I'm really enjoying the Giordano-Brodie pairing right now. I think Gelinas was talking on the Fan960 post game show about their ability to jump into the offensive play but still be the first man back. I think it's outstanding. I'm particularly impressed with Brodie at only 23 years old. He has fantastic vision of the play, great defensive instinct and a developing offensive streak. I was really impressed in his shut down of Brent Burns (who has at least 4 inches on Brodie). If he keeps developing like this I think we will see a very solid top pairing defenseman for many years.
It's really exciting to watch this team and see a new core group of players developing (Brodie, Backlund, Bouma, Monahan, etc.)
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