Gio moved to top pairing minutes and top line opponents. As a third/fourth D he is excellent. Same with Butler, now that he is off the top pairing he is playing much better. This is not a coincidence!
There is a reason that J-Bo gets paid what he is paid. It's freaking hard to play those minutes against that competition. He is by far the best defenseman on our team (even when his offensive game was crap), Gio, Wideman, and Brodie and maybe even Butler are all good 3/4 guys. On the top pairing ALL would get exposed sometimes.
I actually thought Gio played a good game aside from his egregious gaffs...
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