RememberTheRoar
“I’m not as worried about the 5-on-5 scoring.”
The reality of Gus is that he’s essentially our de facto #1 defenseman in our coach’s eyes. Obviously he’s a very non-traditional #1.
He averaged 10 seconds fewer even strength ice time than Keith on the season, but if Colliton had been here all year, it appears Gus would’ve had more than Keith. Also, if Colliton scales down keith’s minutes next season, it’s pretty resonable to expect Gus to see the ice the most of any defenseman.
Colliton loves Gustafsson, and if that’s the return we’d get from other teams, it’s very very obvious Gus has more value to this team and it’s coach than he does in a trade.
I’m guessing Gustafsson is Colliton’s #1 for the foreseeable future, at least until someone like Boqvist or Byram develop and force that to change (guessing ~4 years from now).
So if Colliton remains our coach for a while, I fully anticipate him building his defense around Gustafsson first, and slotting in guys around him.
He averaged 10 seconds fewer even strength ice time than Keith on the season, but if Colliton had been here all year, it appears Gus would’ve had more than Keith. Also, if Colliton scales down keith’s minutes next season, it’s pretty resonable to expect Gus to see the ice the most of any defenseman.
Colliton loves Gustafsson, and if that’s the return we’d get from other teams, it’s very very obvious Gus has more value to this team and it’s coach than he does in a trade.
I’m guessing Gustafsson is Colliton’s #1 for the foreseeable future, at least until someone like Boqvist or Byram develop and force that to change (guessing ~4 years from now).
So if Colliton remains our coach for a while, I fully anticipate him building his defense around Gustafsson first, and slotting in guys around him.