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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
I'd blame the 3-11-1 stretch more on Giordano being hurt than bad luck.
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So would I. But the point remains that the Flames were awful in all aspects of the game at the same time during that stretch.
And this does tie into Bandwagon in Flames' comment - we have been able to survive injuries to forwards. But if that high stick took Gio out of the lineup for a few weeks, we would have been cooked. Our defensive depth is too weak to sustain the loss of Gio or Brodie. We are dancing on a knife's edge in that regard. And whether people want to admit it or not, the question of defensive depth is one that this year's Flames and last year's Avs share. Though our top end is light years ahead of theirs.