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Jensen is not an NHL hockey player there's not much more to it. Smith is channeling his inner 2013 playoffs self. These two are destroying what looked like a good start to the game. It's only a matter of time before one of them blows this game open

It's cool he had probably the best game of his career on such a huge stage. Would love to see how he handles playoff hockey......

Coreau always takes forever to get back into position when the puck goes behind the net

I swear our defensemen are so stupid DK and Smith desperately trying to blow the game

What an idiot

Wouldn't even bother pulling the goalie 4-2 looks a lot better than 5-2

Imagine having Nick Jensen on your NHL team. This is the worst defense group in the NHL no exaggeration

That's how you lose a game in 5 minutes This defense just crumbles at the first sign of adversary

This is where the team implodes at the first sign of adversary

Jensen is not good

This is objectively wrong

Half our defense is AHL guys and they still outplay Smith. The worst part is you can tell he's not aware of how bad he is

Larkin hasn't had a good shift in December

Smith is a good #7 that is all

Larkin is a glorified Emerson Etem

Fowler isn't a #1 guys despite being a #1 on a great team with one of the deepest defense groups in the league and having great stats while playing big minutes every night in all situations. Oh and he's only 25.... but that Jacob Trouba with career highs of 25 points and can't outplay Winnepeg's # 3 defensmen. Now that's our man

Umm what? How? Do your research on fowler before just repeating what LGW has told you

Acquiring a young #1 defensmen will go a long way in this team finally discovering their identity Fowler - Green Dekesyer - ? close to a respectable top four Are we really going to wait 7 years and hope Cholowiski, Saarijarvi or 2017 draft pick turn into a top pairing defensmen? We get 6-7 years of good D from Dekeseyer and Fowler, Green will be gone, prospects will be up and our high end forwards should be impact players. Could have a good team in 2-3 years if we make a nice FA signing plus some guys develop nicely on D. We won't be good if we plan on drafting and developing our #1 for 7-8 years. Mantha and AA will be 30 and played their entire careers without a defense. The core of the defense has to be in place as soon as possible Teams like Colorado,Toronto and Buffalo all have one thing in common. Bad defense. Wasted a lot of their prospects potential because a team can't function and grow without a decent defense group. That's why the wings look like they are seemingly bad at everything

This debate arose because people would trade Mantha for Trouba but not for Fowler who is the much better defensmen in every measurable way If Fowler came here his offense would take a hit but he would be playing huge minutes. That's what this team needs. We don't need another dman that ends up in the dog house and not playing much in close games cause they're one dimensional. Fowler helps the D core get better offensively and defensively

Trouba = Shattenkirk if he continues to develop Fowler = Suter but better offensively Rather have a guy that can do it all and play big minutes while putting up great offensive numbers

Winnepeg has scored one less goal then Anaheim this season. Trouba has 9 points in 25 games and isn't trusted defensively. Fowler beats him in all areas of what you look for in a defensmen. Fowler plays on a very balanced defense team and is counted on in all situations and produces at the age of 25. His numbers are great and he outplays a lot of great defensmen in Aneheim. Trouba is one dimensional hype that hasn't even translated to points in the NHL yet

Fowler will finish the season with close to 15 goals and 50 points playing big minutes every night. That's a #1 defensmen Trouba will finish close to 25 points and bad in his own zone but he's a superstar apparently

Fowler is playing like 50 point defensmen right now and is 25. Trouba hasn't played anywhere near that level. Scoring on the PP is actually a really good thing not a negative

Rather trade Larkin

It's funny nyquist doesn't get the same pass as Mrazek for his elite stretches. Even though his were much longer and more impressive