Modifié 11 mai 2021 à 10 h 58
Quoting: ecupirate07
is he slightly over-priced sure. Is he a top 4 defender, who is big, can skate, and provide some offense, yes. Not many options available from other teams that can do that. That is why Skjei has been the consensus pick among the 'experts' not just ACGMers. The Islanders are probably the best option for a defender. After that it is us. Colorado will protect their big 4. Minnesota will try to find a way to move / protect Dumba. Who else has the better option?
Seattle has A LOT of options and I'm NOT saying Skjei belongs in the AHL. I'm saying he's not worth anything close to $5.25M and what he provides...can be provided by others.
I just did a quick scan through and clearly I don't have everyone's protected lists, but no one officially has that yet. Attempted Alphabetical options MIGHT BE. Connor Clifton, Risto, Chris Tanev, Zadorov, Graves, Gavrikov, Nutivaara, Dumba, Fabro, Leddy, Hagg, Dunn, (either Cernak, Foote), Dermott, Dillon, Stanely.
None of this even factors in free agents. Oleksiak, Edler, Martinez, Cole, Vat, Barrie, Goligoski.
It's darn near impossible IMO to not find 10-13 better options on this list (23 in total just spit balling). Not all of them are as physical. I'm not suggesting these are perfect comps, BUT you don't need 6 physical Defensive Dmen...you probably need 2 or 3. AND you need some puck movers too....which definitely is NOT Brady Skjei.