Quoting: Byrr
I take your question out of the quote because its irrelevant. You can't provide any evidence of your opinion being true so we are going to end up in the same place. Even if Manson is the top RD outside of Klingberg, I'm still going to be able to the same comparables from past seasons which you haven't even tried to disprove because you can't. The question is just a strawman to get away from the original points you haven't been able to argue.
Also you are talking about Yzerman's team Canada? A list of the team was never released, wtf are you even talking about. You've gone off the deep end. It's also interesting you bring up 'all the other GMs that true to run a balanced line up' because it's far from a universal thing in the NHL. You don't have to look far on teams here to find a defenseman listed as LD/RD. Apparently you consider yourself a better hockey mind than the GMs too I guess.
See the absolute sophistry in your argument is shocking.
Doug Armstrong was Canadas GM, Yzerman GM’d a team to a gold medal in 2014, essentially built the closest this to a dynasty in the modern day NHL and Rutherford has 3 Stanley cups. I’ll reference those guys as opposed to the guy on CapFriendly who can’t answer a question.
I told you above why your comparable are really bad. How much are you giving up for Hall? Former Hart winner right? Just like Gio, big price tag for aging former award winners.
If you don’t have an answer to these, don’t bother replying, if you can’t answer these it just shows you know you’re wrong and would rather try lie you’re way to a pat on the back.
Which rental RD gets more than Manson outside of Klingberg?
Do you believe you’re a better hockey mind than Yzerman and Rutherford who have been on record saying they’d like to run out balanced D cores?
Do you think you know more than the analytics that back up my point?
If you don’t have an answer, then don’t bother, move along and pat yourself in the back, I won’t reply if you can’t answer those.