Nick Suzuki and Cale Fleury have forced management to make tough decisions as they survived the latest cuts and still hope to start the season in Montreal. Eight forwards are fighting for five spots. Suzuki has seemingly done enough to not only earn a spot, but potentially dislodge a player from the top-9. Will they dare take that path in order to ice the best team possible? Also, should we be concerned with the way Drouin and Kotkaniemi have been playing in preseason, and a tip of the hat to Jake Evans.



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