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Originally Posted by ricardodw
1) The Flames are not a playoff team. There has been 1 year of the 11 that Gio has been in the core that the Flames were a playoff team.
The other times they were a bubble team that were a coin toss to make the playoffs.
Hard to remember that far back but after the 2004 run and the 2005 lock out the Flames were a playoff team. They were not worried about the wild card spots. That what was expected after 2018-19 and it ended with them being .001 winning pct margin for being in 8th place when the season ended.
2) First time ever I heard the Gio is not an excellent skater.
3) So if a team is quick or a team is heavy then Gio is over matched??? If only there were playoff teams that were slow and small.
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Your point is very confusing to me. You either make the playoffs or you don’t. Mark Giordano even if he didn’t participate in the 2015 playoffs, his performance early in the season helped the team accumulate enough points to make it to the dance. Making the playoffs in the regular season is a points race and Mark Giordano helps this team achieve that first goal. Even if he doesn’t slot as a top pairing guy anymore, he’s still a quality top 4 defenseman you don’t want to lose.
Your second point is probably the most bewildering. Are you implying Mark Giordano is an excellent skater? Gio is an average skater, possibly even below average, he just makes up for it with his conditioning and putting 100% effort into his skating. There’s a reason why he went undrafted. But thankfully he has elite hockey iq and work ethic which probably saved his career.
Lastly, the entire Flames roster is either too slow or too small. That’s why Colorado wiped the floor with them last season and why Dallas dominated the majority of the play in their series.