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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Someone who is not picking Anderssen in the top-2 is just stirring the pot to add controversy.
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What a garbage claim, albeit not surprising from the guy who thought the Flames needed to not sign Mark Jankowski in order to acquire a #51OA compensatory draft pick.
Andersson is an intelligent defenseman, and he had a solid season in the AHL as a 21 year old. But also seems to lack the level of four-way mobility needed to be a highly effective top 4 option in a blistering fast NHL. People evaluate based on things like plus minus and point totals when for defensemen, those are influenced by things like goaltending, luck, partner quality, power play usage, etc. One isn't "stirring the pot" to question those things. Maybe we've seen him get blown by simply due to a lack of footspeed and are unsure how much of a cap that puts on his ceiling.