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Do people think that Flames management would not ask or speak to Giordano about his defense partners?

There is something very telling about this move and Peters saying they are moving Brodie back with Giordano.

Add in Franklin's comment about "retrieving pucks" and there's some evidence there that management and Giordano, see things the same way, Brodie is a better player and partner for Giordano than Hamilton.

I don't even need to be in that room or speak to Giordano, I can see with my own eyes that Hamilton hurt Giordano. Giordano was constantly covering up his mistakes and doing the heavy lifting defensively. Giordano's offense also got hurt because of it.

Brodie isn't a offensive defensemen, he is a defensive defensemen first who can contribute offensively, which makes him a great partner for Giordano who can be an elite point producer. Brodie gets himself into trouble when he has to do the heavy lifting offensively on a pairing, which is what he had to do with Hamonic. Brodie's elite skating is more useful in defending because he doesn't necessarily have the hands or vision to be an offensive defenseman.