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Originally Posted by DomeFoam
This is complete BS. This team is playing like hot garbage, a healthy TJ Brodie doesn't change that because it seems to me this sitting back, getting ####kicked like we're the oilers attitude is pretty contagious throughout the dressing room right now.
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So, this is a dressing room issue? One can only make such an assertion with any confidence by way of direct knowledge about what is happening in the dressing room. The only "BS" espoused here is the notion that you have even the slightest idea about what takes place behind closed doors.
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Originally Posted by DomeFoam
Saying its Brodies absence is a complete cop out from larger issues
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No, it's not. Never mind the fact that Brodie is very realistically the Flames best player, as Bingo has suggested. The fact that he is not in the lineup
in October is absolutely a HUGE problem that contributes to a good number of other issues. Yes, he is just one player, but his absence has effectively reduced the effectiveness of the entire Flames defense core: The top pairing presently consists of one player getting up to speed after a serious injury, and another player playing for a new team in a new conference for the first time in his career.
For those unconvinced about how much of an adjustment it is for a player like Hamilton to make, consider this: Chris Pronger—one of the best defensemen of the past several decades—did not make an instant impact for the Oilers he was traded there in 2005. Dougie Hamilton is still basically a kid, and the only thing he knows in his short NHL career thus far is the Boston Bruins. It WILL take time, and Brodie's presence back in the lineup most certainly will make that adjustment ALOT easier.