I think we need to be real careful with extrapolation here because some names that are among the greatest defensemen to ever play the game are getting mentioned and that is overly giddy. It really is.
What's the most fun is to realize that the player himself is going through the "what can I do?" phase where things he's trying are working at the NHL level. He has so few NHL games under his belt, and for awhile he has to have been questioning himself since this is his D+6 season. He himself has to be feeling a similar delight to be finally doing what he believed inside he could do.
For us, I think we should feel very satisfied if this is a top pair defenseman. He is very much trending that way.
I agree with taylord22 about easier to play off of Faulk than Parayko due to Parayko's creativity with his skating. I feel like Lindstein will be stylistically better to pair with Parayko (beginning next year hopefully). Faulk also benefits hugely from the Broberg pairing. Faulk has the offensive skills to take advantage of scoring opportunities that Broberg's impact might generate, whereas Parayko is not going to capitalize offensively. Faulk is more of a pouncer than Parayko offensively. Faulk will see the opportunity pop and react faster and with more skill. What I'm happy about with Parayko is he seems to be cultivating his rugged side as he grows into his true man strength. As we go forward, we need a 32, 33 year old Parayko with still some speed who can bull big forwards