I can't justify adding Gio at all. It would require signficant cap out, likely at forward where we can't really afford to be any thinner. I can't see him positively replacing any of the current LD on any pair:
- Hanifin has been a better two way player than Gio this year, his skating alone puts him above
- Kylington is our top scoring dman and one of the best in the league. the team relies on his vision and creation on the back end, and again skating.
- Zadorov is not as good as gio but brings a huge size, hitting, and intimidation element every night that gio only scratched on occasion.
It's not happening, it shouldn't happen. Sorry Gio, great guy, good member of the flames forever, but it's in the past now.
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