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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I mostly agree. But I still think he makes more mistakes than you want for a player getting top pairing minutes. His main skills are top pairing, but he is mistake prone more than an ideal #2 defenseman should be IMO.
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Possibly, but I am not even sure. Ideally you don't want any of your defensemen to make any mistakes, but they all will. I would argue that Brodie is a decent #2 defenseman and suspect that if he is prone to more error than most other #2 NHL defensemen, then it is not by much. More than likely we notice Brodie's errors and they seem frequent because we as Flames fans watch him a lot, and he plays a lot.
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That being said, an "ideal" top pairing defenseman is like an ideal #1 centre. There are literally 31 #1 centers in the league, but probably only about 10-15 that are "ideal" and not just getting the ice-time because they are the best option available. Brodie would be a top pairing defenseman on a lot of teams, but he wouldn't be most team's first choice IMO.
I'd be happy keeping him, but the team has to fill holes and improve in other areas and Brodie is our best tradable commodity that the most expendable.
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Exactly right.