Quoting: moli92
fair point, but to take data from the past 3 years to evaluate seabrook's current ability isnt accurate. he has clearly been trending down the past few years, going from 0.6 P/GP to 0.49 P/GP to 0.30 P/GP (I realize its somewhat unfair to judge based only on offensive stats and point totals, but its just an indicator of his downward trend).
but i agree with you:
now looking at methot's and phaneuf's stats, i completely agree seabrook is better, but tbh when i made this team i just slotted in the LHD on the left side and RHD on the right side
i dont think seabrook is complete trash, but he certainly isnt what he used to be
Well, I wasn't trying be be disingenuous by using the last 3 years, I think the last 3 years are what's relevant for comparing players. I mean it's hard to compare careers, and I wasn't trying to do that so that's why I used 3 years.
Also, the previous 2 years have been some of Seabrook's best as far as offensive production. He scored 49 points in 15-16 and 39 points in 16-17.. Not too shabby for a defenseman eh?
It's kinda weird how that works all because of his contract, lol.
I felt obligated to write that about Seabrook lol.... The other day one poster called Seabrook "AHL fodder" and other called him a "5h defenseman on a bad team".... So yea, it can get kinda irritating seeing a very good defensman get slandered like that all because he has a "bad" contract...
It's almost like Seabrook is a bad high school rumor lol..
Sure, Seabrook isn't what he used to be - he's slowing down a bit but the notion that he's not a legitimate top 4 defenseman on any team in the league is just laughable... Any team would love to have him and he could bring a lot to several young teams in this league that are young and trying to win - I mean his leadership I feel is something that's going to waste here in Chicago with all the leaders the Hawks have...
But yea, Seabrook is still a legitimate top 4 defenseman - sure he's had a down year but who hasn't on the Blackhawks this season? Schmaltz and DeBrincat and they're rookies so even Hawks fans don't really know if they're having good seasons because we have nothing to compare them to, lol.