I wonder what's happening with Register. I thought he would be one of the first on the list to be back and I was very confident that he would want to come back too. But it's all gone very quiet.
But as listed above, that does look a strong defensive group. The only unknowns are of course the 2nd line. Thompson very difficult to say anything about as information is sparse, but could be a gem. The little I've seen of Crawford I'm confident he will be a big hit with Devils fans and looks a good player.
I only expected 2 new d-men this off season, one offensive minded and one big stay at home guy. I guess that's what we might have with Thompon and Crawford, and Jardine is a sort of hybrid of both.
Jardine and Crawford will be big on our PPs too. I think I read that Crawford was the highest point scoring defencemen on powerplays in the ECHL. With those two quarterbacking our 2 units our powerplay should continue where it left off last season as the best in the league.