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Originally Posted by devo22
not that it means a whole lot, but he's 31st among NHL defensemen in this JFresh fan vote.
Ras is a good defender. Are some trade proposals on here unrealistic? Yeah. But "anything more than a 2nd and 3rd will be a huge win" is not a good take either. |
Ya, I am not sure how I would evaluate a fan vote against actual player value in a trade... but if there are 64 top pair D (32 #1D) positions available in the NHL, fan perception appears to be that Andersson qualifies as a #1D on a lot of people's lists.
The gap between Dobson and Andersson is not as huge as many posters here keep suggesting. Their difference in age is only 3 years, 2 months. Andersson is more proven as he has 4 years of playing top pair minutes and Dobson only has 2 years at it.
With an extension, I think Andersson's value could be very close to Dobson. Especially now that all of the other top pair defenders are off the market.
Without an extension there is more risk to the buying team, but the new CBA does give the buying team unique leverage as they will be in control of any 8 year extension talks.