Aerchon
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I'll agree and disagree with you there though, I knew what we were getting with Ference but I never thought hed be nearly as bad as this on the ice. Ference has been nothing short of a turnstyle in his own end.
I'm sorry, but if he was going to live up to the farce of being made Captain before even putting the jersey on he at least had to anchor the 3rd Defence pairing. If it wasnt for Nikitin (who has no excuse) Ference would be this team's worst defenceman.
So I agree that we'd have been better off with Smid than Ference though, for me theres no question of that.
At the end of the day though debating who would be better between Smid and Ference really shows a big reason why this team is in the basement.
I've seen people who think Klefbom has been this teams best defenseman... While there is an argument for that, it too really shows how terrible this teams defense is.
If you look at Klefbom from start to now this year.
Ference >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> better defensively than Klefbom. Barring an extremely short stint where everyone fell in love with him, Klefbom has been a MUCH worse of a turnstyle in his own end.
I will of course point out that Klefbom is also significantly better in the offensive zone than ference and yes overall as this season progresses Klefbom is > than Ference. No question.
You damn people for comparing Smid to Ference but then point out Ference would be second worst... kind of strange logic cause I see virtually no difference in NHL effectiveness between any of our D-men. Even Petry was only slightly better than Ference.
The only D-man who deserves a bit of credit is Fayne and even then not much.