Zach Bogosian
Bogosian came in and played effective third pairing minutes for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season.
The JFresh model doesn’t like him at all, ranking him better than only 32% of NHL defenders, and crediting virtually all of the Leafs 3rd pairing success to Travis Dermott.
Now it should be pretty obvious to anyone that Dermott carried Bogosian, who is slow and makes lousy decisions about when to pinch (here is a hint: don’t ever do it. Especially not in the playoffs when Alex Galchenyuk is the guy backing you up).
But at the same time, he’s got a decent Corsi, and like everyone else on the Leafs blueline, he got about 55% of the goals and expected goals when he was on the ice. Can’t really argue with results, and the results were good.
My main problem with Bogosian is that he was/is blocking Sandin and Liljegren. If he’s back I won’t be too mad, and if he leaves I won’t be too mad. You could do a lot worse for your #6 but I would prefer someone with a higher ceiling.