u/absudrlyhappyinpolis

Entry Draft and Phase Whatever are behind us. We're going to rely on rookies to fill out the roster. The league has expanded - which is great - at the cost of certain teams (Frost). We can't compare these teams to the All Star teams that played the first two seasons - and neither can any of the other teams.

The line rotations will be interesting. Swiderski could scale up fast.

This is a good looking squad:

Forwards

3/5 Olympians intact - Heise, Pannek, Zumwinkle. KCS status pending.

Hymlarova, Butorac - someone called it recently. They're not going to replace BCS production, but they replace her size.

Showing faith: Petrie (healthy?), Anderson; the late season trades - Cogan, Giguere.

Rookies: Vainikka (Viivi is more fun, isn't it? We just lost {TRADED} Naz Reid, maybe people will get Viivi tattoos), Christian (3rd round pick, played with top shelf players at PSU).

Need 1-2 more (KCS pending). Upson, Beecher (rookie)?

Defenders

Stecklein, Morin, Buchbinder.

Rookies: Swiderski (first line by mid season?), Henderson (UMD grad, good experience)

Showing faith: Becker.

What's up with Jincy?

Goalies

This is Rooney. May need a third.

The Boss, unsigned with a graduate degree and career/life options; the Russian - Gredzen - will be interesting (who has seen a Russian team in years?). Sounds like a heist movie.

ALSO, if you've read this far:

Who do you think will be the next union rep? Also, Captain if KCS takes some time off? {I don't know how to make a poll.}

Based on last year's opening position roster; barring losses and additions. I'll add that our late season trades - Roese, Giguere, Cogan seemed to get more acclimated, effective and ice time toward playoff time:

Forwards (13)

Heise, Pannek, Zumwinkle, KCS, Hymlarova, Vainikka, Christian. Some combination of six of these seven: Petrie (injury status?), Butorac, Anderson, O'Donohoe, Cogan, Giguere, Upson. Cheever seems like a Reserve slot.

Defenders (7)

Stecklein, Morin, Swiderski, Buchbinder, Roese, Bizal. One more spot: Henderson, Becker or Ricker - the other two going to Reserve?

Goalie (3)

Rooney, Gredzen - we haven't seen Russian hockey in a long time, she might be really good?, Boissannault - she's got a Master's Degree, doesn't she? She just won a PDub Community Service award, but maybe she wants to get on with the rest of her life?

Reserve (3)

Cheever and a couple others.

With the entire league thinning out after a second consecutive expansion, this is not that bad. It would be fun if Roese worked out long enough for us to draft her sister, Joy Dunne (Murphey's roommate in Milan).

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Need to re-sign Klara.