spot.

Edit: sorry south-sentral I didn't see you post there.
That is the exact lineup I think we'll see opening night assuming Havlat does sign. White, Spezza, and Alfie are playing together again tonight and Spezza's got another goal.

Ill try the Blues

Tkachuk Demitra Mellanby
Senja Weight Mayers
Cajanek Pohl Drake
Danton Johnson Low

Eric Bogienicky is hurt hence Pohl getting 3rd line center. It could also go like this because Rycroft has had a good camp.

Tkachuk Demitra Mellanby
Senja Weight Mayers
Rycroft Cajanek Drake
Danton Johnson Low

Defence

Pronger Jackman
Mac Baron
Khavanov Laflamme-Finley

Salvador, Walker are hurt

Goalies

Osgood
Johnson

Isbister-Smyth-Hemsky
York-Horcoff-Dvorak
Chimera-Reasoner-Pisani
Torres-Stoll-Laraque

Brewer-Staois
Smith-Semenov
Cross-Bergeron

Salo
Conklin

This is what I'm thinking, could be wrong tho.Wouldnt Big Georges be better on the 3rd line than Pisani?

how has the waiver draft changed the lines? boston's change a bit now:


knuble-thornton-murray
samsonov-rolston-huml/(lapointe when healthy)
axelsson-t.green-zamuner/(mccarthy should see action on 3rd and 4th)
stock-donato-mccarthy/(grosek will get some time here)

mcgillis-boynton
odonnell-jillson
gill-moran (i think berard will be back, so put him in moran's place when he signs)

potvin
raycroft

anyone want to take a shot at:

phoenix, tampa, nashville and any others left off?

Varada-Bonk-Hossa THe Czech Mate line

Not to pick nits but this is like calling Gagne-Roenick-Amonte the "All American" line. ;)

Other Dave

Rangers-

Hlavac Nedved Kovalev

Ruchinsky Lindros Carter

Lundmark Holik LaCouture

Simon Messier Barnaby

Extra's- Sheldon Keefe, Richard Scott

I wouldn't mind seeing them slide Lundmark up to Nedved's left, and take Hlavac out, so Keefe could get in, but doubt it would happen..

D

Without Leetch-

Poti DeVries
Malakhov Mirnonov
Kasparaitis Purinton/Bouchard

With Leetch
Leetch Malakhov
Poti DeVries
Kasparaitis Mironov

I feel bad mor the Wild. With their top 2 point producers holding out they don't stand much of a chance. It's right there with the Pens for the worst lineup. I mean I know not all of us can be Red Wing and Stars fans (M=G) but its sad because they are almost sure to miss the playoffs without them.

Ill try the Blues

Tkachuk Demitra Mellanby
Senja Weight Mayers
Cajanek Pohl Drake
Danton Johnson Low

Eric Bogienicky is hurt hence Pohl getting 3rd line center. It could also go like this because Rycroft has had a good camp.

Tkachuk Demitra Mellanby
Senja Weight Mayers
Rycroft Cajanek Drake
Danton Johnson Low

Defence

Pronger Jackman
Mac Baron
Khavanov Laflamme-Finley

Salvador, Walker are hurt

Goalies

Osgood
Johnson

I don't see Pohl making the team at this point. While he has played great, there just isn't room for him right now (especially since his tryout at wing didn't go so well) and I can't see Q moving any of the top 3 centers to make room for him. Rycroft will likely get the spot on the 3rd line like you predicted in your 2nd set of forward lines...

Tkachuk Demitra Mellanby
Senja Weight Mayers
Rycroft Cajanek Drake
Danton Johnson Low

I can't figure out what Q is going to do with the d-pairings. Mac has spent time with both Baron and Jackman this preseason, but we haven't really seen enough of either Mac or Pronger to figure out who they are going to play with. If I had to make a prediction of what they would be while Salvador and Walker are out, I'd say:

Pronger - Finley
MacInnis - Jackman
Baron - Khavanov

Goalies are obvious...

Osgood
Johnson

Jan Bulis-Saku Koivu-Donald Audette
Marcel Hossa-Mike Ribiero-Richard Zednik
Niklas Sundstrom-Yanic Perreault-Michael Ryder
Darren Langdon-Chad Kilger-Jason Ward
Gordie Dwyer - Steve Begin

Andrei Markov-Craig Rivet
Sheldon Souray-Patrice Brisebois
Stephane Quintal-Mike Komisarek
Francis Bouillon

Jose Theodore
Mathieu Garon

With Zednik, Koivu, and Kilger all slated to be ready for opening day, that's the most likely Canadiens lineup. Should Quintal stumble, you'll most likely be introduced to Hollywood Hainsey by mid-November.

Since 2 previous posts have made an attempt here is FLYERS situation on 10/4/03Forwards
Gagne-Roenick-Amonte
(Choinard/Fedoruk/C.Lapointe)-Handzus-Williams
Brashear-Primeau-Kappanen
LeClair-Recchi-Somik
Defense
Weinrich-Johnsson
Pitkanen-Desjardins
Ragnarsson-Vandermeer
7th-8th---Therien-Slaney
Goaltenders
Hackett
Esche

anyone want to take a shot at:

phoenix, tampa, nashville and any others left off?

Phoenix:
Nagy - Langkow - Doan
Savage - Kolanos - Johnson
Hrdina - Gratton - Radivojevic
Wilson - Sillinger - Nash


Ference - Mara
Vaananen - Tanabe
Suchy - Hulse

Tampa:

With one more cut to be made (either Cibak or Svitov) someone on another board came up with these forward lines, and I agree with them:

Forwards:
Fedotenko/Modin - Richards - St. Louis
Stillman - Lecavalier - Afanasenkov
Modin/Fedotenko - Taylor - Clymer
Andreychuk - Svitov/Cibak - Roy/Dingman

Yes, Afanasenkov appears to have made the team.

Fedotenko has spent a lot of time in the preseason on the 1st line with Richards and St. Louis and has looked good there, so that might very well stick.

Defense:
I have no idea about the pairings right now, but the top 5 are definitely:
Cullimore
Boyle (been out with a slight injury, should be back tonight)
Kubina
Sarich
Lukowich

with 6th and 7th up for grabs between Laukkanen (my choice), Pratt and Rumble (out with back spasms)

Goalies:
Khabi
Grahame