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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I said this a least week. There's a lot of good defensemen that get left off Team Canada but Brodie in particular is at the age where you would think they would want him as a staple for future tournaments. Eliot Friedman said on 960 last year that one GM told him that you look at the Flames GAA and they just don't feel they play the type of game Team Canada looks for.
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I think there's some truth here. And it's why BT was negotiating so hard with Johnny. Until a team starts winning with some consistency, you need to be careful about evaluating too many players as "good" or "great". Even bad teams have players with good results. That's kind of a scary thought.