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Originally Posted by cannon7
Brodie-Stone was a solid pairing. I wouldn't be opposed to pairing Hamonic with a young player, think he may be a better fit in that role than Stone. Certainly can pick up more slack than a Wideman or Engelland. Hamonic could do wonders with an Andersson I think.
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The fit with a young player is less important than who can let Brodie do his thing best, and that is clearly Hamonic - who is essentially a greatly upgraded version of Stone.
FlamesNation: How Travis Hamonic may fit in and hopefully rebound with the Flames
Brodie is green, Stone is purple.
Adding in Hamonic as the orange:
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Brodie’s strengths are Hamonic’s weaknesses. Hamonic’s strengths are Brodie’s weaknesses. Neither is particularly good at dangerous shot contributions, but they’re a pair of lower scoring defencemen – that’s probably not expected of them, nor should it really get in the way of their actual defending abilities.
But in theory, this looks like it should work. Brodie has a similar shape to Leddy, but he’s stronger in several areas (and significantly weaker in shot volume, which, I mean, we know this, we’ve watched him for years).
Hamonic, meanwhile, is much more well-rounded than any partner Brodie had in the last year, sans Wideman who was, well, Wideman; Hamonic being Brodie’s age and not teetering near the end of his NHL career will probably help massively.
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