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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
The 2015-16 Stanley Cup Champions Pittsburgh Penguins might disagree with you there. I would say he would be roughly the 4th best defencemen on that team last year. Maybe the 5th. Pittsburgh used some inexperienced guys last year on D who made a tonne of mistakes.
Engelland was also probably the 5th best defencemen in San Jose last season as well.
Engelland is a dependable defensive defencemen who plays physically, and (IMO) quite the underrated first pass out of the zone. I would be comfortable having him on the 2nd pairing, if the 3rd wouldn't end up being a fire drill.
This guy needs a moniker or something. Deryk "The Underrated One" Engelland.
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Pittsburgh really isn't a model that any other team can emulate, though Engelland could have probably been the #5 for San Jose. Dillon-Polak cost them that cup, they were soooooo bad.
To the bolded though, lol.
I wouldn't mind him being stuck to Brodie for the rest of the year, and if he can help Brodie at all I wouldn't be opposed to signing him to a 1 or 2 year deal. The Flames need a physical stop gap guy until they can acquire a legit top 4 guy, Hamilton develops a physical game, or a prospect comes through. Engelland has familiarity with the team, and has been non-garbage going on two seasons now.