I didn't say there could be zero improvement in Risto - but he needs massive improvement, not incremental improvement. He is really, seriously, bad defensively. I do not want him on the Jets.
It isn't that I want 2 firsts for Trouba. It is that I don't see Risto as being any kind of return on him at all. I would
much rather have two 1sts than have Risto + one 1st. Risto does not = a 1st.
You could be right that he could blossom with different usage, but you immediately put him on the 1st pair. How is that different? More O zone starts? I think he needs a helluva lot more than that. His career with Sabres is almost a carbon copy of Myers'. So maybe he is a little better on the PP. Doesn't matter. He would be on PP2 here.
I'm not interested in taking a chance on a reclamation project.
I don't think we are going to agree here Dax. I don't see Risto as being able to help us. You do. I respect your opinions, but I reserve the right to sometimes disagree.