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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
While I agree he's not been very good especially relative to last season, he's 36 years old and averaging almost 25 minutes on ice per game which is top 15 in the league and truth be told the entire defense as a whole has played considerably worse than last season. It's fair to assume that we will never see last season Giordano ever again which is why the window for this group may shut fast if the organization cannot replace his minutes and becomes overly dependant on a declining player anchoring the back end.
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All true. If you look long term: Hanifin replaces Brodie - lots of the same qualities. Andersson replaces Hamonic - lots of the same qualities, but can be better than Hamonic. So I think we are looking to Valimaki to replace Gio. Whch would be awesome if he can do it.
Kylington - the jury's out. He's sort of Brodie like insofar as his skating is excellent (and his gaffes seem to be the kind that create grade A chances like Brodie's), but his passing isn't there yet, and I need to see if his game awareness bets better. But his potential is sure there.