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Originally Posted by JTech780
Brodie was just as bad when he was on the right side, he actually gave the puck away more and had worse possession numbers playing on the right side, Gio just covered most of his mistakes.
Brodie just doesn't have any hockey sense and thinks he's too good to have to play within a system, he just free wheels and skates where ever he wants, making it next to impossible for his D partner to read off of him because you never know where he is going to be on the ice.
Brodie just isn't that good and honestly never has been that good.
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My eye balls tell me differently. He and Gio were used as not only the shutdown pair, but drove plenty of offence. There were plenty of replays on SN where Hurdey would highlight just how effectively that pairing was when the puck got dumped into the Flames' zone, retrieved, D to D pass, than outlet pass out the zone. It was beautiful to watch and over and over it worked well until Gio got injured.
Brodie has progressively gotten worse and worse playing his opposite side under GG. Under Hartley, he got better and better every season. Yes Gio makes his partner better, but Brodie was so slouch. He was very much in the conversation for team Canada. Now, you'd be laughed out of town if you suggested that.
I said this offseason and last, the Flames will go as Brodie goes. He has more of an impact over anyone on the team outside of the goalie. More than Gaudreau, more than Gio and more than any other skater.
I firmly believe that you fix Brodie, and you fix the Flames. But nope, let's take him away from the best partner he ever had, play him on the opposite end (how well did that work for Iggy in Pittsburgh?), and try to get him to play a style he's not that effective at.
GG in a nutshell. Hard set on his ways and no room to modify. Win his way, or don't win at all.