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Originally Posted by Eric Vail
The Flames defense (when healthy)
Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
Valimaki - Anderson
Kylington-Stone
Prout
Why do the Flames need another defenseman?
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Valimaki will likely go the AHL once he returns from injury, not sure how useful he will be come playoff time. Running two rookies on the same pairing typically isn't a recipe for success (granted, Kylington and Andersson have done okay- still getting out chanced and out shot though).
Stone is good depth, but he has also been out for a long time. Might need a lot of work to get back up to game speed so unsure of how much you want to rely on him returning to the line up, if he does at all.
Ultimately another steady left shot D to help stabilize the third pairing with Andersson would be helpful and good insurance as long as it doesn't cost too much.
Apparently it's a buyers market so maybe something like Foo+4th for Gunnarson?