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Originally Posted by MarkGio
Well whatever, sign Huntwick or whoever. Putting 3.5 million on the bottom pairing is silly when it's only 10-13 minutes a night.
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Let's play a bit of pretend. Imagine the Flames are in the playoff chase. Imagine Brodie sustains a freak injury. Now imagine Hamilton goes down for a while as well.
You gonna be happy you cheaped out on the 3rd pairing who are now both playing top 4 minutes for you while multiple rookies are in the lineup? Or are you gonna rest easy knowing we've got Stone who can and has played top 4 defense and now every defenceman slots one spot lower in the lineup?
Some people need to stop imagining the defense will be 100% healthy the next 3 years. In reality depth is what makes the strongest teams great and Calgary now has contending depth on the blue line.