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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I just don’t think Connelly is a good player and I think the fall of Gio is vastly overstated. Nobody seems to comment that he went from playing with other legit top pairing Dmen over the past several years in Brodie and Hamilton to plying with a guy who was on our third pair for large portions of the last 2 years.
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Why should a recent Norris winner need another legit top paring defenseman to not be a poor player?
Seems like an excuse. maybe he's now just old and overrated.
I don't think a team is going to give up a significant asset for an old player with another year on his contract who needs to be sheltered by another good defenseman. not unless you retain a fair amount of his contract.