Top line minutes for Jumbo?

Opening night of camp. Would be very surprised if no changes are made before the season starts.

Ok I guess but why not try to start with as close as possible to the lines for 1-13

Great to see Vesey Get big minutes. I expect him to bring home some hardware this season

Honestly, I've got no idea. Maybe they want to incentivize competition by showing that nobody's spot in the lineup is safe or maybe with the amount of overhaul this offseason, they just want to see what might work and what doesn't seem to. I really don't know, but I'd be downright shocked if they ride this straight through camp to the beginning of the season. If they decide to start the season with this, that's whatever, but if they don't at least experiment with other things throughout camp, I don't think they're doing their due diligence.

I agree really but that’s one I really scratch my head about

Barabanov is small, has no experience in the NHL and the bottom line is a defensive line. You need big, intimidating and gritty. Chances are that line will be Simmonds / Engvall / Spezza. They will probably hope that playing on a line with those two will help Engvall use his body and size more effectively. He's a monster when it comes to his size. He's 196 cm (6'5) and around 100kg (~220). Those 3 together are around 270kg or 600lbs of oh ****. If they can get all 3 of them pushing people around they will scare the living **** out of teams. Considering Dubas said he wants them to be tougher to play against I would hazard a guess that he thinks that would accomplish that.