We'll keep this one short and sweet. Here are Russo's lines from his latest blog:

Forwards

 

Andrew Brunette-Mikko Koivu-Pierre-Marc Bouchard*

 

Guillaume Latendresse-Matt Cullen-Martin Havlat

 

Chuck Kobasew-Kyle Brodziak-Antti Miettinen

 

Eric Nystrom-James Sheppard-Cal Clutterbuck

 

Brad Staubitz

 

Vying for spots: Casey Wellman, Cody Almond, Colton Gillies

 

*Assuming Bouchard is healthy.

 

Defenseman

 

Greg Zanon-Marek Zidlicky

 

Nick Schultz-Brent Burns

 

Clayton Stoner-Cam Barker

 

Vying for spots: Nate Prosser, Marco Scandella, Tyler Cuma, Justin Falk

 

Goalies

 

Niklas Backstrom

 

Josh Harding

How does that work for all of you? I like everything about it, but I would put Wellman in on the fourth line. That could be my absolute bias against Shep, and likely Wellman would benefit from a couple years in the AHL, but man... I really would like to see him stay with the big squad.

Miettinen to the third line - check.

Bouchard on the top line - check.

BTE, Cullen, Havlat - check.

Works for me. Anyone have a better plan?