Othmann supplants Lafreniere in top six in today’s practice lines

It should come as no surprise given the discourse the last few days, as Alexis Lafreniere has been removed from the top six, at least for now, based on today’s practice lines. Brennan Othmann is skating on the second line with Chris Kreider and Vincent Trocheck, while Kaapo Kakko is on the top line. Lafreniere was moved to the third line.

Without Filip Chytil in the lineup, it looks a little weak with Barclay Goodrow as the center on the third line, but again they are missing Chytil. This is about as close to the starting lineup next Thursday as we are going to get before the next round of cuts. There are many different ways this can shake out.