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Originally Posted by Bingo
Brodie is great on his off side, but you're forcing one of Hamonic or Hamilton to do the same ... that may not be ideal.
The only way that happens is if you promote Kulak and balance the ice time.
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Which would also mean demoting one of Hamonic and Hamilton who we paid handsomely to acquire.
I think the Brodie/Gio reunion questions are just trying to address a problem that doesn’t exist. Our defense is working, especially the top pair. Hamonic and Brodie (factoring out a couple huge Brodie gaffes) look like they are improving. Kulak and Stone are the best third pairing we have had in awhile.
I think Brodie’s underwhelming performance (which I believe is a bit overstated anyways) immediately gets transferred to Dougie the second we change the D pairings.
And it’s also no sure thing that Kulak would be able to backfill Brodie’s role. He has been a good #6 but that is a bigger ask than people think.