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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Slight nitpick but he has put up a few more points than that:
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=94254
But point still stands.
Also on a slight tangent, the Flames under Treliving have yet to draft (yes only 2 years thus far I know) a stay at home defenceman with limited offensive upside in the early or mid rounds. Ollas-Mattson and Bruce have been late round picks and there have been a few tryouts (Yevenko, Prolux, etc).
Quickly scanning Phoenix's draft record while Treliving was there, they didn't seem to pick any of those type of players either unless they were late round.
Perhaps that trend will continue.
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Fair enough, I was just using the stats from
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/p...php?pid=130991. I didn't realize they wouldn't list everything.
Damn you hockeydb.com! Now my rant is slightly less effective!
As for the rest of your post, that is good news regarding Treliving's drafting in my opinion. There is just no need to draft or develop stay at home defensemen in today's NHL. They're not nearly as effective anymore, and they're also one of the cheapest commodities to acquire in free agency. You can get them for less cap hit than an entry level deal if you need one.