Doughty! Future 65 point Dman, great skating, end to end with the best of them, incredible feet, great offensive instincts better than advertised on the back end. Franchise defensemen. Get your offers in early, often and don't mess around.
My honest opinion is that it this pick as the same value as #1 overall.
3 years at $1,250,000
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Haha I'm just trying to pimp his player as I know he won't do that. I'm not even kidding though, Doughty may be the best player in the draft when all is said and done- I'm incredibly high on him.
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There are only 30 teams in the league, meaning there should be really only technically 30 franchise players. I have a hard time believe the top 6 are all those, but you could be right.
How do you know I haven't offered the moon already? JK I wouldn't pimp him so much if I was going to make a move. For Doughty I'd have to get rid of Letang+ and I'm not prepared to do that as you all know i have a man-crush on him.
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No, I'm saying the term franchise player should only be used in regards to roughly the top 30 players in the league; that does not mean that a team cannot have two, and a team cannot have zero.
Pittsburgh is a great example of 2 and NYI prior to Hedman/Tavares draft have 0.
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