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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
Gio turns 32 this off-season.
When he turns into a pumpkin, we have TJ Brodie, and a whole lot of nothing else for the first pairing.
Give Bennett a year to adjust to the NHL, a sophomore year that could go either way, and then a 3rd year to really cut his teeth and establish himself as a 1C. Monahan will be 23, Gaudreau will be 24, Backlund will be 28, our forwards will be at the age where they're ready to take it to the next level.
At which point Giordano will be 35, and winding down his career. He'll still be in the NHL, but he's not going to be the top-pairing anchor of a Stanley Cup contender.
We need to find a top-pair defenceman, and we need him ASAP.
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Yea the Flames and several other teams are looking for the same thing. I dunno how you're gonna find him ASAP since we have a top pair right now and the new guy wouldn't play on the top pair.