Quoting: Ryminister_92
Just because Matheson is a top pair guy on a ****ty Montreal team, doesn’t mean he is on a contending team. I don’t see why Montreal fans can’t comprehend that.
He wouldn’t play over Brodin. 0% chance of that. He likely wouldn’t play over Middleton, maybe a 5-10% chance he would. So that leaves him on the third pair. He’s not as good as Montreal fans are saying. Sure you could get a 1st for him, the market is crazy and sometimes teams get desperate and every GM has their reason to move a pick if they want. But saying he’s a top pair guy is just egregious. Couldn’t be further from the truth.
You are in bad faith buddy, It's no use to have a discussion with you.
While Brodin/Middelton v. Matheson in the top 4 is debatable - depending if you want more of a defensive-minded D paired on the first pair. Matheson is a LHD PMD which is excellent in transition and at creating offense - MN does not have that on the LHD, which gives him the edge in certain systems (which I think MN would utilize).
His defending is actually decent... he just gets a "stroke" from time to time and tries to do to much (happens when you play 28min a night). Like, he's a good mobile D, but he's not Makar, and I think he forgets that sometimes.
In terms of value he's a guaranteed first round pick. Hell! SAVARD is propably worth a first, Brodin too.
Even in the worst of case where a coach doesn't want to break the top 4, A Dcore of :
Brodin - Faber
Middleton - Spurgeon
Matheson - Bogo/Merrill
or
Matheson - Faber
Brodin - Spurgeon
Middleton - Bogo/Merrill
or
Brodin - Faber
Matheson- Spurgeon
Middleton - Bogo/Merrill
would be EXTREMELY GOOD, I'm more the type to have a third pair of purely defensive Dmen (Middleton - Bogo/Merrill), leaving Matheson in the top 4... but you have a very diverse and mobile top 4 that could crush any opposition with MN's cycle game where Matheson can effectively pich and back check.
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