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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
1) Tkachuk was a 6th overall, not 4th. While Hartley picked Bennett 4th overall, that was the prior year, and I would argue that both the 2013-14 and 2014-15 Flames teams were expected to finish bottom ~two-ish given their total vacuum of talent at every single position (even Giordano wasn't ever considered a #1D before Hartley's arrival) - so 4th / 15th overall picks were both overachievements, all things considred.
2) Hartley couldn't overcome league-worst goaltending. This is different from having a team that somehow lost all ability to score and doing absolutely nothing to actually fix that issue other than hope the plinko chips landed more kindly.
I've said it many a time to deaf ears, the problem with Brodie-Hamonic was not on the defensive end*, but on the offensive end where Brodie would pass laterally across to Hamonic who would do nothing offensively because he doesn't have much of a game from the point. Brodie needs a partner who can shoot - Stone, Giordano, probably would have worked with Hamilton or Andersson but we've never seen that.
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Brodie has only 48 Dmen with 500+ min played give up more Corsi events against last year.
Only 50 gave up more high danger chances.
He was last on the flames in both
212 dmen played 500 minutes or more so that’s 5+ defensemen per team were ahead of him defensively.
It wasn’t an offence problem.
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