Player Discussion Ranking our Defensemen (In Terms of Value) #6

[Digitalbooya]

Scandella annihilated the last poll.

1. Suter
2. Brodin
3. Spurgeon
4. Dumba
5. Scandella
6. ????

Be sure to put who you voted for and why you voted for them! (also now accepting players to add to the poll)

Edit: could a mod edit my poll question? Stupid phone auto-corrected.

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[tomgilbertfan]

Folin, but Prosser is close - not in potential, but he's been pretty good this year, and is a 30 year old with 250+ NHL games, able to step in after not playing for weeks, and is making under $1M. I have a lot of respect for Prosser.

 

[57special]

Typo alert!

Voted Reilly. I see a lot of skills there that the others don't have. It really depends on what sort of mix we need for our back end at any given time.

Hard to say much of anything about Olofsson...haven't seen him play enough.

Folin has been playing well, and might be the better choice for this team right now.

 

[AKL]

I think Mike Reilly is the answer here, but I can definitely see why most might say Folin.

 

[Wabit]

Folin, but I've been saying that since #4.

 

[Minnesota]

Until Reilly & Olofsson show they're NHL regulars, Folin's our #6.

 

[ThatGuy22]

Folin, but Prosser is close - not in potential, but he's been pretty good this year, and is a 30 year old with 250+ NHL games, able to step in after not playing for weeks, and is making under $1M. I have a lot of respect for Prosser.

Prosser's been a good soldier for this organization for years. But i'll be shocked if he's above anyone in the poll, maybe Olloffsson because of all the injuries.

Just zero upside to him. He's a 7. Given an injury to someone in the top 6, I think most people would want one of the other two playing instead.

 

[TaLoN]

Folin, then Reilly.

 

[AOSC]

Scandella annihilated the last poll.

1. Suter
2. Brodin
3. Spurgeon
4. Dumba
5. Scandella
6. ????

Be sure to put who you voted for and why you voted for them! (also now accepting players to add to the poll)

Edit: could a mod edit my poll question? Stupid phone auto-corrected.

Most Trade Value:

Suter
Brodin
Spurgeon
Dumba
Scandella
Folin

Most Value To The Team:

Suter
Spurgeon
Brodin
Scandella
Folin
Dumba

 

[gphr513]

Going forward I think it's Reilly. He can be dynamic on the offensive end. Shore up his defense in the AHL and he could be a valuable piece.

Folin close behind.

 

[keppel146]

to me:folin
to other teams: reilly most likely

 

[hirawl]

Should be Reilly, voted Reilly, but what the hell happened to Reilly? His skating looks like he just got his ass kicked in a street fight.

 

[Wabit]

Should be Reilly, voted Reilly, but what the hell happened to Reilly? His skating looks like he just got his ass kicked in a street fight.

I had him at #6 value before the season started. Then the season started and Brodin/Folin pair looked really good.

Then when he was called up he was paired with Dumba, the worst d-man for him to be paired with. Spurgeon, Folin, Brodin, even Prosser would have been a better pair.

 

[Aurinko]

Highest importance/value players:

1. Folin
2. Prosser

Both are dirt cheap (600k-700k) and solid.

edit: in my list Folin is a top 3 guy overall. I don't remember seeing him fck up once. He has 3rd highest +/- for a D and that's with a 16 min/game TOI.

 

[57special]

Folin is looking better than last year, but he has primitive puck moving skills. He is better on his blades this year, but we're not talking Barishnikov here.

In other words, he is better than last year, but not light years better. I predict he gets a 2-2.5 M contract during the off season in FA.