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jayswin · 10-15-2016, 10:50 PM

Last season he looked like a very good prospect that could fit in on the second pairing. This season so far he looks like a solid, legit top four defenseman. The type that are very difficult to draft/acquire these days.

If his play keeps up - and I don't see any reason it wouldn't - I would really hope Brad Treliving is starting to have serious thoughts about protecting him. Obviously that means we would have to protect four d-men which would limit forwards being protected, but man what a great player he is. It would be a damn shame to lose him so easily after absolutely stealing him out of Dallas.

10-15-2016, 10:50 PM	#1
jayswin Celebrated Square Root Day Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	Jyrki Kevin Jokipakka: Does management start to make plans to protect him? Last season he looked like a very good prospect that could fit in on the second pairing. This season so far he looks like a solid, legit top four defenseman. The type that are very difficult to draft/acquire these days. If his play keeps up - and I don't see any reason it wouldn't - I would really hope Brad Treliving is starting to have serious thoughts about protecting him. Obviously that means we would have to protect four d-men which would limit forwards being protected, but man what a great player he is. It would be a damn shame to lose him so easily after absolutely stealing him out of Dallas.