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Originally Posted by ricardodw
And yet Andersson is the most protected "regular" d-man on the Flames outside of Kylington.
You would think that an elite puck moving D-man would get more D-Zone faceoffs.
He also is also the #5 D-man called on to kill penalties.
Brodie and Hamonic are #3 and #1 in defensive zone faceoffs. They both have a significant more time on the PK.
If they are both gone a lot more will be asked of Andersson than has been done to date.
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This was his 2nd season, no need to force him into all the defensive zone starts right off the bat.
Maybe you have numbers to support that but just going off what I saw I wouldn't say he was the most sheltered as he was the first person moved up to play with Giordano when Brodie was not there. They obviously trust him to play in the defensive end.