Good news, everyone!

All signs are pointing to Jonathan Huberdeau returning to the Calgary Flames lineup very soon. Heck, he might be in the lineup as soon as Saturday night’s clash with the Vegas Golden Knights.

Huberdeau’s return is a big deal for a Flames team that has started 1-4-0, and he could provide a nice boost in every game situation. (We’re not asking Flames fans to love his $10.5 million cap hit, but he’s a quality player.)

So when Huberdeau rejoins the Flames, how will their forward lines be changed and who will leave the big club to accommodate his return?

In this scenario, Huberdeau would be dropped into the first line alongside Nazem Kadri and Matt Coronato – as he skated for the majority of training camp. Matvei Gridin would likely be sent to the Wranglers, which would allow him to play top six minutes in the AHL.

Here would be the projected lines in this scenario:

This is basically the “status quo” situation and would involve the fewest line changes. Sam Honzek would stick around, at least for now, since he’s been a nice fit on the third line.

If your preference is to keep Gridin in the forward mix rather than Honzek, then we would see slightly more line shuffling. In this scenario Huberdeau rejoins the top line, and then everyone on the left side drops down a slot – Gridin joins the second line and Farabee joins the third line – and Honzek would head to the Wranglers to play top six minutes in the AHL.

Here are the lines in this scenario:

If you’ve really liked what you’ve seen from both Gridin and Honzek and want to keep them both in the fold, the Flames have options which probably revolve around Daniil Miromanov hitting waivers to open a spot for Huberdeau.

In this scenario, we’re keeping Gridin, Honzek and Farabee in the top nine – they’ve all performed well so far – and suddenly stacking the fourth line with some pretty solid hockey players.

We’re thinking Scenario C is the least likely scenario, between waiving an established player in Miromanov and putting offensive-minded players like Zary and Sharangovich on the fourth line, but you never know.