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Originally Posted by Vulcan
That may be normally true but the Flames have an unbalanced defence with 4 offensive defencemen. Ideally I think we need a defensive minded defenceman paired with each offensive defenceman. I'm not saying Giordano and Brodie aren't good at the defensive side but if they were paired with a defensive defenceman, they could take more chances.
That's to come in the future though with Wotherspoon. As you say, he'll probably be paired with Smid and get 5 to 10 minutes of ice time.
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Why mess up with D's success recently? I like that Brodie is playing in the 1st pairing with a two-way D Giordano. Butler seems to be playing well ever since they put him with Russell and I think Wotherspoon will fit well with the veteran Ladislav Smid. With Wideman out, it means the Butler-Russell ice time will increase tonight.