captainscott
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Yeah, this unit should be fine. You're absolutely right. Auvitu doesn't have to be good. Severson doesn't have to be a top-pairing guy. They will just lug around Moore, who was a drag last year, easily. Greene turns 34 this month, he'll be fine, 34 year old defensemen with Greene's profile are usually great. Lovejoy and Quincey, D men over the age of 30 are just humming along in this league especially with their profiles.
The defense has problems. They didn't score goals 5 on 5 last year, so that's one issue. The Devils defense scored 10 goals last year 5 on 5 and 5 were by Schlemko. That's got to be improved upon.
The Devils may not give up more than an average number of goals this season, but their defensemen are not a strong point of the team, not yet.
i don't disagree with you, so far. this league demands smooth skating puck moving defenseman . i think the devils defense has not proven they fit that mold yet... i do think when santini avituu greene severson etc. eventually get going they will have guys that can do this.. didn't look good against florida in this respect but was probably more of a function of their forwards allowing florida to coast through neutral zone at will... fyi hall's defensive game was a little shaky just saying something to keep an eye on