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Originally Posted by 868904
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.
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I agree they probably talked to Gio. But I don't think calling Brodie a defensive defenceman is correct at all. If you think he did the defensive work when playing with Gio, that's just flat out wrong. He did fine because Gio is one of the best all around defencemen in the game.
I think the conversation with Gio was "if we trade Dougie can you play with Brodie?" "Sure, we can make it work again".
One thing is for sure though, if you pair Gio/Brodie and Hamonic/Hanifin, I'm not very worried about the Flames in their own zone.
IMO this puts a lot of pressure on Kulak and Stone, with Andersson and Valimaki knocking at the door.