Quoting: mv21227
Try and name me 15 better dmen than Hughes in the western conference. You can’t. He may not be great defensively, but he’s improved and is not a liability in his own end like Barrie/Rielly/Karlsson
Demko was elite last season, borderline elite the season before, and had 15 bad games due to injury/terrible dcore/historically bad PK
Boeser at full salary doesn’t have much value, but at half retained he does. Garland he had a tough season, but I don’t believe the buyout rumours at all. I expect him to bounce back under Tocchet
top of my head? Makar, Toews, Pietro, Theodore, Josi, Hieskanen, Karlsson, Spurgeon, Ekholm, Chychrun, Hanifin and Morissey. I could probably find 3 more if I wanted to spend time on it but I think that's enough to prove the point.
And no, Demko was not elite last year, he was middle of the league average over the full season, and a few hot stretches dont change that.
And at half salary Boeser has ok value, not great value, and like i said, Garland's value is in the toilet, if he bounces back we can discus the appropriate value change then