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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Why would offence over an insigificant sample size determine if a defenceman is a core piece or not? I can easily buy Hanafin not being a core player right now. But not for that reason.
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Poorly structured on my part perhaps, it was a separate point.
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Originally Posted by edslunch
Another big question is who takes over as #1D in the next 2-3 years as Gio inevitably starts to decline. I’m not sure I’d be so quick to ship out Brodie or Hamonic, especially with expansion coming up.
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How do you bring both Brodie and Hamonic back though? Andersson and Valimaki both establishing themselves as NHL players this year, Kylington in the wings, you have to make room. All three of Stone, Brodie and Hamonic are UFA's in 2020. Stone is the obvious move (if you can) but one of the other two guys has to be shipped as well IMO.
As for replacing Gio well that's not easy. Hanifin and Valimaki are both potential stars on D, so we'll see what happens. Flames have been a mess with our goaltending but they've done a good job developing our defence.