If nothing else changes, I think it’ll be Kesler and Isbister who will jump between lines two and three depending on their play and Ritchie and Shannon who can go between three and four (if not between four and the Moose).

Naslund still needs a winger.

The bottom six are made for grinders and shot-blockers. Morrison is a bit of a risk at number 2 centre, but theoretically if Kesler can find that scoring touch that’s been reported to be there, it might reverse to Kesler at 2 and Morri at 3, which would be a decent set-up. But the fact that we have nothing on the right wing beyond Pyatt is frightening.

Now, if Isbister can prove to be another Pyatt, we have some depth, with Cooke dropping back down to third the same as Morrison. But banking on that seems risky to me. I’d love to see Linden back in the mix, but even then it’d just be adding more of a crowd to the bottom half of the roster, and inevitably would wind up pushing even more third- and fourth-liners up to the top lines. Cooke and Morrison not cutting it? Maybe Linden-Nazzy-Kesler. No, still? Why not Ritchie, Burrows, Naslund?

Argh.

It’s a good thing that Vignault is a great shuffler of lines, because with this set of forwards the chances are slim that he’s going to get any sort of consistent scoring out of any line but number 1.