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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
My takeaway was simple: More Schlemko/Brodie less Engelland/Brodie please! Engelland was on the ice for five goals... He's in a sense being targeted by them like we targetted Bieksa/Sbisa last round. Bob has to adjust and trust Schlemko with top 4 minutes.
I also don't think Anaheim's D corps is better than our healthy D corps - but ours is not healthy - Giordano, Smid, Diaz. That's three solid Dmen we're missing.
Otherwise:
Giordano > Lindholm
Brodie > Fowler
Russell > Vatanen
Wideman = Beauchemin
Stoner = Engelland
Depres > Schlemko
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Problem is that in this series this isn't how they match up, and the drop from Wideman to Engelland is huge. I personally think all of Stoner, Depres, and Wisniewski are all a fair bit better than what the Flames have after their top three. With Giordano the top 4 break even. Without him it becomes a big time mismatch