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Arizona Coyotes lineup projections 2.0: Barrett Hayton in, Christian Fischer out?

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Back in July we took a look at how the Coyotes' lineup might look before training camp began. Now, with a little more than a week to go before the regular-season opener, we have a better idea of who fits where.

Here's a projection and breakdown of forward combinations, defensive pairings and every other aspect of the Coyotes' roster in 2019-20:

Projected lineup in 2019-20

Line combinations:

Clayton Keller—Derek Stepan—Phil Kessel

Christian Dvorak—Nick Schmaltz—Conor Garland

Michael Grabner—Brad Richardson—Vinnie Hinostroza

Lawson Crouse—Carl Soderberg—Barrett Hayton

Defense pairings:

Oliver Ekman-Larsson—Jason Demers

Jakob Chychrun—Niklas Hjalmarsson

Alex Goligoski—Jordan Oesterle

Goalies:

Darcy Kuemper

Antti Raanta

Scratched: Michael Chaput, Ilya Lyubushkin.