And I give Mayfield the nominal edge over Pelech because Mayfield is a right handed defenseman who now has some NHL experience under his belt.
Assuming Toews makes the team, he’s our 3rd best dman behind Pulock and Leddy. Let’s say 2-55 are paired together we have:
Leddy Boychuk
Pelech Pulock
Toews Mayfield
Hickey
I’d argue that Pelech has more value. He can play both sides so he’s gives Trotz that’s flexibility which will come to play when 55 inevitably goes down with an injury.
In that case, Pelech moves next to Leddy and Hickey slides next to Pulock.
Leddy Pelech
Hickey Pulock
Toews Mayfield
If Toews makes the Isles I think the one who gets pushed further down should be Hickey as Toews and Pelech are better than him.
I also see Aho eventually being a better option as well.
I’m not sure why Sbisa’s here except to push the bottom 3 to play their best so that Lou can get a proper evaluation.