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Originally Posted by opendoor
That's not that weird. He's a top 4 defenseman who plays the toughest minutes on the team and logs a lot of PK time; of course his GA are going to be among the top of the team.
5-on-5, he's top 25 in the league in terms of GA per minute of ice time among defensemen. Given the quality of his opposition, that's fantastic.
$3M? 
That gets you a guy like Steve Montador. You simply cannot get a 27 year old defenseman who's capable of playing against other teams' 1st lines and coming out on top for that kind of money. $3M gets you a slight upgrade on Babchuk.
In each of the last 3 seasons Garrison has played against the toughest opposition of anyone on his team and come out of it allowing fewest GA/60 min among the top 4 defense on his team. He can do that while still generating a decent amount of offense and that's why he's worth his contract. |
In a perfect world we can sign Malkin at 4m next year!
