Matt Martin: You don’t often see transactions like Noah Dobson’s

[content-ads] Transactions like this don’t happen regularly in the NHL, and that’s normal.

When a talented right-handed defenseman of Dobson’s age gets traded… it gets a lot of attention – and that’s why there was a lot of noise about rumors of a possible trade before it happened.

And Mathieu Darche knows: we probably won’t see that again (at least for a long time) in the National League.

It shows another thing: right-handed defensemen like Dobson, who are young and have dominant qualities… they’re not running around in the National League.

And when a guy like that is available, it sure can surprise in a way because getting your hands on a #1 right-handed defenseman can change the face of an organization, so Kent Hughes has managed to do something that’s rare in the National League by adding to his defensive brigade a guy who has the potential to be dominant as early as next season. Dobson will be playing with quality players, he should have a relatively important role on the powerplay on the second unit.i can’t wait to see what he’s got. spacer title=’Overtime’] – Nice.

– Hum…

– Reminder: the Red Sox already know him very well.

– Well done.