By William Espy
Dalton Prout is one of the players on the Blue Jackets blue
line who has an asterisk next to his name on projected lineups. Prout has
seemingly become more known for his fighting and hitting rather than his actual
strong point, his defense.
Dalton Prout is not a player who will stand out on a score-sheet
or help a team in an offensive slump, however if you need someone to take away
a passing lane or block a shot look no further. If you take a look at his HERO
chart:
You will notice a few things instantly, in a majority of
areas he stands out as a bottom pairing defenseman. However, nearly all of
those areas are offensive. Look at the defensive categories and he puts up
numbers like a second pairing, or even top pairing defenseman. You won’t give a
player like that time on the top pairing obviously, however with those
defensive numbers he should be a mainstay on the bottom pairing.
Prout is known league-wide for his feud with Milan Lucic of
the LA Kings (formerly Boston Bruins), and more specifically this:
STATUS:
AVALIABLE FOR THE RIGHT PRICE
For a player like Prout, that price likely wouldn’t be very
high however it would take a lot of convincing to move him. He has spent time
with the team as a 7th defenseman and now has taken what appears to
be a long term bottom pairing job. Considering this is a contract year, it may
be possible he is not resigned next offseason depending on the cap hit of
Murray and Savard’s extensions.
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