Dab
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Paid a 3rd to help Toronto out of cap problems… maybe a little too clever by half on this trade.
Paying a 3rd to a cap strapped team who needs instant cap room for a marginal NHL’r is probably not the best move. At least not worth celebrating. Toronto liked it I’m sure!Dermott is 25, under team control for multiple more seasons, and we aren't doing a total rebuild.
Getting guys who fit this timeframe makes total sense. The pro scouting just has to be better than the abomination under Jim Benning.
I just mean, Dermott isn't the sort of big, physical "stabilizing presence" sort of defensive D this team really needs on the RH side to complement more offensive guys like Hughes and OEL.What do you mean by type? I see Dermott as an upgrade to skating and moving the puck.
And I do believe this moves the needle, albeit not a lot. Something to take in to consideration is the swap of Hamonic for Dermott allows 1.5M more of flexibility. If management uses their CAP wisely, you could add a good bottom 6 fwd or another depth defenseman with that money. It's a considerable upgrade over just Hamonic.
watching him play and then looking at his stats, I realised Dermott isn’t quite as small as I thought. He’s 6ft and 200+ pounds. He’s not a very physical defender and doesn’t seem to chase hits, but he has the bulk to be effective in the corners and in front of the net. Not sure if he’s figured out how to maximise his effectiveness in these areas yet, but he doesn’t face the same challenges that Stetcher and Hughes have had to. Those two are effective mostly because of their stick work and constantly moving their feet, both things I’ll be watching Dermott closely for.
Ehhh...that listing sounds..."generous" for Dermott. Whether he actually tips the scales at that or not, is kind of a moot point anyway. He certainly plays like a small defender. More so than Stecher by a good margin. Even if he is technically a little bit "bigger". That's what really matters more in the end anyway.
Maybe it is on our defence, but 5’11.25” is not big for a defencemamActually his height and weight at the NHL Combine, which is official as it gets, was 5 feet 11.25 inches and 197 lbs.
Those stats are when he was 18 years old, and its reasonable to expect he has grown in 6 years. He's a solidly built player with great mobility.
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Maybe it is on our defence, but 5’11.25” is not big for a defencemam
Has looked decent but needs to play more.
Really awkward to think about given what went down. Part of me thinks if what he's been accused of is true then that is a character defect so deep as to be unfixable and we wouldn't want any piece of that, but another part is that if the team had a different culture and leadership character then maybe JV would have evolved into something...else. We'll never know I guess.
If he was as good as Evander Kane and signed to a good contract and there's no issues in the locker room then ya I can see the team keeping him despite the charges. Innocent until proven guilty.
But I don't think there's anything related to one's work environment that can change how one is in their private life. Kobe Bryant all but admitted to raping a 19 year old when Kobe was around JV's age and that was shortly after being a part of a team that won 3 straight championships. Different sport though.