Geoff Ward on Fan 960: Injury Update
Doesn't sound like either of our defenseman are ready to come back soon.
Paraphrasing here but Ward was on the Fan 960 and said:
"Last time Giordano got this injury it took him 6 weeks to come back, and it's been two weeks, Hamonic is even longer. The pain for him is just starting to go away..."
So that puts Gio's return at Mid-March, and likely means Hamonic can't return until closer to the end of the season, if we assume he's a week or two longer.
So in terms of implications on the trade deadline this really prohibits the Flames from selling either of our UFA d-man. No way to trade Hamonic if he's injured, and can't move Brodie with Gio and Hamonic both out.
My guess is the move the Flames look at will be for a depth d-man. Maybe somebody like DeMelo.
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