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Originally Posted by UniverStalinGraduate
Kaberle is what he is though. As I, and many have mentioned many times...there's a reason that upon hitting UFA after winning the cup and leading his team in scoring for a d-man in that cup run as well, he managed only a 3 year 4.25 deal.
He is a flawed d-man. But the key is to figure out his assets and weaknesses as best as possible and how to allow him to be the most effective player he can.
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agree, and has bad as he was defensively he was only -6 as a Hab, and that was playing a new comer in Emelin and Campoli.
I think he'll easily crack the 40 point mark this year, and possibly have a phyiscal D-men like Bouillon with him will help a lot.
And 4.25M isn't a lot on a short term deal for Kaberle, IMO he'll be good until Bealieau is ready for the NHL as the 5th D-men, second PP unit, so it could be by this year deadline or next, and when Kaberle is traded, he'll get a nice return, most likely a 2nd and a decent prospect.
Oh and to the OP question.
I think we have too many of the same D-type of depth d-men.
Kaberle-Bouillion,Weber,Diaz, I'd like to see Weber or possibly Diaz traded and replaced with a physical D-men. But in regards to D-men, no with all the injuires, you need about 8 D-men that can play at an NHL level to start the year, becuase with injuries you'll end up using around 8-9 different guys in a whole season.