Quoting: Phleb2
First, is JO that much better than Pettersson? I say no and better have him than JO at maybe 4M$. I could see Nill give him that much.
Second, that trade would avoid seeing Comeau close to 15 minutes per game. That is something that my hockey brains do not need.
But feel free to enjoy him next year. It’s a free country.
First, yes Jamie Oleksiak is better than Pettersson. Feel free to compare the two of them here: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/twinturboslime/viz/2021NHLPlayers/Sheet1
Second, Comeau had only the 8th highest EV TOI/G among all Stars forwards. It’s not like he was seeing 18:00 minutes a game or anything. He saw 3rd line minutes just like he should have & played very well (reference the link above).
Quoting: LetsGoPens69
Fans like the flashy D-men. I’m sure he was on here clambering for Dallas to get DeAngello, S.Ghoustisbhere, V.Mete..lol. Horrible Defensive D-men. They make so many mistakes.
Fans hate the stay at home D-men. Like Pettersson. Who make very few mistakes, has a long reach, long stick. Very good defensively. Is Plus(+) 39 for his career.
Plus/Minus isn’t the best stat but he hasn’t been a minus(-) for a season yet. And he has good metrics/analytics too. And he contributes enough offensively. Only 25 years old, contributes on a competitive, division winning team. Has play-off experience. Learning from Dumoulin and Letang. Literally what most all NHL GMs want.
But fans will always want the flashy guys like DeAngello, Mete, Ghoustisbhere, that literally no NHL GMs will even touch for free.
I don’t value flashy. With the way the NHL has evolved, I value puck possession, offense generation, & opposing offense suppression out of my defensemen. If you can generate more for your team when you’re on the ice than you allow the other team to generate that’s a positive.
Not once have i clamored for Gostisbehere or Mete. DeAngelo, is one of the best offense-driving defensemen in the league. Even with some subpar defense, his teams are substantially better when he’s on the ice vs. when he’s not on the ice (hint, Oleksiak is the same way, but the roles are reversed. Very little offense, but very solid defensively. Dallas is significantly better with him on the ice vs. off). If you’d like to see just how good DeAngelo’s ability to drive offense is, here’s the link to that one: https://public.tableau.com/views/SKATR2019-2020/SKATR?:embed=y&:display_count=y&
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