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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
The only way McDonald would be in our top 4 is if there were injuries to 3 or more defensemen. At that point I'd be happy with his experience helping out while Valiev et al are on the 3rd pairing.
I'd also add that while McDonald isn't great anymore, he's still better than Phaneuf and Petrovic. I think if you're going to sign a guy to a PTO, this is one of the better choices you could make.
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Yeah, McDonald had an incredibly bad year last year, made worse by injury. And I have no confidence he will sign anywhere after this tryout. But he did have a pretty good year in 17-18.
How is his skating - that to me is key.