82Ninety42011
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They are definitely top 5 arguments can be made for a few teams. Regardless Blues are set up very nicely to have another go at it this season.
Hedman is over rated IMO but still a top D. However Shattenkirk has been meh and Serg is meh as well. Both are over rated.
how does replacing Faulk with an inferior Edmundson strengthen the Canes defense?I'm going to say that the team that deemed Faulk expendable might have a better defense than the one who just acquired him.
They allowed fewer goals against in the regular season and the playoffs than St Louis (despite a brutal run of injuries), so there's that.
Edmundson is a better 3rd line fit and should be a better PK specialist for what we're looking to do. Trying to fit Faulk on our 3rd line was always going to be a struggle this year, and this allows us to play our top two lines more often while having a better purely defensive player pairing with whatever prospect is filling in for the injured TVR until his return. We won't need to ask said prospect to do as much defensively with Edmundson out there in regards to Faulk.how does replacing Faulk with an inferior Edmundson strengthen the Canes defense?
Tampa, Carolina, Boston and maybe Nashville still
Edit: for sure Nashville and I forgot the Wild, Dallas and on pieces alone I’d rather have Colorado’s
That in itself didn't, but the defensive moves in totality this off-season do.how does replacing Faulk with an inferior Edmundson strengthen the Canes defense?
If Shattenkirk can get back to his old self ... Hedman, McDonagh, Shattenkirk, Cernak, Sergachev, Coburn is as good as it gets.
Hedman - Sergachev > Dunn - Pietrangelo
McDonagh - Cernak > Bouwmeester - Parayko
Coburn - Shattenkirk > Gunnarson - Faulk
I’d take their top four over anyone not name pietrangelo (I spelled that horribly) and parayko
Almost fainted reading that.
If Shattenkirk can get back to his old self ... Hedman, McDonagh, Shattenkirk, Cernak, Sergachev, Coburn is as good as it gets.
Hedman - Sergachev > Dunn - Pietrangelo
McDonagh - Cernak > Bouwmeester - Parayko
Coburn - Shattenkirk > Gunnarson - Faulk
Yes but this means we get to use that against Binnington now
Adding Faulk as a 3rd pairing dman behind someone who is regarded as a top dman in the league and also the giant that shut down top lines all postseason makes the defense better, yes.This is feeling like that old tired "does Calgary have the best defense?" trope thing from when they acquired Bouwmeester to Phanuef.
Is Faulk even that good on actual defense? Adding Faulk/Shattenkirk type players doesn't necessarily make your defense stellar, but it might give you some nice PP goals here and there though.
Boston? What’s so special about their defense?
Parayko>Mcdonagh but Cernak>>>>>>>>Bouwmeester so that seems about right.
As far as the bottom pairing goes I would give the Blues a slight edge but it could go either way really.
I do not understand how Nashville has a better corps.
Josi = Petro
Ekholm=Parayko
Ellis = Faulk
Fabbro < Dunn
Hamhuis < Bouwmeester
Weber < Gunnarson
I dont mean to nitpick their team but I'd honestly like to hear what actual Nashville fans and other central division fans thought as well vs. all of the comments that are coming from fans of eastern conference teams that barely see either team play. The blueline is the backbone of STL and it has been for most of the decade.
And man...I don't think many people watched Jay Bouwmeester play last year....That shutdown pairing was MASSIVE against the other teams top lines for all of last season. Again, MASSIVE and he played a big role in that.