if Streit is worth $5 million on the UFA open market, what's Dion worth?

$6 mill? No
in bold, yeah, & he plays a boatload of solid minutes, he would have been & is worth it, & if he was over hyped, the GM & coach would have not agreed on resigning him.
- puckhead17

Well he is the captain and there isnt really any other options is there? Streit got that money cause he was top on the market. Supply and Demand

Last night was a true indication of this, one solid defenseman would do wonders, like Clement said, you usually get one attempt to clear it out of the zone, & if you don't, they hem you in for 45 seconds of solid pressure, one solid D man added to the mix would really alleviate some pressure on Mason.
- puckhead17

I don't think adding one guy is going to make the team clear the zone that much better. It's not like someone can come in and have a forcefield around him as he deftly carries or passes the puck out...I think it's a team effort and the puck support has to be better...Grossmann must have checked and forced guys off the puck in the D zone 6 or 7 times last night and it seemed like an open Canuck was always right there to get it to keep posession...that has to change. That said, adding an offensive D man (or two, going into next season, given the probability of Timo/Mez being gone) with puck carrying capability wouldn't hurt...