Sstroh84
Registered User
yeah i'll take the guy threatening Ovechkin for the rocket every season...I must have missed Jones threatening the Norris considering Laine was 2nd in goals was Jones 2nd in Norris votes? Laine doesn't even play top minutes yet and was 19 last season. This isn't your typical UFA 1st line winger here.
You are basically referring to Jones as a typical UFA top line defenseman... My point is there are a lot of very good wingers so the drop off is not as steep when you end up with a winger lets say at #15 in the league compared to that same drop in defenseman caliber. There are fewer defenseman close to Jones than there are wingers close to Laine. Opportunity for replacement or similar is much higher for Laine than Jones. So I would choose Jones without much hesitation.