Addison looked assured with the puck in the O zone, especially on the PP, and consistently made good decisions. That's not nothing. Since he was young, it was thought that he could improve his defensive game somewhat, and become a PP/3rd RHD(which are always in demand). As things progressed in MN, there were mutterings that Addison wasn't improving, or taking coaching well. I mean, he had Jared Spurgeon, a tiny but superb two way RHD on the same team to learn from, but his game didn't seem to change.
If he could improve on his puck retrievals at ES then he could be good on breakouts. The guy knows how to pass. He just seems weirdly passive in the D zone. He's not like a Klingberg, who can do all sorts of stuff athletically, but makes all sorts of weird decisions leading to mistakes. Addison just sort of disappears. I wonder if it's partly a confidence issue at this point.
People on here are reveling on shitting on him(because it's easy), w/o acknowledging that he does some things significantly better than most Dmen in the league. That's got to be worth giving him another chance, though why the hell it would be OTT is beyond me. I guess he and Kleven could be a Yin/Yang pair together at some time in the future?