Since the Matt Duchene rumors have started, Brandon Carlo has been one of the most consistent names brought up by the hockey media as a player the Colorado Avalanche were targeting in a trade package.
Carlo, for the uneducated, is a 20-year old right-handed defenseman who just completed his rookie season after jumping from the Tri-City Americans of the WHL. He was a Bruins' second round pick in the 2015 draft.
His hockeyviz graphs seem to indicate he was a generally negative possession player relative to the rest of the team (which is common for rookie defensemen):
http://hockeyviz.com/player/carlobr96/BOS/1617
His hockey-reference page indicates he's not an offensive defenseman, scoring 16 points this year (6G/10A on 6.8% shooting). Additionally, he's never scored more than 27 points at the junior level.
As a Bruins fan, I appreciate Carlo. I love Torey Krug and Zdeno Chara, but it's great to see some of the team's draft picks actually paying off. That being said, while much of the community is lauding Brandon Carlo, his numbers don't indicate to me that he's the potentially top-pair defenseman most of the rest of the league is indicating he is.
So I'm asking the CapFriendly community: Is Brandon Carlo overvalued? And, if you think so (and especially if you're a Bruins fan), what kind of player would you be willing to trade him for (if anything)?