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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Sure, but he didn't ask that. I gave him an example that parallels the Brodie situation pretty well.
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I don't. We can't know what St Louis would have done in 2017 had Pietrangelo and Jay Bouwmeester been injured, but I think it is fair to speculate that that would have had an impact on their thinking at the time.
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If the Flames had moved Brodie for a higher pick or picks, and still brought in two other Dmen, they would still have enough healthy guys anyway. Especially with Gio back. Yelesin and Davidson also seemed capable of being a 6th Dman as well.
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People continue to gloss over this, and I think it is a mistake: Brodie appears uninterested in moving on, and that disinterest makes it exceedingly difficult to trade him, even if that is what the team wants. It's easy for us to criticize the team for things it did not do, but this is really hollow criticism without a clear read on the entire situation. The same goes for the Trocheck trade: without knowing what the Flames offered or what Florida wanted it is a meaningless admonishment.