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Originally Posted by Toonage
Going back many years, it still worries me when people say the Flames have among the best defense in the league.
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It really has always felt like on paper the Flames had an elite D
Coming out of the lockout they had Regehr, Leopold, Hamrlik, and rookie Phaneuf. Search and Bouwmeester were added to that group as Leopold and Hamrlik moved on. The tail end of Regehr, Phaneuf, and Bouwmeester Giordano was emerging. Then it shifted to Gio, Brodie as the top guys with Hamilton and Hamonic added. Now we have Weegar, Hanifin, Andersson, Tanev and incredibly strong 5-6.
It has always felt like this team has had a top defense but only occasionally they have been able to live up to the hype.