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Originally Posted by SportsJunky
Brodie is the guy they have to move imo. They need to move a Dman for a top 6 forward this summer. Andersen has been ready for a while. He won’t look out of place with the big club on the blue line. Brodie gets you a decent offensive forward.
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Exactly! Brodie should have been moved at the start of the season. As soon as they traded for Hamonic I said that was the time to then trade Brodie. It was a repeat of when the Flames brought in Bouwmeester. The move in itself was good, but the team was out of balance. The correct move would have been to bring in Bouwmeester and then trade Phaneuf immediately for help up front. Instead the team waits and runs one of their best assets into the ground. Come this year, we see the exact same thing happen.
It has been as obvious as the nose on Tim Hunter's face that TJ Brodie was not a good fit in the philosophy this team was employing. He was the original square peg being thrust into the round hole. They should have moved him during the summer for a scoring forward and had the confidence that one of the kids on the farm would step up. But Treliving and his stupid "over-cooking" mentality makes it almost impossible for that happen. Now we are stuck with an asset that is going to be that much more difficult to move. I think the trade possibilities are still out there (Ottawa and Buffalo) but it is going to cost us more gold to improve the team. Brodie needs to be moved, and the Flames are in a very good situation to support the loss on the blueline. Brodie has to go to improve the team all around.