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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
No need to read beyond your first sentence, and all the stats you threw up. Why?
Where would Sarich slot in with: Bouwmeester, Phaneuf, Regehr, Giordano?
How about Bouwmeester, Regehr, Giordano?
How about Bouwmeester, Giordano, Wideman, Brodie?
Or whatever combinations the Flames have had in their top 4 in whatever years you are trying to prove with your stats.
Go back and compare the Flames D lineups over the last few years with those from Colorado, and look at something called "Depth Charts". Stats without context is 100% meaningless. This is a prime example of how people use stats to try and prove a point, no matter how terrible their point is.
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The Flames have been so good that Sarich couldn't earn enough ice time..???? Butler played 21 minutes a game and the coaches kept Sarich at 16.
Butler and Hannan 20 minutes and Brodie as a rookie were just too dominate for Sarich to get more than 16.
The Flames Defense was a disaster in the last full season.... Kipper had great last stand and with any reasonable Defense in front oif him would have carried the Flames into the playofs.
The Flames had maybe the worst in the league with Bouw-Butler, Gio-Hannan Brodie-Sarich and Sarich was #6 in ice time....... only because journeyman Smith was hurt.
Meanwhile on Colorado 2 pts behind Calgary in the standings and letting in 220 goals to Calgary's 226.. has SOB in at 19 minutes/game.. Behind Johnson, Hedja and Quincey.
Sarich may have been squeezed for ice time before Phanuef got traded but after that it was because he wasn't good enough to play in any NHL teams top 4.