Ansar Khan of Mlive answers questions from the fans....

Q: I know it's too early to know if Zadina or Rasmussen will be on the team next year, but let's assume they are. How would you project the line combinations?

A: It's never too soon to talk lines, as we'll see from the comments your question will generate.

Here's what I came up with just the other day while scribbling some stuff on a napkin at Starbucks:

Anthony Mantha-Dylan Larkin-Filip Zadina

Andreas Athanasiou-Frans Nielsen-Michael Rasmussen

Gustav Nyquist-Darren Helm-Thomas Vanek

Tyler Bertuzzi-Luke Glendening-Justin Abdelkader

Extras: Martin Frk, Luke Witkowski

I didn't include Henrik Zetterberg because some in the organization doubt he'll return. But I don't believe anyone knows for certain, maybe not even Zetterberg himself.

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