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Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
Let's be honest here. Even in the regular season he is one of the main reasons why we were on a bubble to make the playoffs. His offensive touch went kaput this year. I'm sure there are advanced stats but he might have been the worst point man in NHL history on a 1st unit powerplay. A pp that only had 1 defenceman on the point. He had 2 goals in like 40 games and both of those were the other team's defencemen deflecting it in on their own net.
So now that we are past his 2 good years, 2 average year isn't it a good time to pitch him?
and it's mind boggling that he has ZERO playoff series win with him as captain. The only win we had when he was injured, had Wideman, Russell and Engelland playing better than Gio ever did in the playoffs. How many free passes does he get?
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Let's be honest here. You take Gio off the roster and replace him with somebody better (20-30 dmen in the world) and the Flames are better. Take him off the roster and try to replace him internally or with someone like Tanev... fans will be wishing for the bubble days again.