Quoting: saysthemachine
you guys are so cringe. what stats are you looking at? he has most of his starts in the offensive zone and has higher on ice goals against than even Smith does even with practically the same oiSV. He's not good. This isn't a secret. If he were a winger, I'd be impressed.
Last year ADA had a +2.48% relative Corsi (to the rest of the team), a 3.2 Defensive Point Share, +2.6% relative Fenwick and 43 xGA last year. Even taking into account 56.3% of his shifts starting in the offensive zone, he isn't that bad of a defender and had around an average defensive season. Combine that with his superb offense and he is an extremely valuable player at only 24 years of age. Compared to Henrique, who is coming off possibly the best season of his career at age 29, Deangelo is the far superior player, is younger and is going to cost about as much as Henrique will despite not being as likely to decline.