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Originally Posted by DropIt
Marc Staal isnt worth a top ten pick, and topp call hi nnn elite is definitely a stretch. He isnt even a top pairing player in New York. I think you're defibition of Elite is pretty broad. You should probably be at least a top 30 defenseman to be considered elite.
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No, it's hard to be a top guy behind McDonaugh and Yandle though. I think it's pretty well known that NYR is pretty stacked on defence right now.
There's probably a large number of other teams where he's a top guy. I don't think there's been any stretch about calling Staal an elite guy.
Perhaps he's not worth a first to you, but that doesn't mean that Vancouver should undersell him like he did to you. The deal was not fair market value, it was quantity without quality.