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Originally Posted by Major Major
Meh, depends on need. Savard has been steadily regressing in effectiveness and role in Columbus. He was not having a good year. In terms of overall effectiveness at both ends and transition, Gio is still by far the better player. 29 dmen in the league are outscoring him (t-7 in goals) and he looks better defensively since Sutter took over.
Do you not think Gio would have returned a first had he been on an expiring deal this year?
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Don't underestimate the value of RHS. And that he was the best D available by a fair margin.
Even Gio with double retention might have been too much to fit into TBL cap?
Next year there could be some pretty big guys available at TDL:
Subban
Letang?
Ristolainen
Seth Jones?
H Lindholm
Klingberg?
Manson
C Miller
Ekholm
Supply v. Demand...