Jaynki
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- Feb 3, 2014
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I think the attempt to get a top line forward will be more welcome than adding a left shot defenseman to which we already have a log jam and you can't make a meaningful argument his defensive game or offensive game is better than the options in the system and on the team now.
Buium lacks pretty much everything that a top D needs.
Elite skating? Nope.
Size? Nope.
Elite defensive game? Nope.
High end shot? Nope.
You have to be so convinced that he's one of the smartest players in the NHL if he's gonna be a 1D. That's a bet you will lose more than you win.
I do agree he does not fit the archetype of a top pairing D whereas Levshunov, Silayev and Dickinson does.
Tho, i would not cap his ceiling based on him not having one elite physical skill.
It is the overall package and the sums of his game in my opinion that distinguish him from the pack.
The way he uses his body and positioning in the d-zone to recover puck and then he is extremely efficient at starting the rush. Elite transition game.
The way he can dangle a la Hutson in the o-zone to open lanes, get on the inside and the vision he often display to connect with his teammate. Elite IQ.
Sorry for parroting the same bad sentences again, but i believe no team in the league is deep enough on D to spite on this type of upside and the magnificient season he had from day 1. Especially not us. We have many good young LD but i don't think we have that 1D PMD. Maybe Hutson? Still, to me having both Buium and Hutson is not an overkill but rather a f***ing nightmare for the opposition.