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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Not only that, he simply is not a #1 defencemen. #1 defencemen are guys you should be able to trust in the dying minutes of a close or tie game. Offensively, he is a top pair guy. Defensively, not so much.
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The thing is how many true number 1 defencemen are there? I don't think there are 30 in the league.
Dion is overpaid. But if the Leafs could get him at 4-5 million per year on his next contract people might begin to have more realistic expectations.
Both Bouwmeester and Phanuef were paid by the Flames to be the next Pronger/Niedermeyer combo. Obviously that didn't work out too well, but the fact the Flames overpaid both of them doesn't make either player absolutely useless. They still have value - just not as much as their salaries would indicate.