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Originally Posted by Monahammer
IMO no need to devalue the pick by lotto protecting it. We're not going to the lotto with toews augmenting our forward core.
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Sounds like something Doug Wilson might have said when he acquired Karlsson.
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Originally Posted by Toonage
Its a small ask but I'd rather see them try and address the 6D so that Kylington isn't on that pair with Valimaki. I'd rather a capable veteran playing with Kylington as the 7D with spot duty
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I like these pairings the best in a vacuum:
Hanifin-Andersson
Valimaki-Tanev
Gio-Kylington
Gio averages 5:20/game on both PP and PK; dropping his EV time wouldn't be the end of the world (and you probably throw him an extra shift with Tanev now and then).
Flames had pretty even time at EV for their top 5 d-men last year:
Gio 18:28
Hanifin 18:12
Brodie 18:10 (Andersson)
Hamonic 18:00 (Tanev)
Andersson 17:44 (Valimaki...drop it to ~16)