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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He has his moments but I think fans have to realize that Darryl has really sheltered the 3rd pairing. The Athletic just put out an article yesterday about what defensemen get the most elite matchups and which ones are the most sheltered and Gudbranson (20% Elite TOI%) and Zadorov (21.3%) are both amongst the most sheltered defensemen in the league. For the money he's making the Flames should probably move on from Zadorov in the offseason.
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Well I might question the Athletic statistics as Gudbranson kills penalties all the time on the top pairing, so his elite matchups may be off a little.