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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
Jokipakka is a bottom pair player. I have nothing against him, but I'm not concerned if he ends up being selected in the expansion draft, either. There's lots of promising prospects on D in the organization currently, and some of them are exempt.
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I don't think Jokipakka is a bottom pair d-man. He's 2nd pairing material IMO.
I just think Calgary has a really solid top three and a bunch of bottom pair guys. Wideman is not the long term man here (obviously). Jokipakka is the only guy who can play the number 4 position right now and for the next year IMO. Unless Kylington or Andersson are ready to make the jump to full time NHL in 2017-18, I hope they protect Jokipakka, or make a big a splash with a trade to round out the top 4.