If he goes to market he will be a lot more expensive than most people realize.

He is analytically as close to perfect defensively as there is despite being used as a matchup option most of the time.

People rag on his production but he has no problems relative to his usage. He is in the top 200 in ES points since the start of 19-20. Thats top 6 production.

He isnt a rental he is a RFA and at 26 is at the perfect age to sign to a 3-4 year deal.

He will be popular if he is available and the price will rise accordingly. I dont find it that hard to see a goodrow type trade where the habs get a 1st but give back a 3rd.

Yeah but he’s European and doesn’t hit so GMS will GM

Yes, they are good defensively, but were inconsistent earlier in the season. All three of those guys are on the PK. And Barby leads the team in hits and is 4th in takeaways. Not at all sure how you think he's brutal.

Uhh no it is not. You need to recheck your math. In no way, shape or form does he have top 6 production.

He has hit triple digits in hits in multiple seasons he plays a very gritty game.

No i dont he is 186th in es points. That dividedby 32 is 5.8125 which makes him on average the 6th forward which is still in the top 6.

Leaks chances when he’s out there, simple as that. I do love our PK though and think it could be even better. The numbers without Scandella are sublime

yeah but byron is out since the first game, gave lehky a byron lije player and your pk unit is first. He is a killing pker even a 5vs5

he is the next to nothing in this department, like a one in a generation talent defensivly and no one seem to take that in account.

Guys on CF really hate it when you can back your opinion by factual stats, well done. By no mean I think we'll fetch a 1st+ for him but he is indeed very enticing considering his complete game, RFA status and pay grade.

If traded, it’ll be a 2nd plus a little sweetener. GMs throw around 2nd round picks like candy at the deadline. It’s pretty much the going rate for any competent 3rd liner, PK, good salary, RFA. It might be too much but 2nd round picks get tossed around at the deadline and it just is what it is.

More than one team would likely be willing to offer a 2nd, so Gorton would just need to ask for an extra late round pick.

Marco scandella went for a 2nd round pick last year.

1- Is that all on him or something? There's five guys on the ice.

2- Just FYI: Scandella has the best PK GA/60 on the team. The numbers with him are even better than whatever you're looking at.

That’s entirely goaltending, his expected pk GA/60 is over 9, ahead of only Sunny

So basically any good stuff on his on-ice ledger is all goaltending, but any bad stuff on his on-ice ledger is solely Scandella's doing?

No, but relative to teammates, he’s worse than everyone but sundqvist. They give up significantly less chances with him off the ice. I do like what he’s done in 3rd pair minutes though, very effective.

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That's just not how that stat works. It's a complimentary guide, not a bible. It requires context, and not just because there's other players on the ice. For example, when Binny makes a PK save and then Scandella clears the slot or whacks the rebound away, he's making a play. None of these analytics stats take into account how many plays a guy makes. The guy makes plays even when he has games with mistakes. And when others make a mistake with him on the ice, he gets dinged for it like everybody else (people love to hate on +/- as a stat, but somehow a stat that is essentially expected +/- is gospel). These analytics also don't factor in competition, and Scandella has usually been out there against the PP1s. But, yeah, of course, Blues fans always have to have one designated whipping boy to over-criticize every season... the guy has played more PK minutes than anyone on the team, and only Parayko has played tougher PK minutes (barely), and teams have still only scored three PP goals with him on the ice this season.

I should’ve specified that it’s RAPM xga which DOES adjust for competition. It’s basically +/- but contextualizing everything that the stat ignores such as goaltending, teammates, opponents, score… Sample size also considering he’s under 75 minutes. It’s perfectly reasonable to see disparity in GA vs XGA in that little of time, but regression is a biotch. Expand it to the 176 minutes he’s played last two seasons and he’s still over 8 Xga/hour. I just wouldn’t look at raw GA numbers for defenseman or especially forwards solely because they have extremely little power in controlling what shots the goalie stops or doesn’t, only where those shots come from and what happens before them. There are people who track “plays” but generally the macro output is significantly more important and meaningful than the micro tracked data. It’s the reason why nobody thinks Andreas Athanasiou is a top player despite the fact that he makes (or made, idk I don’t watch him anymore) a bajillion puck plays a game.