Did I say that?Mondi wrote:So you think Andrew Ference is also softer than Corrado, Tanev, and Ballard?
Of course, I also didn't list Ference and then finish that thought with "let's get some 6'2 215 lbs defensemen".. Ference gives up three inches and 25 lbs on a guy like that.
I'd say our D could use some size (as it is they compare pretty closely to Chicago's blueline.. a couple of big 6'2 6'3 guys over 210 lbs and most of the rest are about 6'0 and between 190 and 205 lbs).
But more importantly (and to agree with Lancer's post) we need some more nastiness. If we keep Edler and Corrado outplays everyone else to win a job on the blueline then it is what it is, but if we dump Edler and Ballard and are looking for a guy to play on the third pairing I'd like to get an Andrew Alberts that actually belongs in the lineup, and who might play well enough to end up on the ice at the same time as the opponents best players and may even clobber one every now and then.
And if Joacim Eriksson is the backup, I'll buy his sweater.