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Originally Posted by Incogneto
Gio elevates whoever plays with him. The one game Andersson played there, he looked great. Therefore, trade Brodie at the top of his value and replace him in the top pairing with Whoever.
Rince. Repeat until Gio is no longer serviceable (2029?)
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This is pure revisionist history. Andersson was visibly overwhelmed by his duties in that game after Peters put him with Gio, but was already having the best game of his career before being elevated up the lineup, probably because he was playing against the team his dad played for and was on an adrenaline rush.
In fact the team has yet to ice a single pairing this season where the team outshoots the opponent with Rasmus Andersson on the ice, and the highest unblocked shots attempts against rate was
with Giordano with 54 unblocked shot attempts against per 60 minutes:
The Flames would be absolutely foolish to elevate Andersson to a top 4 role at this point. His poise and offensive skill keeps him deservedly in the lineup but he consistently gets overwhelmed in his own zone - arguably more than Valimaki or Kylington to my eye, never mind Brodie or Hamonic.