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Originally Posted by Bingo
It was a tough start no doubt, but a bad hop and missing his man when two others players made major mistakes hardly undoes what he's done overall in five games though.
Top five player in all possession stats, 5th in points, 3rd in +/-
Not much not to like
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I'm not making any conclusions based on five games though that he's better or worse. He should be better by default playing on the side he's more comfortable and with a superior partner but the gaffes are what set him apart from other Flames defenseman last year because he had many and they were often disastrous. We all know the best defensemen get beat but it's the inexcusable mistakes that are killer. Brodie to me is like Smith in that he's got to prove over the long term that he can be better than last season.