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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Giordano was a late bloomer. He's been better in his last 5-6 years than earlier in his career. He wasn't the elite player he is now back when he played with Bouwmeester.
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What you're actually saying is that Giordano "became elite" at age 30 the exact same year he started playing with TJ Brodie.
It's not a coincidence.
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
4th may be arbitrary but it's because I don't think defensively he's as good as Gio, Hamonic or Hanifin. Do you?
Gio's offence is coming from himself, and overall team play being better. Brodie helps, but then, Gio wasn't as necessary for offence beside Hamilton, because Hamilton was putting up a lot of points.
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Yes, I think he's defensively better than Hanifin. He may be guilty of often thinking offense first, but when you match him up to a Crosby or McDavid where his mindset becomes defense first, he is a shut down defenseman.
I actually also think he's actually a more dependable PKer than Giordano, and would like to see a Brodie - Hamonic PK unit because Brodie closes space better and that's been a big issue on our PK. Having both Gio and Hamonic try and block shots seems to give teams too much space. When Gio takes a penalty and Brodie steps in, our PK1 looks far more crisp the last three years.