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Originally Posted by Bingo
Not even arguing that ...
And if Andersson was back and they tried the above Andersson might do better with second pairing assignments.
But if he's not back and it's everyone sliding up a slot that's tough.
Last year Andersson and Bahl had 33% of their time against Elite ... a slide to Weegar at 28% and then a slide to Hanley at 25%.
Take one of those four out and the team takes a hit on the blueline (unless they fill it), and asking a 19 year old offense first dman to take on tough assignments is insane.
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Yup, I think whoever steps in for Andersson is going to get absolutely caved in. The defense was already a hodgepodge of guys playing too high and it will be worse next year.
Playing defense as a rookie is hard for the defense first guys let alone offense first guys. A lot of the offense Parekh adds is likely going to be offset by mistakes on defense which is fine.