I don't put too much stock into what any of the young guys are doing now since teams are likely laughing when they see our roster, so I don't know if Dietz is an NHLer yet. In the AHL he wasn't that good considering it was his third season. He was ok, but more of a bottom pairing type on a bad team. In the NHL he's shown some good things but he's shown some terrible plays as well. Next camp will be interesting to see what happens, once we see how the roster shapes up going into camp.
A bit like Pateryn at the beginning of the year. I like Dietz's game, and you can tell he's picking up some confidence. His first few games it looked like he was handling a hot potato with no kitchen gloves....now he's making plays and is attacking the net. Definitely a first call up to an injury, should be first pairing D in the AHL.
Subban
Petry
Pateryn
Dietz
Lernout
There's your Righthanded D depth
Is Juulsen playing AHL next year?