Brooke, 29, is expected to be used on a checking line, to kill penalties and provide some muscle.

Of the Devils' 38 goals this season, 16 have been scored by those three, on what is considered a checking line.

How much Yashin can produce on a checking line with limited playing time remains to be seen.

"I was more open to it this time," said Graves, who finished the season strongly as a center on the checking line.

So he demoted Hull to a checking line and cut his ice time.

"Our job is to make sure the other team doesn't score," Taylor said of the checking line.

I was on a checking line a lot and never played the power play.

Green, an impressive rookie last season on the checking line, has a goal and no assists.

The three of them work together as a checking line.

"I was on a checking line my first couple of years."