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Originally Posted by dissentowner
This is the same overhyped crap people say about Barrie. He has had a down year but his defence is passable. Saying he has zero defensive ability is ridiculous.
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Chicago has some of the worse defensemen in the league, as they lead the league in giving up high danger scoring chances.
Gustafsson has been a large part of that, as he's been moved down their pairings as the season went on.
They weren't particularly enamoured with him when he scored so well last year.
Comparing him to Barrie is an insult to Barrie.
Gustafsson has a reasonable chance to be back playing in Sweden in a few years.
Fine "passable". For a second division team, sure. For a team in the playoffs fighting good teams? He'll be badly exposed.
But as long as he's used on the 3rd pairing and on the PP, it's a good depth move, and obtained cheaply enough.
There is a reason why teams were paying plenty for d-man, and few wanted him.