You mean Walman has more points, right? Yes, because he's a more offensively gifted D-man. Plus/Minus is generally a bullshit stat unless there's a massive difference between certain players and the rest of the team.
Our defense was already generating more offense than the defense of the majority of teams in the league. What we needed more was a RHD shutdown, top-4 D to reduce the chaos...especially with Ekholm currently out. Look, love Walman and he's what we got now, but he wasn't the perfect solution.
And just because someone wasn't moved doesn't mean they were not available. Reimer is a pending UFA. He could've been had for peanuts, or for Rodrigue.
Dumoulin would be a hell of a lot better than Emberson and it's not even a discussion. And unlike Frederic, at least he could've played some regular season games and actually helped us win some. I'm not judging Frederic the player, I'm judging Fredric the injured player (and an overpaid AHLer in Jones) who was acquired at a retained salary for the sole asset we had from losing Broberg.
Also, your presumed salary and production for Frederic doesn't seem right. And he still might sign elsewhere. Frederic never had more than 40 points in a season, and we're already seeing a player who was more offensively gifted in Arvidsson slumping hard under this coach.
No, I don't mean points. I mean across the board, like I said. Plays more minutes, has better GA, CF and CA numbers and rates, more offensive and defensive pt shares, plays against similar or tougher comps depending on who's numbers you use, and has done it with however many major players missing from the lineup the past few weeks. What evidence do you have that suggests Carlo is better?
Our production from the blueline should be top of the league with the forwards they have to pass to. Many of their points are hand it to McDrai and watch them work, they don't "generate" as much as it seems. We're also a top 10 team in xGA, so this "chaos" you speak of, really isn't effecting our GA that much when you look at the goalies we have. How has Ekholm done reducing some of the Bouchard chaos this year? Still happens all the time, so cant be that well I guess. Or maybe its sometimes on an individual, and they could have Prime Pronger beside them and he couldnt stop it from going into our net. Lots of the issues on our blueline are from guys trying too much offensively, then losing it and sending an odd man the other way. That'll happen when your partners are guys like Ceci, Emberson and Carlo whom you can't trust offensively to make a play, so Nurse, or Bouch over extend themselves. A guy like Walman can help relieve that. The best defense is a good offense, as they say.
I never once said Walman was the perfect solution. He is a hell of a lot better fit and player than Carlo though.
Jones is overpaid at a million? Cmon man, now your just whining. Completely buriable contract.
Yeah, Dumo would have been better than Emberson, for a couple months. Then we lose him, and the 2nd+3rd round Prospect they paid for him, all to upgrade on the Dman who might play 15 minutes a night in the playoffs? I'd rather take a flyer on a younger fwd with some much needed jam, especially when we don't know how Kane will look come playoffs. There is also a path to Frederic signing a cheap "prove it" deal to inflate his value beside McDrai if things go well, that is not a possibility for Dumo. I understand its a gamble and he could leave, and we end up with a few games of Frederic for a 2nd+. But the potential is there for so much more. There is zero potential with Dumo, and he is merely an upgrade on our bottom pair, which wasn't as important as adding a middle 6 fwd with Jam imo.
And judging an injured player, before he has played or before the playoffs is the problem. I don't care if he doesnt dress for another regular season game, or if Dumo would have been the best dman ever here for the RS. The regular season doesn't matter, so I'll wait to judge Frederic and the trade until we have seen it all play out.
