I have always compared Tanevs defensive style to that of a less illusive Keith. That calm demeanor, regardless of who's coming on the forecheck. He just stops, turns, waits and makes the pass all in one fluid sequence. Looks very similar. That "effortless" factor. On the other side of the rink it's a whole notha story, but no one is expecting 50 points here. He has shown he can put up respectable numbers on a offensively garbage team without pp time. No reason to think he can't break 30. We have very few defensive players left. Kesler is on his way out. Burrows is gettin up there in age. Hansen and especially Higgins have shown time and time again they can't handle the big boys. Bieksa and Garrison are up and down. Edler is a train wreck. For all the talk of how D-men can be great well into their 30's, we are already watching Edler plummet in his mid-late 20's. Hamhuis has gotten worse and more inconsistent over the last 2 season, both years being shown up by his partner. The majority of top end D-men in the league are in their mid 20's, some even younger. Moving arguably our best D-man at the age of 24, will bite us hard. No reason to believe we will be well off without him. Already had to watch us get swept by SJ because we had Edler and Bieksa out there defending leads. PK and D went to trash after Tanman took the Stamkos shot to the wrist. He's made every pairing he's been on respectable, regardless of how bad his partner may be. No one else here does that.