A bit of a chicken and egg situation, but only two years prior were the Flames in the top 10 for scoring. And that was in large part because Giordano, Brodie and Hamilton combined for 150 points. This year they did under 120. Were the Flames that much worse offensively because their defense didn't contribute as much, or were their top defensive scorers not putting up as many points because the team was so worse offensively?
I still think you need offense from the backend, which means moving Hamilton for scoring help to get back a 25+ goal forward when he can score 20+ isn't going to help out.
And Brodie I just don't see having the value to get back a player of calibre the Flames need. If he bounces back, he would, but two years of being pretty terrible, which team is moving a bonafide +25 goal scorer for that?
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