Not sure what QoC Ekblad faced this past season and I think his job in Detroit would be more difficult than in Florida, where their defensive system and quality C depth helps all of their D, but he wouldn't get the toughest assignments in Detroit and his TOI might also go down a little. I'm mostly looking at it from a different angle. Seider's great rookie season coincided with a lot of things, but one of them was the best 2RD the Wings have had since Mo showed up. Ekblad, despite his obvious decline, is still a better defensive defenseman than Hronek. A second pair that can even a little bit reduce the ridiculous defensive workload Seider has to carry, cutting his d-zone starts from over 60 per cent to closer to 55 per cent for starters, would give him more opportunity to contribute offensively.