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Originally Posted by Poe969
I think too many of us Flames fans see it this way too. Gio is probably second pairing on most good teams, contenders, not teams like the jackets or the canes. Gio is by far our best defenseman and he isn't good enough to be a top pairing guy on a good team. Our D is pretty bad. Wideman is more of a power play guy, his defense is too....bad. Brodie is getting better but is still nothing speical. Russlel is a small puck mover too, probably a decent option as a 6-7 defensman on teams who need a puck mover.
Our D is just bad. We could say we're better than the oilers D but that's a stretch after last night. We could say we're better than the sabres D but that isn't saying much either.
I'd argue this more, but Feaster just called and asked if I wanted to try out for their top pairing defensman this week.
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I think you are under valuing Gio quite a bit, but I digress. I can't argue that the flames D is great because they aren't. I still think our goaltending is our weakest position at the moment however