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AT77 · 07-04-2019, 10:10 PM

I know we have tons of up-and-coming defensemen on our team in Andersson Valimaki, and Kylington, the latter two who are competing for full-time roles on our back end this upcoming season, but I was really hoping we would land a guy like Chiarot.

We lack the toughness on our back end that is required to win in the playoffs. He had 171 hits and 139 blocks last year. He's a big, heavy hitting, physical guy that we could have used. Hanifin led our defense in hits with 87 last year, and we all know that he's not a super physical player, so for him to be leading our team in hits, that says something. Only Gio and Hamonic had over 100+ blocks for us.

I know $3.5 mill is kind of hefty, especially with the RFA's we need to sign, but perhaps with moving Brodie/Stone/Frolik out, it could have worked, or that number could have been brought down with a 1 year longer-term, especially with Chiarot being only 28 years old.

Gio - Andersson
Hanifin - Hamonic
Valimaki - Chiarot
Kylington

Would have been a really nice, well balanced, d-core.

07-04-2019, 10:10 PM	#22
AT77 Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Apr 2017 Exp:	I know we have tons of up-and-coming defensemen on our team in Andersson Valimaki, and Kylington, the latter two who are competing for full-time roles on our back end this upcoming season, but I was really hoping we would land a guy like Chiarot. We lack the toughness on our back end that is required to win in the playoffs. He had 171 hits and 139 blocks last year. He's a big, heavy hitting, physical guy that we could have used. Hanifin led our defense in hits with 87 last year, and we all know that he's not a super physical player, so for him to be leading our team in hits, that says something. Only Gio and Hamonic had over 100+ blocks for us. I know $3.5 mill is kind of hefty, especially with the RFA's we need to sign, but perhaps with moving Brodie/Stone/Frolik out, it could have worked, or that number could have been brought down with a 1 year longer-term, especially with Chiarot being only 28 years old. Gio - Andersson Hanifin - Hamonic Valimaki - Chiarot Kylington Would have been a really nice, well balanced, d-core.