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I guess we will just disagree. I don't like Stuart or Pardy that much to be honest, but I think that:
Enstrom is at the cusp of elite.
Trouba looks like he might project even better than Toby
Bogosian is a legitimate top 2 guy
Clitsome and Postma are solid bottom pair guys.
I think we are missing one guy in our top 4.
I did specify "on a contending team", not merely a play-off team. Is Toby 1st pair on those top 5 or 6 teams that are real contenders? Possibly 1 or 2 of them I guess but I really don't think so. Trouba being there is still a projection. He very well might be in another year or two. I think Bogo is a legit 2nd pair D on any of them but not 1st.
While it would be great to push everyone down one pairing, I don't think we're that bad off. As truck states, a #1 changes things immensely regarding the makeup. Let's say by hook or crook that we manage to grab Sutter, and leave the rest of the personnel as they are. I'm also going to assume this happens next year, so we'll see Trouba with another year under his belt, and Morrissey joins the Jets.
(ignoring handedness):
Suter - Trouba
Enstrom - Bogo
Morrissey - Clitsome / Postma
That looks a heck of a lot better, and it only inserted a 1D (only )
Yes, that does make it look a lot better so maybe I was a little pessimistic saying we needed 2 at the top. BTW, technically you added 1 at the top and 1 at the bottom. Nevertheless it transforms our D corps from shaky at best to one of the better groups in the league.