Freer, I am not a Dion or Pylon hater, it is obvious we ask to much or him. He should be the 4 D Man on any team, he plays far to many minutes in his current placement. Can't comment on him as a C as I dont sit in the room. Perhaps someone else would be more suited to that role.
The real fact of the matter is hockey has morphed with the new rules into a complete speed game, players are getting smaller and faster, enforcers are becoming extinct and guys who made sense in the old paradigm are not able to handle the speed and hence players speed around the P on a regular basis. Can the P hit, you bet he can but the thing that made McCabe extinct, Schenn almost so and other flat footed D Men is the fact that they can't keep up.
The new D-Man is modeled after Rielly, Gardiner etc If you can't keep up you won't be around long.
So if the P was to be traded for someone like RoR so be it. I won't cry in my pillow or lose any sleep. I would wish him well and thank him for his service.
