Underrated trade for NJD ngl, Kurtis MacDermid has been good defensively this season according to stats, he can go on the 3rd pair and improve there defensive defense. Not bad by any means for the avs tho getting a 22 year old center playing in the KHL.
I imagine his job will be to throw punches not play hockey.
He has one fight this year. He’s so bad that he struggles to get into an NHL lineup enough to even drop the gloves. Dude averages 5:05 a night and has been scratched 32 times this year.
Underrated trade for NJD ngl, Kurtis MacDermid has been good defensively this season according to stats, he can go on the 3rd pair and improve there defensive defense. Not bad by any means for the avs tho getting a 22 year old center playing in the KHL.
He doesn’t play defense anymore. Bednar said in preseason that they’re done with that. Now he’s a forward only. He averages 5:05 a night in a highly sheltered 4th line role. If you put him in as a regular bottom pair defenseman, you are probably not trying to win games.
He has one fight this year. He’s so bad that he struggles to get into an NHL lineup enough to even drop the gloves. Dude averages 5:05 a night and has been scratched 32 times this year.
As of right now our 12th forward or 7th dman doesn't get more than 5 minutes a night anyway so might as well have a guy who can fight. Not saying we won but I can see the logic.
He doesn’t play defense anymore. Bednar said in preseason that they’re done with that. Now he’s a forward only. He averages 5:05 a night in a highly sheltered 4th line role. If you put him in as a regular bottom pair defenseman, you are probably not trying to win games.
Oh yikes. I mean still why not try him for NJD. I bet he can still play better than Brendan Smith or he can atleast be a 7th d-man. Thank you for pointing out he played at forward tho.
Interesting Move by NJD, who are on the outside looking in. TWO Young Team Controlled Assets for a Big Goon Pending UFA!? More moves have to be coming and they must still be planning a push to make the playoffs this year