Haha I agree but kinda like some pens fans who over value maatta

I'm an avalanche fan and think he is worth a top 4 D + 2nd round pick. hoping he plays well this season and changes that though

he is still 22 with 4 seasons, 2 cups and every injury you could imagine under him.

He is getting beat on foot races for sure but I dont think its fair to throw him away just yet. He still really impresses me, just needs to be consistent.

Sakic only takes that if you add Dumolin and Maata.

He has very good offensive awarness and probably makes less mistakes than most other d-men, But when he does they are just so glaring do to his tortoise like foot speed. If he would just speed an entire summer working on that, and actually improve, I think he could be in the 2-3 d-man range. but skills things like acceleration and top end speed aren't really the skills you can teach or train for.