[Caged Great]

Engelland has 7 points (2G 5A) since Gio went down. That translates to 34 points over a full season. TJ Brodie only posted 31 points last year. Despite only generating 4 points in the first 55 games, he is closing in on his career high of 17 points and is only one point off his second best tally, which he posted last year. He won't reach it obviously, but he has closed the gap significantly.

Over the past 17 games, he is also only a -1, but was a -14 in the 55 games prior.

To say that Engelland hasn't elevated his game or isn't a reason why the Flames are still in a playoff race are simply not seeing what he's doing because they have a bias towards him because they hate his contract. He has earned all 3 million of it in the last 17 games.