Ortio will have a better defense in front of him (on paper anyway) than what Kipper had when he took over as a Flame.
Brodie-Gio-Hamilton-Russel-Smid-Engelland
Regher (1.25M)-Leopold(900k)-Warrener (1.8M)-Ferrence(500k)-Lydman(1.7M)-Gauthier(1.3M)
for Comparison purposes in 2003-04:
Iginla was making 7.5 for the Flames.
Detroits top d-men:
Lidstrom was Making 10M Schneider 3.75, Chelios 5.9, Hatcher 5M .
No Flames were in the top 60 paid d-men
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