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Now that Tallinder's salary is moved it is of utmost importance that Lou re-signs Zidlicky. The whole point is that this teams needs more offensive D-men and not the problem that it has faced ever since Lou never re-signed Rafalski. I understand that free agency this year wasn't jam-packed with offensive defenseman for Lou to sign but he cannot let someone like Zidlicky slip away from the team. I don't understand how anyone could even disagree. How does it hurt the team to re-sign Zidlicky? It only can help. Not only does it help but he fills a role within the team that it desperately needs. The fact is that ever since he came here he's led the defensive unit in points by a HUGE margin. People can rank the defenseman in any way they want but the real way to rank players is what their role is to the team and Zidlicky has a role that is a must have.
The Devils' defense has always been the weakest point of the team year in and year out. Every year there is just a bunch of mediocre defenseman coupled in with a #2 D-man to lead the entire unit. Besides that, these defenseman have no ability in producing offense and that's why the team could never win the Stanley Cup. Why did the team finally have a lot of success in 2012 and go to the SCF? It's because the defense scored with Zidlicky and Salvador scoring at some godly rate that he'll never do again. With 2 D-man scoring at good rates, the team simply did well.
Now what are you doing with the team when Zidlicky leaves? You're not only taking your highest scorer away but your also not understanding of the fact that Salvador nor any Devils D-man could score at his rate. Greene simply isn't dependable on offense and Larsson is too young to expect that much either. You're just betting with disaster and even with luck that's only 1 D-man scoring which clearly isn't enough. If you don't re-sign Zidlicky, this team will suffer its fate that it has suffered every year since 2004 besides 2012.
The Devils' defense has always been the weakest point of the team year in and year out. Every year there is just a bunch of mediocre defenseman coupled in with a #2 D-man to lead the entire unit. Besides that, these defenseman have no ability in producing offense and that's why the team could never win the Stanley Cup. Why did the team finally have a lot of success in 2012 and go to the SCF? It's because the defense scored with Zidlicky and Salvador scoring at some godly rate that he'll never do again. With 2 D-man scoring at good rates, the team simply did well.
Now what are you doing with the team when Zidlicky leaves? You're not only taking your highest scorer away but your also not understanding of the fact that Salvador nor any Devils D-man could score at his rate. Greene simply isn't dependable on offense and Larsson is too young to expect that much either. You're just betting with disaster and even with luck that's only 1 D-man scoring which clearly isn't enough. If you don't re-sign Zidlicky, this team will suffer its fate that it has suffered every year since 2004 besides 2012.
