Here is the Flames defense this year sorted by % of ice time against elite opposition
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Chris Tanev 43.2%
Noah Hanifin 42.5%
Mackenzie Weegar 36.0%
Rasmus Andersson 34.5%
Daniil Miromanov 31.3%
Ilya Solovyov 28.6%
Nikita Zadorov 28.5%
Dennis Gilbert 28.4%
Oliver Kylington 26.7%
Joel Hanley 26.2%
Brayden Pachal 23.5%
Jordan Oesterle 23.5%
Yan Kuznetsov 21.1%
Nick DeSimone 20.1%
Nikita Okhotiuk 9.1%
Top pairing moved.
Weegar and Miromanov become top four.
Sheltered would include everyone else including Zadorov.