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Originally Posted by Red
We would always like a better deal. But we are competing with 30 other teams. Gotta pay and 4.5 for a #3 D isn't bad.
Btw, I disagree that he isn't a difference maker. Seems like you are fixated on offensive numbers. You sound like you wouldnt like guys like Gelinas, Williams or Regher on your team. Would a guy like Marc Andre Bergeron be better instead?
Not all about points.
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Hey, Regehr was basically my favourite flame. In fact all my favourite players are great two-way guys, that's just how I roll, aöwaya have always will.
However, a "defensive defenseman" is just a nice way of saying "this guy sucks in half the game". If the only thing a guy brings is defense, that defense better be pretty effing marvelous.
Or to put it another way, being a defensive defenseman doesn't mean you're good at it. It's more a comment what he can't do than what he can.
Tanev is okay. He's a top D-man only in a bad team that got shelled in the playoffs.
To be a really good defensive defenseman, you also need to be super consistent, and Tanev isn't that either.
Plus he's just not very good.
To me this is yet another UFA overpayment for veteran truculence.