Where does he slot with us?
Sbisa replacement.
Sbisa was the man at the beginning of the season and I think our recency bias and the level of intensity in the Finals are making us think of him more negatively than his play for most of the time he played deserves.Yeah he's up to the task of turning the puck over like Sbisa. I think fans and management had enough of Sbisa. I hope he's not as bad as I've seen from him in the past.
I was hoping to sign Ian Cole or Jack "MF" Johnson, but those guys are too pricey for a bottom pairing dman.
Where does he slot with us?
Hopefully 7D. I find it hard to believe that McPhee is expecting him to be relied on as anything but depth. He's ok in sheltered minutes, but when the Rangers had him playing in a top 4 role, he was a giveaway machine.
I would like to assume that more moves are forthcoming. No way this team's D is set for next year with or without this move.
Aside from Karlsson, who would they add? Enstrom?
Hopefully 7D. I find it hard to believe that McPhee is expecting him to be relied on as anything but depth. He's ok in sheltered minutes, but when the Rangers had him playing in a top 4 role, he was a giveaway machine.
I would like to assume that more moves are forthcoming. No way this team's D is set for next year with or without this move.
I think he's the third pair defenseman. No way they are paying 2.2M for a 7D.
That's the going rate for UFAs. Heck they're paying Reaves close to 3m to be the 13th forward.
Maybe, but the cap only went up 6%. If you say that 1.25M was the going rate for 7D before (even though that's high) and if you added double the cap increase on that, 12%, you still only get 1.4M.
I think 2.2M is much more like bottom pairing money and I believe that's where they're planning to play him at the moment and give him every opportunity to keep that spot.
I think Merrill and Hunt are our 7-8D.
Holden and Engelland are our bottom pair.
Schmidt and McNabb are in our top 4.
The other two top 4 spots are up in the air, with Theodore and Miller there now but EK and whoever else in management's hopes.
Oh boy. Watched him a lot in Colorado. He’s a very furstrating player. We used to ***** and moan a lot about him and General Guenin.