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Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan
So we are in year 1 of a rebuild (or year 4-5 depending on how you look at it)
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Year 2 at most, surely. Before 2012, we had three years of repainting the kitchen while letting the roof fall in. I’m not opposed to painting kitchens, but I don’t think that really counts as rebuilding.
As for your question, it’s a very interesting one. I think you’re pretty much on the money in your assessment of the Flames’ current defencemen. They definitely need that top offensive D-man, and unless Brodie matures into that player (which he still might), they’ll have to draft one or trade for one. I think the team has more than enough material to fill out the second and third pairings, just that some of it isn’t ready for the show yet.
By the way, when I think of Kanzig, he reminds me of a bigger Paul Baxter in some ways. Maybe I’m way off on that one, since it has been, oh, a year or two since I saw Baxter play. But he’s probably the best comparable I can think of offhand.