The 'stay at home' defensive defencemen are less common these days, but they are still very useful. A prime Robyn Regehr would still be an extremely valuable asset, for instance.
However, a stay at home defensive defencemen must still be rather mobile, and he absolutely must be a rock defensively. Gudbranson is not that. His numbers show that.
I love Engelland as I thought he is a very capable defensive defencemen. I thought his cap hit was a bit on the high side, but still respectable given what he brings. Gudbranson better have a tonne of leadership abilities and 'intangibles' because I don't see any other reason to pay him that much money. You aren't paying him to generate offence - you aren't even paying him to help the transition. You aren't paying him that much for being such a defensive stalwart.
Intangibles. Must be.
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