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Old 05-12-2014, 07:11 AM   #31
Erick Estrada
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Originally Posted by Rifleman View Post
He's a faster skating, harder hitting, higher paid Canadian version of Anton Babchuk. Hard shot, horrible defensive awareness, and has only been ever good playing with two partners in his career - Vandameer and Hamrlik. He can give you points on the powerplay, assuming he can start hitting the net with his shots the way he did during his rookie season..
That's cherry picking. Show me where Babchuk ever played remotely close to 24 minutes in a game ever let alone for an entire season? Phaneuf isn't a great defenseman but he's not a bad defenseman and he would instantly upgrade the Oilers so fans that are hoping the Oilers get him may want to be careful what they wish for.
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