Would looking at top 4 defensemen be better? I think that teams require a very solid top 4 to be a contender at that can be done buy pairing your top Gio type guy with a cheap young guy and have 2 good but not elite guys or you can have 4 good but not elite. So I think slicing it at 3 makes how the 4th defensemen is paid affect the averages.
In general though I agree with you that the flames bad contract window is more Patrick sharp than Mike Richards
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