He’s (wrongly) been the scapegoat here because Bowman overpaid both in trade and contract.
Pretty crazy, Werenski put up a 47 point season at Korchinski's age. Not saying you're wrong about the comp at all, just an observation.
no, there is very much a question. he ranks below 32nd among all defensemen in almost every conceivable metric throughout his career in chicago. i went over this not too long ago. so even going on the incredibly flawed definition of “top pairing defenseman” as “within the top 64 defensemen in the league”, he is only a #2 defenseman.
I think he's a definite top pairing D but only a #1 during his best games. And I think he'll be useful during his whole contract.
why would i get over being correct? what a silly non-argument. i’m not angry with seth jones for taking too much money from a guy desperate to save his job. i’m just calling it how i see it.
let’s say this is the case. i would rather have 9.5 million dollars to spend on depth than one right handed defenseman that to my mind shouldn’t be on the top pair of a playoff team, much less a cup winner. if you disagree with me, fine. for me to change my mind would require jones to show me i’m wrong, and he has not come close to doing that.
again, silly non-argument. i enjoy talking about hockey. i especially like talking about hockey when i disagree with what people are saying. in your mind does someone have to have literal tears flowing down their face to write two whole paragraphs?
great, then we're on the same page. what's your issue?
I've been floating the idea that he could get moved by KD in the next year or two.
I think less could be a lot more for Seth. Less ice time and less power play responsibilities should they be able to cover that stuff up with the younger guys potentially ascending.
The last time we got to experience a Cup winner, Seabrook was our top RHD eating 9.76% of the cap and Jones is at 11.4%. With the cap slated to go up the next 2 Summer, by the time this franchise has any chance of competing for anything meaningful, the Jones cap hit percentage will be lower than what Seabs was the last Cup.
It's the opposite.
No one is giving up a 1st round pick for Jones, let alone a top 10 pick +.
But his contract was never bad, Seth Jones' was bad the minute he signed it.
He's really not though. People are just kinda dumb about defensemen, you sign a Forward for too much money, he puts up 60 points and people go "well he makes too much money but a 60 point player is still valuable." You sign a Defenseman that is asked to do too much and play all the best competition and people suddenly think an AHL guy is better.
Marchand signed a market deal after a sixty one point season and exploded right after.
6th in goals/35th in points in 2015-16, lowered his cap hit with an 8 year deal and at the time the risk associated with ages 33/34/35/36 but he has aged great.
Right and the extra years is what makes it market rate. He's been great but Boston didn't expect him to bloom into what he became.
