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Originally Posted by HelloHockeyFans
I'm with Tranny on this one re: Giordano. It's like the other thread with some people posting absolutely insane offensive numbers for the Flames team as a whole... but then there, I think it was Nehkara again and I'm the type of guy who looks at the Flames with the glass half-full, vs. Nehkara looking at the Flames with the glass over-flowing   (just kidding man).
Seriously though, best case scenario for Giordano I think, is that he finds some good chemistry with Phaneuf in the pre-season, rides it out and sticks with Dion to start the year. I will agree that he does have some offensive skill, but even in that respect, some people around here describe him as if he were some sort of Scott Neidermayer Lite... his defensive short-comings will be there and depending on the coaching staff's patience and their other options, I think we'll see him bounce around between the 1st pairing with Phaneuf (but taken off the ice when the situation calls for it) and the 3rd pairing with whoever when they've decided he's making too many mistakes or it's apparent the opposition is firing everything his way. |
It's all fair. I try to temper my optimism this time of year but it never seems to work. Oh well. Just call me the eternal optimist.
I should mention though that in the other thread where I projected 304 (I think) goals when you added up my individual player projections, I also mentioned that that would not happen because I projected it assuming all players play 82 games which is impossible. I said that you should decrease my total goal projection by about 15 to 20% which would bring us into the range of 240-255 goals for which is only mildly optimistic.
