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Originally Posted by Vinny01
How many second pairing Dmen combine for 98pts and help secure a top 3 goals against average over 82 games?
Neither Hanifin or Anderson are franchise top end Dmen but both are top 32 in the league in my opinion. Both are 25 and paid like second pairing guys. Lots of upside still in my opinion and I struggle to see how a team with such good defensive metrics does not have top pairing Dmen?
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They sucked as first pair against the weak Oilers team. It doesn’t matter how many points they got because they got PP and first pair ice time.
Stanley Cup champions typically have a true #1 dman like Hedman, Letang, Doughty, Keith…
You can call them 1st pair quality if you want but fact is the failed miserably in this playoffs. I would say they are the biggest disappointment after Markstrom