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Originally Posted by TheoFleury
Given they are operating under the same rules that Vegas did, there will be a bunch of decent 4Ds available for them to pick. That's all Tanev is. A 4D. Each team will likely protect 3 dmen so there will be lots of those to choose from. There will probably a dozen or so with better contracts with less term than Tanev too. I bet Seattle does what Vegas did, and loads up on those guys. If I'm Seattle, I'm taking Gio if he's there. Higher trade value, better player, less term.
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Even if you assume he is a 4D, not all top 4 defensemen have to be protected (see Valimaki). There won't be a dozen defensemen better than him available.
Engelland was one of the 2 or 3 best defensemen that were available to Vegas.