Isac Lundeström

We haven't, you know, knock on wood, we haven't seen anything serious.

Obviously, Elvis is also in on that, and Lundestrom, who I didn't include because they were injured, like, and haven't even shown up to camp.

But Elvis, who knows? Lundestrom, they say, is going to be back in October, November.

I don't know if I believe that because I don't think that's how Achilles tendons work.

I'm not a doctor.

So if we're going, if we assume that we've got a top line of Johnson, Fantilli, Marchenko, great, fine, love that.

Now, what do you do with your second line? You know, is it Coyle is your second line center? Is it that Monaghan is your second line center? Like, what's the center depth going to be, right? Obviously, there's no Lundestrom, but do you go, you know, Fantilli, Coyle, Sillinger, Monaghan in that order? Do you make Monaghan the 4C? Coyle is obviously not a 4C, but putting Sillinger with Garland implies a middle six line to me there.

Do you move Monaghan to the wing? Like, what...

There's a lot going on with these potential line combinations.

I believe once everything is said and done and like, a goalie is sent down, which is probably going to be, which is almost certainly going to be feeling Copley, Elvis on long-term IR, and then a forward.

And whether that's, you know, Lombard, Lundestrom, Heinen, double blues comes off the books, uh, probably not Lundestrom.

Uh, but he's, he's injured.

He's going to be out for a minute.

Sillinger is critical.

Remember we talked about the seven center competition? Charlie Coyle, Kent Johnson, Isac Lundestrom, Olli Maatta.

Sillinger locking up a long-term deal signals that the front office sees him as a core part of the identity.

But Tony, the headlines also mention Valeri Nichushkin and Connor Garland joining the mix.

Okay, so seven centers on the roster.

Charlie Coyle, Adam Fantilli, Kent Johnson, Isaac Lundestrom, Sean Monahan, Cole Sillinger, and Owen Sillinger.

That is an unusual number for one team.

Who starts where?

I'd say Johnson gets the nod over Sillinger for the third line center role initially.

So Coyle, Fantilli, Johnson.

What happens to the others? Isaac Lundestrom and Sean Monaghan seem like safe bets for the fourth line.

But where does Owen Sillinger fit?

Uh, right now they've got an opening on the fourth line.

Isac Lundeström, uh, had a Achilles issue early in the off-season.

Yeah.

Uh, is not gonna be ready for the start of the season, so there's a fourth line center's job open.