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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Montour would be of great interest I'm sure. As you know, the Flames have a shortage of top 4 defensemen after this season, and he is one.
As for Gio and expansion, I don't know what to say really.
Giordano, Andersson, Hanifin
Anyone else they add going forward via trade or UFA signing they are willing to risk losing to the expansion team? That doesn't make much sense to me. I know Gio is the captain, but by that point he will be 37 and a year away from free agency. I guess we will see.
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Yeah to be fair, I guess my objection to Montour was with the assumption that there will be a defenceman ahead of him on the depth chart that we'd be protecting instead (not Giordano). Hard to say now with the UFA defenseman we have currently what we'll look like.
If our top 4 consists of Gio - Andersson, and Hanifin - Montour then yeah it's not that difficult outside of Giordano if Valimaki is exempt. I think Gio would be claimed for his leadership alone, plus I expect his play will still impress by the expansion draft... but who knows.
However if we were to re-sign Brodie for example it becomes more complicated suddenly as I think Montour becomes your #5 or #6 even behind Valimaki. Or if all our UFA defence walk and we sign someone Barrie.