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In this episode of The Hockey Writers Grind Line, Detroit Red Wings writers Devin Little and Evan Sabourin get together with producer Matthew Zator to discuss the Red Wings signing Erik Gustafsson in free agency.
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Devon, I'll start with you. What do you think about Gustafson signing with the Red Wings? I mean
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there's another veteran getting added and he's going to take ice time from the young guys
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but he could potentially fill a role here. You know, I think Steve Eisenman has like a weird
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like that going with somebody where every year he can bring in a former Blackhawk
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Because Gustafson's that guy this year. Last year it was DeBrinca and Patrick Kane
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Year before that, Dominic Kubelik. The year before that, Pew Suter. You know, it's becoming
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a weird trend. But anyways, I think Gustafson's kind of your diet Gostisbierre, so to speak
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I think he kind of fits right into that hole where he's kind of an offensive guy. He doesn't have the same offensive ceiling as Shane Gostisbierre does
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but I also think that Gustafson is maybe a little bit better defensively
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Now, don't get me wrong. I wouldn't want Gustafson on the ice when you're trying to preserve a one
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goal lead, but maybe I trust him a little bit more than I trust Gostisbierre. And that's saying
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something because Gostisbierre was one of the more leaky defensemen on the Red Wings blue line
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that's for sure. But at the end of the day, I think he's kind of the perfect type of offensive
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defenseman for the Red Wings to target because he is on a relatively cheap deal, $2 million
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If that is sitting in the press box, that's not as big of a deal as the $3.4 that Justin Hall's
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making, right? It's a little bit easier to stomach if that's in the press box. And also
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I think that he's good enough to where he can play games, but also he's not so good and so
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you know, well respected or whatever that like he's going to block, you know, Simon Edmondson
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if Edmondson proves he can be the power play guy or, you know, whatever. I think that he's a good
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stand in for Gostisbierre, but I think that because he's not as good as Gostisbierre, he's
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not as much in the way of some of their younger defensemen. And I know for my part, that makes
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me excited because I want to see a lot of growth out of the youth this season
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