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Originally Posted by Vinny01
The Granlund-Shinkaruk trade is looking good for the Canucks.
Both Granlund and Baertschi would be second in goals for the Flames as both have 11 on the year.
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Goals ain't everything.
This flames team would be so terribly undersized with both Granlund AND Baertshi in the lineup.
Sven and Granlund might have 11 goals apiece but the team goal differential is -18. The Flames may not have a ton of high end goal scoring but they can play a variety of different styles of play and have a goal differential of -4, so the goal scoring aspect is not necessarily as important as the goal preventing side.
Look at the Kings for example, who are ahead of the canucks despite scoring less goals. They may have scored 3 less goals than the Canucks but they've allowed
22 fewer goals.
The Canucks obviously have huge holes on their backend, but Granlund and Baertschi are going to do a lot less for you in the defensive sphere than a guy like Chiasson, Brouwer or Backlund (players who occupy the spots in the lineup where Granlund and Baertschi would like slot in).