I doubt that Andersen would look at Calgary as a possible destination. Markstrom is here. A team like Edmonton is probably his best bet.
As for Edler - he isn't top pairing material any longer. He isn't offensive enough, and he has slowed down. Giordano is a much more effective and 'fresher' defencemen IMO. Still, as long as the money is low, you can hope that him filling in as a stop-gap might be decent enough paired with Tanev. I don't exactly like it - Calgary's defence as a unit will score the least amount of goals this year with Giordano out, Edler in, and everything else staying relatively static.
I am just not confident that this team can play shut-down defence nearly enough, especially on that Hanifin-Andersson pairing (namely because of Andersson and his lack of foot-speed).
Edler - Tanev
Hanifin - Andersson
Valimaki - Stone/Mackey
That doesn't exactly inspire a whole lot of offensive production. Just hope it would be strong enough defensively to compensate. I don't think it is strong enough on the transition either. Andersson is going to have to take a big step forward next season, and Hanifin has to really improve offensively. I still believe in Valimaki, but you can't count on him taking enough of a big step this coming season to make it really work.
Well, if any coach can make this work, it is Sutter. At least there's that.
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