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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
Interesting d-man. Pretty steady in his own end, isn't overly physical, has very low offensive upside, doesn't shoot the puck often, but has a decent outlet pass.
Canucks have next to nothing coming up on D so they need to lock him up so this is a good move for them.
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Add him to a long string of mid-20's defenseman that get locked up long term so they never see UFA. The days of picking up top 4 D are coming to a close for the next decade, either you pick up a mid-30's substitute and how they don't fall off the cliff for the term of their contract, overpay for one (or get extremely lucky to find a team in a bind, like NYI did)... or draft your own. If you don't, your team is F'ed.