He is fine on 3rd.
We should add schmaltz from arizona if the price is cheap. He is only a -1 in 43 games for a bottom 5 team. Really not bad at all.
Schmaltz doesn't even play C anymore. Pass.
Teams should always strive for L-R pairings in the modern NHL, and that's what they do. But, the reality is that there are more LH NHL-caliber defensemen in the world than there are RH. And, yes, there are a few lefties who prefer to play the right side. So yes, it's often that teams have only 2 righties, because ultimately you're right, you're not going to dress a shitty righty over a serviceable lefty, if the only penalty is having the lefty play his off-side.
Right now, the Wings have 5 worthwhile NHL defensemen on the roster. Three lefties and two righties. If they were trying to upgrade on the trio of misfit toys currently occupying the 6th spot, they should try to add a righty. But if a lefty were the best option, so be it.
Also, last time we won the Cup we absolutely had three righties. Rafalski, Cheli, and..... Garret Stafford played 2 games
He seems intent on blaming coaching for everything, down to which mediocre sixth defenseman is active on any given night.
It's almost surprising the discrepancy isn't greater in favor of lefties. Non-hockey players often don't quite get this, or are surprised, but if you're right-handed you should almost certainly be playing hockey left-handed, and vice-versa. You get far more benefit from your dominant hand being at the top of the stick, where it influences so much more of what is going on (torque, directional change, load-bearing, etc). And since 90% of the world is right-handed, it's a little strange that only ~60% of the NHL is left-handed (there are a number of theories to explain this, but I won't get into those).
It's just a joke. I've seen this in a few threads now for some reason.
I'd like to see those numbers before and after they broke up Seider and Chiarot.
