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Originally Posted by FFR
So in your first post you say you think Brodio/Giordano was one of the best pairings in the league last year. But you are willing to break them up. Yet you don't want to mess with Russell/Wideman because they were very good and it's dangerous to mess with that. So which is it? Is it dangerous to mess with very good, or not? I think you have to keep your top pairing together. I think Wideman is cleary the odd man out of this - he's the one that drops to a third pairing.
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Mostly because after Gio went down, Brodie showed that he could play with other players, in fact make them play much better.
On the other hand, Russel and Wideman seem to have greatly exceeded expectations and a lot of it the chemistry between them. Together are they better than the sum of their parts? I don't think so.
In NO way am I saying Brodie is a 3rd pairing DMan, he is easily a 1A/1B. He has however proven he can play with and be extremely successful with other players. In fact, it is Brodie's skill that makes him so flexible on who he can be paired with.