That 2008-2010 era really isn't much different than today when you go back and read posts about the abundance of amazing defenseman prospects they have.
Flames have just too many defenseman on the roster when they need to make room for Pardy, Pelech, Negrin and Aulie. All of whom have either proven they are NHL ready or will in the next year!
Especially ironic since Brodie was in the farm system and often an afterthought...here's some sample Flames "prospect lineup" from 2008 where Brodie's the extra-defenseman just to show how wrong we can be about our own prospects:
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Pelech - Pardy
Baldwin - Negrin
Aulie - Wilson
Brodie
John Negrin - Matt Pelech
Keith Aulie - Gord Baldwin
Per Jonsson - Alexander Deilert
TJ Brodie
Pelech-Negrin
Pardy-Baldwin
Aulie-Brodie
Deilert
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Hopefully it turns out differently, but if you look at posts in the 2009 offseason it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that Pelech was an NHL player after his 5 game stint, it was just whether or not he would be a top pairing defender. Pelech would go on to play 0 more games with the Flames.
And then we throw Erixon into the mix and start talking about his Lidstrom-like properties. Ha.