Quoting: tryger
He can block and hit, but he also gives up the puck more than everyone except Kovacevic. Among the bottom for corsi, fenwick, PDO, and showing serious concern for durability. He is on a tanking team, full of defensive rookies, and he is looking worse than them. The Kings embrace analytic darlings and that is who they would be more likely to spend on, Add all that, to him having a 10-team NTC and LA doesn't have to overpay to get a player like him a 4th at half retained is close to his worth at this point. Grans will be an NHLer and a former 2nd round pick, I don't see equal value there.
You said worse this year then the past
Him turning over puck happens whether he's +28 or -28 its generally the same volume the more you use him
Like i said not an Analytics darling but 6'6 players who can play the way he does arent common and he has 2 SCF the past 5 years on 2 teams playing the same role for a reason.
Come playoffs how a Mikey Anderson survives is by an Edmundson absorbing a lot of the damage especially in the shot blocking area of the game .
You're just listing a bunch of stuff that has always been the case with Eddy Career highs and lows , Stanley Cup Finals and Missed Playoffs
Those stats you listed dont really **** that much because Eddy's the Anchor a Legit top 4 needs incase of injuries .
He plays 4th/5th Defensman and if your top 4 guy goes down in the playoffs Eddy has it in him to step up into that role .
He can also maintain a top 4 Role if he has someone like a Robert Bortuzzo playing that 4th /5th D role for him
Whether his stats suck or not the same player people of authority Projected would get a 1st or a package with a 2nd this year before he went on IR is the same guys you're saying isnt worth it now.
Only thing that has changed is you've just noticed his stats are not as good as you thought based on the results he achieve's suggesting they'd be much better.
Grans maybe this and he maybe that but he wont be anything in LAK unless Roy , Walker leave and Clarke goes to the AHL for a stint.(unless they trade Spence then Clarke can stay up ) There's no way you can say to me in the next 3 years before his Waiver Exempt Status is up that you'll use him in LAK as a Starting Defensman .
Not unless i missed the memo about Doughty Retiring as they would create a big enough void for Grans to maybe sneak out a job for himself in the Chaos.
I mean it doesnt have to be Grans its just who OldNYIFan had suggested in the past because of his high value and likelihood to not be used in LAK allowing you to save a pick .
In his defense this was before Eddy went down and Friedman among others were actually discussing a 1st in return for Eddy if MTL handled double RS on him and his counter was Grans and 5th i believe.(which seemed fair at the time)
Today After Eddy's been back 16 games with 5 points and an 18 minute average he's playing like he did year 1 in MTL and if +/- is your thing he was only a -1 with about a 3 hit and 2 blocked shot average in that time . Turnovers im checking now but my regular site by the University of NB hasnt updated since March Break basically so i'd get skewed numbers that arent worth noting as they'd be incomplete.
If anything i'd say Eddy's the best he's been in 2 years as he's playing for a job and has been vocal about not wanting to leave MTL.
That said Matheson kind screwed him when he arrived
So complain about him being injured or cap or anything else.
But lets stop the Fiction about him declining please as he's the same old Eddy he's always been
Lets also not forget there's only 1 NHLer here mentioned and its not Grans not even for callups or taxi squad .or Loan just 1 year in the AHL with Half of Edmundsons success versus lesser skilled opponents . . .