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Originally Posted by Poe969
No he's not. I'm sure most everyone (except maybe some homers) expect Ekblad to be a lot better than Brodie. I like Brodie but he's only first pairing because the flames have no depth. Brodie could almost replaced by Russell if we had to. Ekblad has franchise defenseman potential.
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This is patently untrue. Brodie is on the first pairing because he earned the spot. Are there better top pairing defensemen in the league? Of course, but that shouldn't take away from the fact that Brodie had a very impressive season, and the underlying numbers strongly support that.
I think trading Brodie, a 23 yr old defenseman that could play top-4 on any team in the league, plus our 4th overall to move up to #1 is an overpayment to the degree of being a fireable offense.