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SakuThornton

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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 13, 2021 at 10:52 p.m.
Thread: Mike Habcock
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SakuThornton</b></div><div>Arvidsson is a completely different situation: 28, one year left on his contract, 2 seasons of steep decline following a multitude of injuries, and Nashville wanted to protect 8 skaters instead of 7-3.
Examples of play-drivers/defensive forwards who have fetched a solid return over the last several seasons:
-Goodrow
-Vesey
-Coleman
I very much like Carl Hagelin as a comparable.

Examples of defensive defensemen who have fetched a "premium" in recent years:
-Brenden Dillon
-Justin Braun
-Ben Lovejoy
-Andy Greene
-Brady Skjei

Hell, look at what Tampa gave up to acquire David Savard at the deadline. And this might be a few seasons back, but Douglas Murray fetched two 2nd round picks.

I'm not going to sit here and argue that defense&gt;offense because that was not the point of this. I'm merely stating that teams do place a high value on top-4 defensemen regardless of if they provide offense or not. Chiarot has one year remaining at a reasonable cap hit of $3.5M, played the most minutes on the Stanley Cup runner up team this past season and is highly-regarded in Winnipeg. There's little argument to be made that he's not worth a 2nd and 3rd round pick.</div></div>

I have also not argued whether offense or defence are better, after all, the point of the game is to have more points than your opponent, meaning you need both to be better than your opponent. I'm trying to talk about what the trade market valuations are. The nitpick is some of those are deadline aquisitions where the value is different. Nevertheless, I appreciate the examples and will humbly accept your position.