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Originally Posted by schteve_d
His abilities are probably below average insofar as NHL defenceman are concerned, which is why he should settle on a third pairing wherever he goes.
I suppose to some teams that price is entirely reasonable but for our situation I think it would be an overpayment.
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That makes sense, good point. I didn't want him here because I think we need to get away from that style of defense but I get where you're coming from. Makes me think that the Oilers should've paid him $5m+ given the sorry state of their backend.