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Originally Posted by Split98
I think the goal is to trade TJ, but I don't think it's because the brainthrust sees him as a negative on the roster. There's a lot to be said for TJs impact on Gio's game, yes, but I don't agree on how you've evaluated his goofs. He definitely went for an impressive play and came up short a few times but I don't think those are what people remember. Brodie routinely goofed on some pretty pedestrian plays and seemed to be thinking a step behind at times.
But you're ignoring the entire cap situation, which is the reason that Brodie's name comes up frequently. Andersson played great with Gio, and brings a little more stability to that line I think (especially this early in Andersson's career). I think the future of TJ as a Flame in the cap-era is coming to a close, so if you can get assets for TJ that makes the trade all the more worthwhile.
His salary, the need to recapture about that amout of salary, the Flames depth on D and a few options in his place that are the future of the Flames blue-line are all reasons TJ could be moved. His errors just make it difficult to argue that he's irreplaceable on the blueline. For as many TJ plays we can appreciate, he offers up a lot of costly mistakes that showed up on the scoreboard.
I think if the Wizard found a way to keep TJ a lot here would be on-board. But you could have read the thread to have known that was the general idea behind trading TJ.
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I think that the depth that the Flames have on defense is significantly unproven and over-rated.
Removing the clear cut best RD from the mix, with whom the best player (who has his 36th Birthday in October) has played his best is a huge risk.
Hamonic is currently the only Flame D that is at all interested in playing a physical game.
As far as keeping Brodie this year.... Neal 3.88 and Stone 2.33 give 6M as buyouts this year ... more than Brodie's 4.6 in cap savings