Hello friends and welcome to the last of the player grades from Ken Holland’s Red Wings. I’m looking at the defense and goaltending crew. If you haven’t already, make sure to check out J.J.’s grading of the Forwards!
They are a difficult bunch to consistently scale because do you grade compared to each other or compared to expectations? I tend to lean more toward performance against expectations, and try to keep my personal biases tamped down as best I can.
Defensemen
Age 24 - $1M Cap Hit (Acquired from Capitals in Jensen trade, 2020-2021 RFA)
2018-19 Wings Stats: 17GP, 1G-3A, -4, 8PIM
Role(s): New Guy, Person Who Is There, “Reclamation Project”
Expectations: Was not even expecting him to be on the team.