Which D-man would you rather have??

[typo88]

I would definately take Poti on Washington. As someone said earlier, too many people are backing priessing based on his team rather than his own skill. Think of it this way.... He is considered a skilled offensive defensman WHO:

Played on SJ (consistently a great offensive team) and couldnt get it done
MOVES to OTTAWA (best team in the east last year) AND... cant get it done, even with the HUGE hole left by chara.

There is NO EVIDENCE that he will be able to anything on LA, especially when he wont even be close to #1 on the depth chart this season.

I can easily see a repeat of the last two seasons... hes given a shot, cant turn it into anything, and slowly but surely loses his ice time over the rest of the season. Barring horrific injuries to visnovsky, Johnson, Blake, Modry, or Stuart preissing wont get a sniff of decent pp time.

[Rube]

I would take Poti, Mara and then Preissing.Jovo sits 4th.
Poti is going to love feeding Ovechkin and Semin on the PP, while Mara should bounce back to 40+ form after his offensive setback last year.

[Orrfan]

Poti 1st.. he will bag a ton of pts there this season.

Jovo 2nd.. he has to play a full year this season and will bag a ton of pts.

Mara 3rd.. just slightly ahead of Preissing..unknown quantity issue in NY..did not seem to set the world on fire there.

Preissing 4th.. that is one deep ass team D wise he\'s on so I would think he just won\'t get the prime time there yet...unless theres a D man trade on Lombardi\'s mind (I have a hunch) then it would make sense and I would put him 2nd.

Post edited by: Orrfan, at: 2007/07/30 22:22

Post edited by: Orrfan, at: 2007/07/30 22:23

[wizworm]

Orrfan wrote:
[quote]Jovo 2nd.. he has to play a full year this season and will bag a ton of pts.[quote]

I have to respectfully disagree. He\'s talented, yes, but injuries have always been an issue with Jovocop and he\'s not getting any younger. I\'d be surprised if he played more than 65 games this season and even if he does, I\'d be surprised to see more than 35 points out of him this year.

Phoenix isn\'t exactly loaded with talent and I can\'t see Ed putting up great fantasy numbers without a great supporting cast.

Post edited by: wizworm, at: 2007/07/30 23:28

[BrianSTC]

I would take Poti...