You’re trying to be obtuse. You called him the #1 RHD on a presidents Trophy team. If we had truly that, there is 0 percent chance he’s not playing top pair and getting 22+ mins a night.
he was, at minimum, a top two defenseman on the team that won the president's trophy literally last season. my opinion is that he's better than ekblad, i.e. he was the #1 defenseman.
He’s not even their best D.
again, just my opinion here, but i like him
slightly more than rasmus andersson. they're similarly capable players. andersson is more established on that team and younger.
this is in response to me saying weegar would've gotten less term but a higher AAV on the open market than CGY provided.
he signed an 8-year, $50m deal that kicks in when he's 29.
the last UFA defenseman to sign for more than five years was dougie hamilton (7 years x $9m) two summers ago. the summer before that had pietrangelo ($8.8m aav / 7 years) and krug ($6.5m aav / 7 years).
i don't think it's a stretch at all to say that weegar would've been somewhere between the krug and pietrangelo deals on the open market. my point was more that CGY being able to tack on an 8th year kept the AAV down.
I just think if the Dubois return ends up as a 29 year old Weeger, that is terrible.
technically in this hypothetical, it would be PLD + a third round pick for:
- eight years of mackenzie weegar at a $6.25m AAV
- two good laine seasons (21-22, 22-23)
- one and a half good roslovic seasons (20-21, second half of 21-22)
- one bad laine season (pandemic shortened 2020-21)
- one and a half bad roslovic seasons (first half of 21-22, all of 22-23)
- whatever they recoup in a roslovic trade
Lol you keep doubling down.
Makar, Josi, Karlsson, Hedman, Fox, McAvoy, Ekblad, Toews, Carlson, Heiskanen, Seider, Hughes, Dahlin, Slavin, Theodore, Chabot, Werenski, Doughty, Reilly, Pietrangelo, Burns, Trouba, Hanifin, Miller, Hamilton, Pesce, Letang, Lindholm, Chychrun, Moreissey, Dobson, Pullock, Jones, Power, Byram, Spurgeon, Pionk > Weeger
weegar is a medium-term top-pairing guy (i.e. 3-4 years) and a long-term second pair guy for probably another 2-3 years after that.
on the jackets, he'd be the #2 behind werenski. when jiricek blossoms, weegar could slide to the second pair. his defensive acumen, ability to play either side and experience playing with ekblad/forsling makes him a really good potential fit for boqvist (and, eventually, mateychuk/svozil).
regarding your list, though, i think he's currently better than a few of the youngsters on there (byram, miller, seider, dobson, power) even if those guys are more
talented and could surpass him as they develop. other guys on that list (karlsson, doughty, burns, letang) may be better now (i don't think letang is) but will regress a lot faster.
…which still leaves a few guys who i'd say weegar is either better than (chabot, lindholm, pionk, hanifin) or roughly equal to (spurgeon, pesce, pullock, trouba).