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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
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My god. That is dumb.
There is a lot of moronic gibberish in that article, but I think this might be my favourite sequence, near the beginning. It starts with this:
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Originally Posted by Pensionplan Puppets
"It's been over half a year ... and the Flames have acquired two "top 4" defencemen (in terms of offensive production at least) in Michael Stone and Travis Hamonic—both naturally right side..."
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So, yes. The Flames have incredible depth on the right side of their defence.
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"Although hated by the analytics community, Stone is only one season removed from a career high season in goals (6), assists (30), and points (36). That many points while being known as a "shutdown defenseman" is pretty great, and definitely top-4 territory..."
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Yes, the secret to that depth is to have top-four guys layered three deep. It is a calculated and brilliant plan by GM Brad Treliving to overload at the position.
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"Personally, I believe the Flames would like to play Stone in their top-4."
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And here is where everything falls apart.
The Flames JUST acquired a new, better top four defenseman AND signed Michael Stone to a long term deal all but assuring that he would regularly be relegated to the bottom pairing. Why the hell would anyone think that the Flames WANT Stone to play in the top-four, when they practically ensured that he wouldn't with the acquisition of Hamonic? If the Flames wanted Stone to play in the top-four, why did they not simply extend him and be done with it?