Thank fuck. I was at least mildly terrified that Babcock was going to insist on a plugger and make me hate Mikheyev before he had ever played a game for us. I'm wondering what he's going to do with Hyman's spot for the first few months of the season. Knowing Mike, he's going to want to keep the 3rd line as whole as possible, especially with a bunch of guys who haven't played together on it (most likely Moore-Kerfoot-Kapanen), which probably means one of Spezza-Mikheyev-Aberg slotting in with JT/Marner (preferably Aberg). 4th line a bit of a crap shoot with whoever loses out on that 2nd line gig of the 3, with Shore, Petan and maybe even Goat also in the mix.