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Originally Posted by 868904
The defense is missing one important element that Darryl has to have.
A big tough defensive smash mouth defensive defenseman.
See Regher, Warrener, Gauthier, Mitchell, Greene, Marchment
Until he gets that, he won't like the defense group.
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From Sutter's perspective, that's true.
Everyone is saying Gaudreau, Mangiapane, and Phillips are too small to play for Sutter. I think when it comes to Sutter's need for size, the need is actually on the back end. See Tampa. Huge at the back, pretty small up front.
I think it's also very apparent that the Flames need a defenseman who is a PP specialist. They're still relying on Gio too much and he has obviously slowed down. The Flames were near the bottom of the league in defense scoring. This is something they're usually pretty good at.
and it's the first time in a while in which the Flames haven't had any defensemen on pace for 40+ points. It's usually their bread and butter.