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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
He was 4th on TOI per game for the Flames and only 1:30 less than Tanev. Sutter was quoted as saying they don’t have a 3-4 or 5-6 pairings they just have D pairings. He was utilized in various situations based on context all season and he has a lot of other intangibles like hitting, strength and overall toughness that really helped out the back end.
To frame him as some 5-6 D man is super disingenuous. You watch him walk and try to backfill with some rookie or crappy journeyman UFA like we always do who isn’t tough over what, $1mm raise per year? Anyway, whatever haha
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Yeah but both he and Gudbranson were two of the 25 most sheltered defensemen in the league. Props to Darryl for utilizing them well but he could likely get similar performance from Mackey in that same sheltered role for far less money.