very comfortable voting Gio here. am also comfortable throwing out our Gio-Macinnis (homegrown) pairing against what most teams can offer (as long as Orr or Lidstrom aren't out there) as two guys that can play the game anyway you like
anyways having said that I wanted to acknowledge 2 similarities between Suter and Gio
1. They both were like surprise Christmas presents for the team- one a very late draftpick the other a wandering walk on
2. They hoth had their playoff 'legacy' tainted in part by injury- Suter a huge member of the 86 and 89 clubs but injuries prevented him for seeing either run through to conclusion; Gio almost always (for a fairly healthy guy) running into injuries in key seasons when the team was poised to do something
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