NYR v3 GM
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Giardi's decline has been a steep one and the changes that have been happening within the league aren't helping him either. His skating is awful compared to the players he goes up against and he alms never makes a solid first pass out of the zone. It's a shame that McDonagh's prime is being wasted because of the anchor he has been dragging around the past couple years. I think one of Girardi or Staal is bought out this offseason and if some tema did sign one of them for whatever reason it would be in a significantly reduced role and ALOT less money. (Something like 1 year @1.5mil max to play third pair) He just isn't an NHL defenseman anymore. The role of a dman is shifting toward a puck moving, fleet footed type of guy and away from a shot blocking, body taking dman and unfortunately that just isn't Girardis game.