Islay1989
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JFC the homerism in here hurts.
Byram has a good shot at ending up a top pairing dman but he will be dropping jaws if he does that in the next two years.
Brady was who I wanted all along and I’d still take him every day of the week over Byram.
With Brady in the top6 this is a very different team the last year or two and Byram might not even be on the roster next year. Yes ELCs will be worth their weight in gold to the Avs moving forward but so too would a top6 gritty winger (on an ELC) have been the last two years, as the Avs opened their cup window.
Brady was everything this team needed two years ago and instead we got a “best of his class, potential top pairing D” that everyone around here has since decided is the best prospect since sliced bread and have convinced themselves is going to be a sure fire #1D - based on pretty much absolutely nothing.
We have an embarrassment of riches in D prospects at the moment, at least compared to what Avs fans are used to. But let’s not continue to get too carried away with the idea that we’re going to have two legit 1Ds on this roster because Byram would need to hit his absolute ceiling to make that happen. Would I love to be proven wrong, absolutely. Do I think I will be? Absolutely not.
What matters is how does more for his team through his career, not who does more through 2020. And if Byram hits his absolute ceiling you don't have a #1D, you have something better. And the claim that Avs fans decided Byram is the best thing since sliced bread out of thin air is a blatant fallacy. He is considered a top defensive prospect by pretty much every outlet there is, but somehow Avs fans are getting carried away based on nothing? What a hot take.
Also, most people posting here are saying they would be happy with him touring out to be a good #2, which is a pretty damn safe projection. It would be pretty damn disappointing if a guy taken 4th doesn't end up at least a #2D.
That's debatable. There are more top pairing dmen in the league than power forwards like Brady.
And that's IF Byram becomes a top pairing guy in the NHL.
Ah, the "power forward". The most absurdly overrated concept in all of hockey. Which Cup winning team in the last 10 years or so had a true PWF on the roster that was a steady contributor? Caps with Wilson? And even he was pretty clearly the 3rd wheel on his line and way down the pecking order after Ovi, Backstrom, Kuz, Carlson, Holtby, Orlov in terms of importance to the Cup run. Furthermore, Brady is good, but if he continues to throw his weight around like he does he'll be done at 30. I mean I find it hilarious people salivate over him and in turn fret about keeping Landeskog because he will fall apart (or has already started to), when Brady plays like a more reckless version of youg Landeskog.
All situation top pairing D >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> power forward who is a winger to boot