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Originally Posted by saillias
It's not some personal attack or trying to ship him off the team... Just ice time management and an acknowledgement that we need a different kind of defenseman back there eating minutes. The Ducks hardly have a discrepancy in skill between their 1st and 3rd pairing.
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I call BS
It is more the case that he is the new whipping boy that couldn't be whipped because he had a homerun season and elevated his game when it mattered most. You couldn't run him out of town this season based on his play from game 3 onward, so now it is about pushing him down a pairing.
At best your plan grossly devalues an asset that is at an all time high.
But why not try a different spin on this? Brodie made a solid pairing with Engellend. Let's leave that as our bottom pair and bring Ina new player to pair with Giordano (note:not serious)