If I were an Oiler fan( thank god im not) I would want management to trade their top pick for some quality d-man and good goalies. Either that, or trade down and get a d-man.
Not even, first shift he touches the puck 5 secs in and then it leads to a giveaway. CDC insues to call him worse than Sbisa and rips on Benning for drafting him
Is fan base sickens me. Its unbelieve how naive people are and quick to bash management. Give a moron a keyboard and all of a studden they are a NHL GM
Goggle Hero chart and tell me where Tanev is rated on that chart, and then go ask 5 different people on this board about Tanev, the stats and eye test match his hero chart. The quote was suitable for how wrong you are.
Fixed it.
Drance is an advance stat guru, the worst type though because he doesn't take into account how the player actually plays he just throws around those advanced stats like a baseball in a Little League game.
So wrong, mayor of wrong ville wrong. Tanev is one of the best defensive defenseman in the Western Conference. He defensive game is one of the best in the league. He is comparable to Marc Edouard Vlasic who is a bonfide top 3 defence man in the league
There is a huge difference between a 3/4 and a 5 its not just a number. You are overrated Sbisa physical game and unrating Tanevs defensive positioning. Stats aren't every thing when evaluating player you have failed to account for things such as Tanev breaking up passes and taking away shoting lanes. Also Tanev doesn't get knocked off the puck easily thats why he's still in the league and is a bonfide top 4 defenseman.
@SilentSam
Did I metion Hamhuis? No
He would be a number 3/4 on any team in the league. There is no way you can justify Tanev as a 5 (which is basically what Sbisa is)