Quote:
Originally Posted by heep223
Bigger. Tougher. With similar or better skill set. I think there's some truth to what you're saying in regards to players who have been in the system vs not, but there's a reason that Schlemko has been through waivers a few times man. You are way overrating him and he doesn't really provide much that we don't already have in spades. Engelland is ahead of him on the depth chart because he provides something that we need. Which makes Schlem cat a good depth guy, #7 or #8. He could fill in higher on a team with crappy D.
|
Is being bigger and tougher the difference between getting 14 million over 4 years and being lucky to receive a camp invite? I don't think it is personally. And the reason he was waived in Arizona was because they were going full on tank, so they might as well get the guys that have in their long term plans such as Gormley ice time to see what they can (and can't) do. With Dallas, they had a bunch of young defencemen that they wanted to see in action before they became waiver eligible and were not really in the playoff race (6 points out with 17 game sleft chasing 4 teams).
Does Engelland provide something we need? Do we really need a face puncher who makes everyone on the ice on his team worse rather than someone who makes them better? If you look at Brodie's underlying numbers with Schlemko versus them with Engelland it is amazing how much more effective he was when paired with Schlemko than he was with Engelland. Engelland is a tougher, worse defensively, cheaper Ladislav Smid.