I’d love to see how this team operates when everyone is healthy but it’s entirely possible that this entire season is complete without us playing our best possible lineup.
I think Ekblad is better for the top-pair than Jones is, especially while Jones is learning the system. I think he will be a little better once Ekblad is back and he gets use to the system. (And Ekblad stops role playing as Roidblad)
No Tkachuk hurts but we’re lucky to have strong forward depth, and we’ll hopefully have Marchand in the lineup in the regular season to get use to things.