ALEX BIEGA - Defenseman - 31 - $.825MM Cap Hit - UFA in 2020-2021
LAST UPDATED 8/28/19
Since the 2015-16 season, Alex Biega has settled into his role as the Canucks' flawed but resilient physical seventh defenseman. Biega has some decent tools for NHL hockey, but they don't mesh well enough together to make him a nightly NHL defenseman. He's not a terrible skater and flashes some real skating touch, but he lacks overwhelming size and won't crush opposing forwards along the boards. He's experienced, and he tries to be mistake-free, but he isn't the safest with the puck on his stick and sometimes is simply just outplayed by opposing forwards. Biega struggles in front of the net thanks to his lack of size, and despite his best efforts and great work ethic, shouldn't play in defense-first situations. That's troubling, because his offense isn't at the level where he can be sheltered by a better defensive defenseman and allowed to make some mistakes in order to create scoring chances. Beiga just doens't have the skating ability or offensive instincts/puck skills to make things happen consistently with the puck, and as a result he's a net negative as an offensive defenseman. So, despite the fact that he's a tireless worker and will do anything to claw his way to the next chance he gets, he simply is not good enough at either end of the ice for me to say he's anything but a low-end #7 at the NHL level.
Since the 2015-16 season, Alex Biega has settled into his role as the Canucks' flawed but resilient physical seventh defenseman. Biega has some decent tools for NHL hockey, but they don't mesh well enough together to make him a nightly NHL defenseman. He's not a terrible skater and flashes some real skating touch, but he lacks overwhelming size and won't crush opposing forwards along the boards. He's experienced, and he tries to be mistake-free, but he isn't the safest with the puck on his stick and sometimes is simply just outplayed by opposing forwards. Biega struggles in front of the net thanks to his lack of size, and despite his best efforts and great work ethic, shouldn't play in defense-first situations. That's troubling, because his offense isn't at the level where he can be sheltered by a better defensive defenseman and allowed to make some mistakes in order to create scoring chances. Beiga just doens't have the skating ability or offensive instincts/puck skills to make things happen consistently with the puck, and as a result he's a net negative as an offensive defenseman. So, despite the fact that he's a tireless worker and will do anything to claw his way to the next chance he gets, he simply is not good enough at either end of the ice for me to say he's anything but a low-end #7 at the NHL level.
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