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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
I really don’t understand the D hate.
Rasmus was supposed to take #1 power play spot last year, and be a solid top 4 guy. Goes double for this year and I don’t doubt that he can do it.
Hanifin took a step last year and I don’t see any reason why he won’t take another this year. They have Tanev as the glue to hold them together.
They didn’t ‘replace Gio’ with the bottom pairing guys… they developed and promoted from within (Hanifin and Andersson), which is exactly what most Flames fans want. Or at least it’s posted about constantly. It’s what is supposed to happen.
“Can’t believe they replaced Gio with Gudbranson and Zadorov” is just more mindlessly negative bitching.
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IMO a lot of it comes down to Rasmus and Valimaki playing like we hope. Neither were good last year, if their trajectory goes back up (or insert Kylington for Valimaki), that D looks a lot better.
And the legend of Chris Tanev needs to stay in place. Is he a solid top 4 defenseman or the best shutdown guy in the league? And will he stay healthy?