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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
He played the most minutes, and had elite underlying stats on the presidents trophy winning team.
Sure maybe he has some bad giveaways but he’s absolutely a top pairing dman. There is no arguing that. He’s 31st in the NHL on TOI/GP that’s the definition of top pairing dman.
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His stats are interesting ... will be curious to see how it plays on a different team.
Elite in almost every split, but hugely elite offensively and less so defensively.
Honestly not trying to throw cold water on any of this, but his numbers could down correct if he's not in a system that throws everything at the walls like Florida did.
Sutter will help on the defensive side too.
Florida got a cold reality on how regular season and playoffs are different. It does look like they moved two of their better regular season players out for a guy that by style and perhaps not history is better suited for the style of the post season.