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Originally Posted by sworkhard
I agree about having one #5 and the other #6 is a problem as neither are great at moving the puck and every line should have at least one player above average at this. If Sarich was traded, I really do believe thet Carson could take his spot and probably be an improvement. I know not everyone agrees with me on that, but he's a mistake free kind of player, that's reasonably mobile (ie more mobile than Sarich and Pardy), and seems to play really well with Gio (who doesn't). He's an average, but not poor puck mover, but that's all he needs to be playing with a guy like Gio. You have to remember that Carson hardly played for the flames, but was billed as the reason that Carolina was able to get rid of an White and looked solid the last few games of the season.
Pardy's worse in almost every aspect than Carson IMO, but is good enough to play with a TJ Brodie on the bottom pair and have success. Brodie can move the puck well enough that they might work well together.
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I will agree with you in saying that Carson has some upside. I wish we would have gotten a chance to see bit more of him but from what has shown, I wouldn't mind him being re-signed. But, to re-sign him as well as Pardy, both before UFA season even opens, would IMO be a big mistake.
I really don't see Pardy bringing anything special to the table, I truly believe replacing him would be rather simple and improving upon him wouldn't be all that tough either.