Stanton used to be a decent d-man with Vancouver before falling off the map. He spent all of the 2016-17 season in the AHL, and hopefully he can bounce back from some bad seasons and play like he used to.
Nothing against him but don't see this being a gem like signing Russell for 4M per year . Thought he was a better player, though if stuck in AHL maybe he just isn't... I used to really like this guy on Islanders King who scored like 40 goals playing with Turgeon before Dale Hunter ruined his career cursing the Capitals for life... HE spent a good part of rest of playing time in AHL on like the Detroit farm team maybe it was Griffins? Used to have this teacher in like 7th or 8th grade around that had Aadirondaq Red Wings stuff he was a big fan... Yeah I can't spell that word being hardcore dyslexic .