Quoting: SDSUFRATMAN
I can see that but from what I saw from Durzi in the playoffs, it would be hard to trade him like it would be for Roy. I just went with the younger approach and hopefully they let these kids develop. As a kid, he was playing 20+ min while being good on both sides. Yes there were some growing pains but all young dman have some sort of learning experience to do when it comes to the playoffs. As for Clarke, I expected that but just the overall makeup of that dcore for the future is going to be insane if that’s what it looks like
The problem is that guys like Durzi, Grans, Walker, Clarke, and Spence are all offense-first guys that are questionable, if not outright liabilities in their own zone.
Matt Roy is a defense-first guy. He has some limited offensive upside (his shot is above average), but he's never going to put up 10g/40p in a season. That's not his game. Brock Faber, like Roy, is a exceptional defensive defenseman. Faber has more offensive upside than Roy does, so if he continues to develop as he is, he could turn into a quality two-way guy. However, as of now, he's a defense-first guy. Until Faber is ready, Roy is not expendable.
If Clarke becomes the player that everyone hopes he is (think Erik Karlsson), there won't be room on the team for Durzi or Spence.