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Originally Posted by Soliak
Eh? I think it's saying something. Wideman hasn't been that bad this year defensively, it'd even say he has been above average! I too watch quite a few ARI games and I can definitively say that Yandle has been better than OEL defensively this year. True, OEL was an absolute gong show for the first 30-40 games, but still...Yandle carried that team and has looked great. I agree we should not pay overs for a guy who ARI will demand a premium for, but lets not pretend he isn't an awesome dman.
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He's an awesome offensive d-man. To suggest he's carried the team defensively is off base. OEL has been much better since December.
I completely disagree with you about his ability in his own end, but that seems irrelevant, as you seem to agree it would be ill advised to over-pay for him given what the likely asking price would be.
We're one of the most offensive teams in the league from our back end. Over-paying for Yandle is not filling an area of need.