A common theme permeating social media, and even on this blog, is that the New Jersey Devils should trade one of their young defensemen (namely Eric Gelinas or Jon Merrill) for a young forward since the organization is depleted at that position. I'm here to tell you that that idea is complete nonsense and anyone suggesting it can meet me at the flagpole at three o'clock.
I'll be unveiling a new passing data viz that Spencer Mann (@SpenceIce on Twitter) created. If you just want to see that, scroll down to absolute bottom of this post.