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Originally Posted by Glo Boyz
He would be the ideal 3rd pairing D that can fill in on a second pairing when theres an injury. Not a second pairing filling in on the first. That's a recipe for disaster.
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Kris Russell is a top 4 defenceman in the NHL, period. Injuries to Gio caused him to play perhaps more then he was used to, but he filled in admirably when it mattered most. That ''recipe for disaster'' got us to the 2nd round.
We were supposed to be bottom feeders in contention for McDavid. We took a huge step forward and made it to round 2. Russell was a huge reason for that.
Having Russell on our bottom pairing (if that happened) would suddenly mean we have one of the deepest defences in the league. I agree with you there, I'm all for that. But that's hard as hell to do. In the perfect world we'll find that player that allows us to do that AND injuries won't play a factor. But #### happens. You make it seem like Russell is the new Anders Eriksson.