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Originally Posted by CanadaMatt
All you’ve proven here is that we can acquire Stone (if lots of things fall into place) but that we have to sacrifice a chance of winning the Stanley cup to do it, because that goalie combo is simply not going to cut it in my opinion.
Gillies will have to play 20+ games and he hasn’t impressed enough at nhl or ahl level to give any confidence that he can succeed. If we are scrimping on the starting goalie at 3 million then we need a reliable backup, which will cost 2 million+
Oh, and I’m a massive fan of Kylingon...but top line, come on?
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Sorry, don't be confused with the positions, it's just closer to illustrate the personnel based on another poster's earlier suggestions in this thread to show cap compliance, not so much line combinations.
As for Gillies, there's likely room for cap room to get a 2M goalie if the Tkachuk and Stone contracts come at a lower price. Eitherway, they would be able to afford a 1M backup that doesn't need to be Gillies.
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
There's a bizarre subset of Flames fans who think Brodie is a 3rd pair defenseman and is carried by Mark Giordano. And thst Rasmus Andersson is suddenly ready for top pair duties as an acfual plan A. They really have zero interest in giving Brodie any credit for this team's success or our top pair's success.
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This shouldn't be a surprise. The guy was hot-trash away from Giordano that went far beyond playing his "off-side." As a big proponent of Brodie in years past, the fact that every single player looks great with Giordano and significantly less away, should be telling. Same stuff was being said about Hamilton when Giordano and Hamilton were the best defensive pairing in the league.
Then there's the expansion draft. It's impossible to keep all those defenseman together when you can only protect 3. So trade for assets when they are at their top value instead of losing them to an expansion draft or UFA, that seems like reasonable asset management.