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Originally Posted by ricardodw
In 2018-19 Gio had a freaky career year. He won the Norris and was clearly the best D-man in the league. He was never was and will never be as good again. 74 pts!! How much did his play in 2018-19 inflate the rest of the teams stats line?
The Red Wings would not have been as good as they were if Lidstrom had only one year where he was the best D-man in the league.
My argument was that 2019-20 was more normal than 2018-19. The Flames were a top 8 team with Gio as the best d-man in the league. They are a second tier team with Gio as a top 15-20 d-man in the league.
Changing a coach that had the team playing lights out months before is NOT the worst thing that could possibly happen.
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Gio will likely never be as good again but I think he was equally as good in the 2 years of 2013-2015 where he missed significant time with injury but was pacing to over 60pts in both seasons despite playing on a bottom feeder and a fringe playoff team. Had Gio not been injured in 2015 I think he would have won the Norris that year as well. Gio has been a legit number 1 Dman for at least 7 seasons now