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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
He played that much last year, too, fully healthy, and was genuinely not very good at all. Poor offensively, poor defensively. Do I think he could rebound? Sure. But he hasn't yet.
Lucic, on the other hand, has changed his game to the point where he's valuable as a defensive forward. Tanev is billed as a defensive defenseman but he made a guy like Quinn Hughes worse defensively when they were on the ice together.
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You've gone full Blaster86 here. And you never go full Blaster86.
Tanev is a top 4 defenseman. And his contract is fair market value (for a UFA). Lucic' contract does not reflect his value. Period.
Might Tanev's contract become a bad contract in 3 or 4 years? Yes, of course. Is it now? No.
He didn't make Hughes worse last year. The coach played them together for a reason. Hughes got better as the season went on, but that has nothing to do with Tanev. Also, if you want to compare underlying stats, you need to factor in who was in net too, because the Nucks were a different team when Markstrom was in net vs when he wasn't. Just saying 'Tanev was bad because the underlying stats were bad' is lazy and meaningless.