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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Hague plays on the 3rd pairing in Vegas because they’re have one of the deepest blue-lines in the league. And he’s only available because they’re in win now mode and like to save their cap space to land whales. He’s a big, battle-tested, shut-down 2nd pairing LD. He’s Bahl with more bite in his game. I don’t know if the Flames will wind up with him, but he’s going to get paid wherever he does.
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His minutes have shrunk. They wouldn’t upgrade on him if he 2nd pair material.
But we do need still me size. Florida/Vegas/Tampa/Blues/Capitals all had big defenders. Key is finding big who can skate and make the first pass an and still jump in on the rush.