Quote:
Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Not me. I have no interest in paying, or playing 36 year old Brodie.
The only way I see the Flames resigning him is if it is for a 4 year term max, 5 M max. Honestly, I don't think that's gonna happen. Brodie's next contract will be his last and he will want to set up a cozy retirement.
|
You say this like Brodie isn't this team's clear cut 2nd best defenseman.
Somehow, it became part of the narrative that Brodie can only play with Gio after the Brodie-Hamonic pairing was a disaster. But after three years of Hamonic, and looking at what Hanifin has achieved stapled to #24, I think it's very clear that a player like Travis Hamonic drags Brodie down, and that whoever is on the 3rd pair is likewise not suited to play with TJ.
All the guy does is play against the other team's best players. He's done that for seven years with great success. He's better now than Andersson, Hanifin, Kylington and Valimaki, and he's going to be better than all of those players for several years. If not the next six.
I don't have a problem paying a 36 year old Brodie $1.25M less than Gio makes now. Or $1M less. Or even $500k less, if the term is shorter.
This is not a player for whom we should be forecasting a precipitous decline. Brodie is an excellent 1st pairing defenseman with low mileage and no significant injury history.
Don't have him run the 1st unit Powerplay. That's all.