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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
we must have watched a different season. All I saw was Engelland getting exploited in the slot for two months once his minutes went up, whereas at least earlier in the season you could blame Hartley for pairing him with Smid and both having the same limited mobility/puckhandling/passing
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I don't know. I saw a guy that gets paid about the same as Luca Sbisa but wasn't anywhere near the train wreck he was in the first round of the playoffs. It's like some of you have never seen a 3rd pairing defenseman on other teams. You only have to look at Sbisa and Bieksa to see that they can be pretty shoddy on most teams. Engelland stepped up and contributed far more than your typical 3rd pairing guy can and that's all you can ask really from a $3 million veteran defenseman.