Interesting to see Granlund decide that no matter what the situation is with the NHL this year, he will be staying in NA and play for the AHL. Great news

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I'm saying atleast 50, this kid has talent and is ready to play..

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He definitely is.. His choice to stay in NA is a very very smart one, he is going to be a gooder..

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With all the hype casting flood lights on Yakupov and Huberdeau...just watch what Granlund can do flying under the radar for the first few weeks in Minnesota. I wouldn't be surprised to see him exceed Hub's first year totals and stat at par with Yak...both probably starting on their squad's 2nd lines. Ofcoruse, I think Yak's numbers have the better projection if he surpasses Eberle early and is in formation with Hall and RNH every night.

That said...perhaps Granlund jumps too the first line. Also not to shabby with equally as stealth, Mikko Koivu and the uber flashy Parrise.

I'll be he surprises most.

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He definitely has the talent for 50+ immediately but I look at the Minnesota depth chart and there is a chance that he ends up with some not-so-ideal linemates. Falling under 50 is not out of the question.

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Granlund is 2 years older than Yakupov and a year older than Huberdeau and has been playing against men... so I'd certainly hope he has some kind of an edge. But I doubt he plays top line, though injuries could certainly make that a posibility.

Koivu gets hurt a lot so Granlund will get looks but I really see Parise and Koivu being tied at the hip because of their two-way abilities. They can play vs top competition and be effective at both ends. That means Granlund gets two of Bouchard, Heatley and Setoguchi.

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Aren't the projected lines something like:

Parise-Koivu-Seto
Heatley-Cullen-Granlund

?

More likely:

Parise-Koivu-Heatley
Bouchard-Granlund-Setoguchi

Atleast the talk is that Granlund would be #2 C.

Edit. Apparently Bouchard is slated for 3rd line with Cullen playing winger on the 2nd line.

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I've seen a whole slew of different projections lol, one of which from NHL put Brodziak on the second line with Granlund centering and Setoguchi on the LW...which doesn't make much sense to me I'd want Koivu-Cullen-Brodziak to be my top three guys taking faceoffs.

I think it's more likely that you'll see Heatley on that top RW spot though...with Seto playing one of the wings on the second line at least to start. But Bouchard could definitely make some noise there until he suffers his inevitable injury.

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