Quoting: J2W
Any stats to back that up or is it just opinion? Because if your sure then just make it a conditional pick that upgrades to a 2nd, heck even a 2nd and a 3rd, if he is MTL's top LD. CAR gets their 2nd, and MTL doesn't give up a 2nd for yet another bottom 4 dman, everyone is happy.
See, a reasonable habs fan. I knew in such a big fan base one had to exist. There's stats to back that up, but since EH made their RAPM charts patrons only, I cannot display it like I used to. All I can say is that when he was put in the top 4 after injuries, he flourished majorly, including becoming 2nd on the team (among the active defenders, so not above Dougie or Pesce) in xGA only to Slavin, and really started to put in solidified defensive performances. He also broke his goal duck this year, which is a useless stat for defenders, but it's a good achievement. He's done all this with a really low PDO. His offensive output would probably have been higher if Carolina had any form of offensive depth scoring this year. His xGF was really good, not Dougie or Gardiner good, but above someone like Pesce or Slavin still. That being said, please take this with a grain of salt, his sample size isn't the largest.