Incetardis
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- Sep 17, 2013
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I think he's currently a perfect #7 on good team. I don't see top-4 upside because he's so weak in his own zone. I view him as a stop-gap for the next couple years until we acquire/develop better D. With the expansion draft looming, he's good trade fodder to add into a consolidation-type move. We have enough offense, we now need defensive roleplayers all throughout the lineup. I think Carrick is a bad fit both short- and long-term.
I tend to agree. I like Carrick a lot. I think he's a real smart player that plays with an edge which I love but he's an undersized offensive dman and we need some big nasty defensive minded Dman that are hard to play against to even out the lineup. Without Polak that D core is soft as ****. We'll see but I'm not sure with Reilly, Gards, and Zaitsev that he'll be able to play to his strengths and be an effective contributor to this team long term