Quoting: moli92
faulk isnt a top pair D imo. and hes not a good fit with the rangers either. they already have shattenkirk who fills the same role (offensive RHD, PP QB, but arguably not very reliable defensively)
I think your kinda underrating the guy...
Corsi (All) Fenwick (All) PDO (All) Zone Starts (All)
Season Age Team Lg GP TOI CF CA CF% CF% rel FF FA FF% FF% rel oiGF oiSH% oiGA oiSV% PDO oZS% dZS%
2011-12 19 CAR NHL 66 1507.7 1423 1432 49.8 0.6 1072 1081 49.8 0.4 60 7.8 65 91.3 99.0 56.8 43.2
2012-13 20 CAR NHL 38 910.6 861 925 48.2 -4.3 642 714 47.3 -4.5 45 9.9 49 90.4 100.3 45.9 54.1
2013-14 21 CAR NHL 76 1779.3 1786 1726 50.9 -2.5 1300 1363 48.8 -3.8 89 9.8 107 89.0 98.8 50.2 49.8
2014-15 22 CAR NHL 82 2002.9 2177 1751 55.4 4.6 1594 1345 54.2 3.6 89 7.8 93 89.8 97.6 52.5 47.5
2015-16 23 CAR NHL 64 1537.6 1581 1314 54.6 3.4 1165 1042 52.8 1.7 70 8.5 84 88.8 97.3 53.3 46.7
2016-17 24 CAR NHL 75 1735.6 1847 1412 56.7 7.6 1377 1092 55.8 7.4 77 7.9 76 90.1 98.1 61.1 38.9
2017-18 25 CAR NHL 76 1692.4 2045 1369 59.9 7.4 1487 1058 58.4 6.3 84 7.9 88 88.5 96.4 63.2 36.8
Career NHL 477 11166.0 11720 9929 54.1 3.0 8637 7695 52.9 2.1 514 8.4 562 89.6 98.0 55.0 45.0
Faulk's been a 50's (positive) corsi player his entire career and finished +59 last season on a team that isn't exactly great! Not sure where you got the idea that he isn't defensively sound. I don't think the entire Rangers team had a positive corsi defenseman last year (including Ryan McDonagh).
I am not saying he is an ELITE defenseman, but he's most certainly a top pair d man. He would be a welcome upgrade to the Rangers, and the best RHD the Rangers have had in God knows when!