Edited Nov. 6, 2023 at 6:11 p.m.
Quoting: TkachukNorris79
Bro, we literally have Sanderson.
We have Chabot and Chychrun who have routinely been ranked Top-20/30 by all kind of hockey sources
We have Jake Sanderson who is already quite good and probably on his way to become a Top-10 D-man
We also have Zub and Brannstrom who are excellent #4-5
I mean, if we can't do anything with that kind of personnel, it should be quite evident that the problem is not the players. A bunch of teams are playing better team defense with half the talent.
The problem is more that none of Brannstrom and Kleven are RHD
If Kleven was, you trade Brannstrom for a young 2-way Top-9 forward and go :
Sanderson - Zub
Chabot - Kleven
Chychrun - JBD
Guenette
Roll the 3 pairings at ES and the big 3 D-men would get their additional ice-time with special teams and various game situations.