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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Dion's was the most explosive defenseman in the game at the beginning of his career. It's obvious that he isn't the player who was the third Calder nominee with Crosby and Ovechkin.
His downfall is entirely injury related - If he could still move like he was 23, he'd be a 9M player.
When I watched Nurse at the World Juniors, I saw a kid who has all the tools to be a devastating defenseman in the NHL. We should be so lucky if the Oilers ruin him.
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Age. / wear and tear have slowed Dion down. But his downfall had a a lot more to do with being promoted from a middle pairing role in a historic year for power play opportunities to a top-dog role in more continually declining PPs on a yearly basis.