The way things are looking, I would like to see the following lineup nce Higins comes back:
samsonov---koivu----kovalev
Latendresse---Higgins---Ryder
perezoghin---Bonk----Johnson
Begin----Plex-----Lapierre
I believe that Koivu could contribute to the Russians getting there game back. For the second line, I believe that it would show a good mix of players: power forward, playmaker, sniper.