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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Top 5?! Lol
Personally, I think he’s their best player, but understand there’s room for debate. What’s their record again with him in / out of the roster? Dude is a shut down machine, does it all really. Maybe not an offensive threat too much, but is absolutely mission critical.
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He's a good defender and all, but he's had a few off nights this year in that regard. But he adds no offense at all. I appreciate what he does on the back end and penalty killing, and all that is very important, but he plays half of the ice.
Guys like Lindholm, Andersson, and Backlund do more at both ends of the ice. Guys like Toffoli, Huberdeau, and Kadri add quite a bit of offense while playing solid defensively.
As I said, he's a lynchpin for the structure and role of all the defensemen, and he plays important and big minutes. I'm not taking that away from him, I just rank other guys as better players overall.