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Originally Posted by Goodlad
Oh, and I've finally come around to the "Breen sucks" team. I really wanted to see him get a chance and maybe see if he could develop into something worth keeping, but with only 4:24 of ice-time he had a brutal giveaway that almost ended up in the back of the net and did absolutely nothing to block out Smyth on what ended up being the gamewinner. He's not ready for the NHL, and might never be. Put him on waivers, try to send him down. If he gets claimed, oh well. (I really don't think he will).
It does beg the question of who we can call up to fill those minutes. I'm not sure how much longer Wideman is out, but we can't rotate 5 defensemen forever. Time to bring Smith back up?
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Yeah, the kind of play we're seeing from Breen is quite discouraging, to say the least! Just doesn't seem to have the skating ability to handle the big show, and his hockey IQ isn't good enough to make up for the lack of footspeed as of yet.
If Flames are really lucky, MAYBE he'll become a mean and nasty version of Hal Gill with fighting ability in the future, but that is at the extreme optimistic end. He has flat out floundered in the NHL and hasn't shown much to indicate he can become much better than what he is right now.