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Originally Posted by Poe969
I think the reason some people say a top 4 D trumps a bottom 6 forward is because it's a lot easier to pick up bottom 6 forwards in trades or UFA. It's pretty hard (apparently unless your Brad Treliving) to pick up a top 4 Dman without sacrificing much (again, apparently unless your Brad Treliving). If Andersson turns out to be a top 4 D it'll be easier in the future to get a bottom 6 player like Arnold but if we have an amazing bottom 6 and need a top 4 dman, we probably wouldn't get it that easily.
Point being, it's a lot easier to get a bottom 6 forward through trades and UFA than it is to get a solid top 4 Dman
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I'm not disagreeing with you much but my point was that it is quite difficult to get these diversely talented bottom 6 forwards (such as Shaw, Rakell etc). As difficult as it is to get a top 4 D (for most GMs
). And Arnold is one of the few in the system that looks like one to me. While Andersson is in a larger group of players that might be our #4 (hey he may be better than that).
I am not here to disparage Andersson but to pump Arnold's tires a bit. I think he is gonna be such a useful piece.