This lineup's going to be filled with Raymond's, Kasper's, Soderblom's, Buchelnikov's, Perron's, Kubalik's, and better for the foreseeable future. Yzerman doesn't care where Holland drafted these guys. Ras, Zadina, Berggren, Veleno... if they're going to make this year's team, or next year's team......

Agreed re Rasmussen. I thought he actually looked halfway decent down the stretch as a wing last yr. Agree on wanting Berggren and even Zadina over Veleno too. But it's hard putting together a 2nd PK without Veleno. Do you really want Larkin, Bert or Perron spending energy killing penalties. Re Sode...

To start the season.. my hope (Edvinsson, Soderblom and Johansson all make the team) Bertuzzi---Larkin---Raymond Vrana---Copp---Perron Kubalik---Suter---Soderblom Rasmussen---Veleno---Sundqvist Edvinsson---Seider Johansson---Chiarot Mattaa---Hronek Husso/Ned PP1: Point/D: Seider, QB/RW: Raymond, Sni...