he Has an extremely low Hockey IQ....with a great body(Skates well good edgework, can handle pucks well and has a decent shot) it’s the decision making or lack thereof that makes him imo absolutely atrocious. He doesn’t feel the game well. His defensive errors are always in coVerage and when he has to read or anticipate a play and his shot blocking is horrendous, he pulls his stick in rather than out and literally moves out of the shot lane every time. (See Hoffman goal). He’s horrible at picking up sticks and identifying his man net front whenever there’s a rebound or things break down, he compounds problems while extremely rarely ever fixing any. There’s a reason scandella has been a fantastic fit in his role with Parayko and it has nothing to do with puck handling ability. I’m at the point where due to the roles. I’d prefer bortuzzo to Faulk solely for his Penalty killing, shot blocking and physicality, bortz has basically generated the same amount of offense as Faulk as well lol.
now take in the fact that Petro Dunn and now Parayko are better offensively....there’s no reason to have this guy on our team, especially given his contract.