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Is Dustin Byfuglien Overrated?

by Travis Hughes
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Clearing Space: Chicago Sends Byfuglien, Sopel, Eager To Atlanta In Blockbuster
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Behind The Net, our advanced stats blog, thinks Dustin Byfuglien is overrated.

If there's one thing you have to do in a capped league, it's trade your overvalued entry-level contracts as soon as they come to RFA status. And after Chicago's Stanley Cup run, nobody could be more overvalued than Dustin Byfuglien. Buf's contributions at even-strength have been very middling the last two seasons, as he faced mediocre competition alongside average linemates and got a reasonable distribution of zone starts:

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