I disagree there, I'd take Ekholm in almost every situation over him...
For both who? DDK and his agent?
He also gets great zone starts, Dekeyser does not. Despite what some people think, usage has a massive impact on "possession".
and if he played here he'd be behind PK/Weber - Josi as well.Please. Dekeyser wouldn't even know what to do with himself in Ekholm's position behind PK/Weber and Josi. Dekyser has been Detroit's #2 defenseman basically since he joined the league with no one to hold his hand and Wings fans love the guy.
This is one of the most misinformed threads I've ever posted in. Dekeyser is a solid #3 and people are calling him a "mediocre second-paring defenseman." Good lord.
Prove it. Oh wait, you can't.
Ekholm is so much better than DeKeyser as a player and it's not even close.
One of the better ways to prove it is look at a year by year comparative of Hedman and Pietrangelo. It's shows the affect in opposite directions. Hedman went from playing heavy defensive minutes to heavy offensive minutes, and Pietrangelo went from offensive minutes to heavy defensive minutes. Their CF% followed along with that change.
This is embarrassing, as is this whole thread. Ekholm is great, as is Dekeyser.
Really, what do you guys think? The Wings fanbase has been ready to lambast Holland at any point over the past few years, have been more than willing to attack his contracts, but now the fanbase as a whole is completely fine with this deal, and yet its the fans of all other teams that know better? Ok.
Face it. Dekeyser isn't hyped. You may catch some Wings games, but you aren't keying in on Dekeyser.
Please. Dekeyser wouldn't even know what to do with himself in Ekholm's position behind PK/Weber and Josi. Dekyser has been Detroit's #2 defenseman basically since he joined the league with no one to hold his hand and Wings fans love the guy.
This is one of the most misinformed threads I've ever posted in. Dekeyser is a solid #3 and people are calling him a "mediocre second-paring defenseman." Good lord.
That's two players over what - three or four seasons? Is that proof?
Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "heavy offensive minutes" and "heavy defensive minutes". Are you referring to zone starts?
No offense defensemen with horrible shot suppression, possesion etc are usually never a good idea to lock up longterm on big $ contracts. Girardi etc etc..... NYR fans loved him before they actually understood he was a big part of the problem.
This is one of the most misinformed threads I've ever posted in. Dekeyser is a solid #3 and people are calling him a "mediocre second-paring defenseman." Good lord.
Show me proof that it doesn't and don't use the idea of on the fly changes. On the fly changes does not eliminate the known usage that we can determine with zone starts.
Yes, offensive minutes and defensive minutes can be determined by zone starts and quality of competition. Quality of competition varies in how it is evaluated and some of it is complete crap. Possession based quality of competition would make Berglund one of the toughest forwards to matchup against from the Blues, but we all know that is not true.