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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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Here is our D's career highs in points:
Tanev - 20 points
Andersson - 22 points
Hanifin - 33 points
Zadorov - 20 points
Valimaki - 11 points
Gudbranson - 13 points
Kylington - 8 points
That's my concern. Not a single Dman that's shown the ability to produce offense at a high level in the NHL.
I think if you go back and look at true contenders and strong playoff teams, they always have at least one Dman that can produce offense from the back end, like 0.5 to 1.0 point per game type numbers.
Hopefully the 24 and unders find another level this season.