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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
C'mon man. Stupid decisions are stupid decisions. Stop deflecting
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It was not a stupid decision, it was Sutter's only option. He had to have a two dmen play in the top six outside of Gio and Bouwmeester, his options were:
Sarich - with the exception of one or two years the guy was never a top four dman, he was not going to be one last year
Brodie - He was way too young and it would have been horrible for his development to play him in top four minutes last year, he was not an option
Hannan- played him in a top four role which he no longer had the ability for. This was one of the two options Sutter choose
Butler - played him in a top four role even though he was probably not ready for it.
Babchuck - guy has never played top four minutes and he is terrible defensively, not the greatest option.
Smith - He has never played top four minutes and probably never will on any NHL team.
Sutter more or less went with the best option out of six terrible options. I would love to know who all the bellyachers and whiners would have played in a top six role Smith? Sarich? Babchuk? Brodie? I threw out a weird never tried before rotation idea, maybe that could have happened.....