Once a Kings Fan Too
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Perhaps if you'd read through all those comments to the earlier thread, you might have found them educational. Personally, the more I read, the more I learn, even if it's only not to trust the opinions of some people.
Moore is a viable bottom-pairing defenseman ON THE ICE. But that is only part of the equation that establishes his trade value. Go ahead, make your case: tell us which team(s) in the Pacific Division, for example, would be willing to ask about him at all? Certainly not Anaheim, with Lindholm, Fowler, Larsson, Guhle and Mahura on that side. Certainly not Arizona, with Ekman-Larsson, Chychrun, Oesterle and Capobianco on that side. Certainly not Calgary, with Giordano, Hanifin, Kylington and Valimaki on that side. Certainly not Edmonton, with Klefbom, Nurse, Jones and Broberg on that side. Certainly not Los Angeles, with Anderson, Bjornfot, Clague and MacDermid on that side, plus the chance of re-signing Hutton. Certainly not Vancouver, with Hughes, Edler, Juolevi and their own John Moore in the form of 2-million-dollar Jordie Benn on that side. And certainly not cap-strapped San Jose or Las Vegas (who have Theodore, McNabb, Hague and Schuldt in any event). My point is that his market is limited by those constraints others are trying to impress upon you: he is paid a lot for someone who fills his position, and he's signed for three more years. That reduces his value from your Platonic ideal of a fourth-rounder to something less.