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Jun 23 @ 9:48 AM ET
With Marino, Petts and Math 1/2 the Pens D core was young (or younger) and seemed to take a big jump from the 2020 season to the 2021 season. Then you add in Tanger and two more and they could of been great for a long time. They most likely would of gotten better and better together...but....Hexed....
Of the 6 dmen the Devils used the most in regular season, and playoffs, Marino is 5th or 6th in all the underlying stats of that group...so he was arguably their worst defenseman. HOWEVER, and I capitalize because its a big one, all of his stats are basically better than any of the Pens D-man stats except Ty Smith..who only played like 9 games...so worst Devils d-man relative to what though? Relative to extremely good underlying numbers, so good in fact, that his are great too...even though they're mostly the worst of that group hahah
Raw production standpoint: Marino 18 points in 64 games....Petry was 31 points in 61 games...and hit 3x the amount. - MattStrat
Yes. Petry is a better NHL player than Marino. - Grinder47
Debatable at least. They're different types of players. Pens probably needed someone more like Petry.
But the problem is now both of your top RHD are over 35 and declining, so you could have used a younger guy to help carry the load and make things easier on Letang.
