NHL: 2016-2017 Eastern Conference Projected Lines

These lines are based on the best possible rosters in my opinion. This includes currently injured players, because they will return eventually. Based on rosters as of 10/12/16. Injuries, unsigned players and suspensions are indicated as such:

*-Indicates injury
**-Indicates suspension
***-Unsigned

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Boston Bruins
Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak
Spooner-Krejci-Backes
Beleskey-Czarnik*-Vatrano*
Heinen-Moore-Hayes
Acciari/Nash/Schaller/Ferlin*

Chara-C. Miller
Krug-K. Miller*
Liles-Carlo
O’Gara/Morrow/McQuaid*

Rask
Khudobin

Buffalo Sabres
Kane-Eichel*-Reinhart
Ennis-O’Reilly-Okposo
Foligno-Girgensons-Fasching
Moulson-Grant-Gionta
Deslauriers/Larsson/McCormick*

Kulikov-Ristolainen
McCabe-Bogosian
Gorges-Franson
Nelson

Lehner
Nilsson

Detroit Red Wings
Tatar-Larkin-Zetterberg
Abdelkader-Larkin-Sheahan
Nyquist-Helm-Vanek
Ott-Glendening-Miller
Athanasiou/Jurco*/Franzen*/Nosek/Vitale*

Kronwall*-Green
Dekeyser-Marchenko
Ericsson-Smith
Ouellet/Sproul/Renouf/Saarijarvi*

Mrazek
Howard
Pasquale

Florida Panthers
Huberdeau*-Barkov-Jagr
Jokinen-Trocheck-Smith
McCann-Bjugstad*-Marchessault
McKenzie-Sceviour-Thornton
McKegg/Harper/Malgin/Hawryluk*/Hodges*

Yandle-Ekblad
Matheson-Demers
Pysyk-Petrovic
Kampfer

Luongo
Reimer

Montreal Canadiens
Pacioretty-Galchenyuk-Gallagher
Lehkonen-Plekanec-Radulov
Carr-Desharnais-Shaw
Danault-Mitchell-Flynn
Andrighetto/Byron/Reway*

Beaulieu-Weber
Markov-Petry*
Emelin-Sergachev
Redmond/Pateryn

Price
Montoya

Ottawa Senators
Hoffman-Turris-Stone
Smith-Brassard-Ryan
MacArthur*-Pageau-Dzingel
Puempel-Kelly-Neil
Varone/Dzingel/Pyatt

Phaneuf-Karlsson
Chabot-Ceci
Methot-Wideman
Borowiecki

Anderson
Hammond

Tampa Bay Lightning
Drouin-Stamkos-Callahan*
Palat-Johnson-Kucherov
Killorn-Filppula-Brown
Paquette-Boyle-Namestnikov
Point/Tammella*

Hedman-Stralman
Garrison-Sustr
Coburn-Nesterov
Koekkoek

Bishop
Vasilevskiy

Toronto Maple Leafs
Van Riemsdyk-Kadri-Bozak
Komarov-Matthews-Nylander
Michalek-Holland-Marner
Martin-Hyman-Brown
Griffith/Leivo*/Lupul*

Reilly-Polak
Gardiner-Zaitsev
Hunwick-Carrick
Marincin/Robidas*

Andersen
Enroth

Metropolitan Division

Carolina Hurricanes
Skinner-Staal-Stempniak
Teravainen-Rask-Lindholm
Nordstrom-Nestrasil-Aho
Di Giuseppe-McClement-Stalberg
Bickell/Miller*/Tolchinsky*/Frk

Hanifin-Faulk
Slavin-Pesce
Hainsey-Murphy*
McKeown/Dahlbeck/Ganly*

Ward
Lack

Columbus Blue Jackets
Saad-Jenner-Atkinson
Foligno-Dubinsky-Bjorkstrand
Hartnell-Wennberg-Gagner
Calvert-Dubois-Anderson
Karlsson/Clarkson*/Sedlak/Kolesar*

Johnson-Jones
Murray-Werenski
Savard-Harrington
Goloubef*/Nutivaara/Graves*/Heatherington*/Ramage*

Bobrovsky
McElhinney
Korpisalo*

New Jersey Devils
Hall-Henrique-Palmieri
Cammalleri-Zajac-Smith-Pelly
Boucher-Zacha-Parenteau
Wood-Kalinin*-Bennett
Josefson/Fiddler/Blandisi/Gadzic*

Greene-Severson
Moore-Lovejoy
Merrill*-Santini
Quincey/Auvitu/Helgeson

Schnieder
Kinkaid

New York Islanders
Ladd-Tavares-Strome
Lee-Nelson-Barzal
Prince-Bailey-Kulemin
Chimera-Cizikas-Clutterbuck
Quine/BeauvillierGrabovski*/Boulton*

Leddy-Boychuk
De Haan-Hamonic
Hickey-Seidenberg

Halak
Greiss
Berube

New York Rangers
Vesey-Stepan-Zuccarello
Kreider-Zibanejad-Buchnevich
Miller-Hayes-Nash
Lindberg*-Pirri-Fast
Jooris/Grabner

McDonagh-Girardi
Skjei-Klein*
Staal-McIlrath
Holden/Clendening

Lundqvist
Raanta

Philadelphia Flyers
Raffl-Giroux-Simmonds
Schenn**-Couturier-Voracek
Laughton*-Konecny-Weise
Bellemare-Gordon-Read
VandeVelde/Cousins/Weal

Gostisbehere-Streit
Del Zotto*-Gudas**
Manning-Provorov
McDonald/Schultz/Alt*

Mason
Neuvirth

Pittsburgh Penguins
Sheary-Crosby*-Hornqvist
Kunitz-Malkin-Rust*
Hagelin-Bonino-Kessel
Kuhnhackl-Cullen-Fehr
Wilson/Sprong*/Sestito/Di Pauli*/Blueger*

Dumoulin-Letang
Maatta-Daley
Cole-Schultz
Pouliot/Warsofsky/Bengtsson*/

Fleury
Condon
Murray*
Maguire*

Washington Capitals
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Oshie
Burakovsky-Backstrom-Williams
Johansson-Eller-Beagle
Winnik-Sanford-Wilson
Connolly/McGauley*

Orlov-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Schmidt-Orpik
Chorney

Holtby
Grubauer