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Originally Posted by saillias
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Of the 10 players competing for the #3-7 spots on D:
- Hanley and Tinordi are #7/8 defensemen at best and will be waived
- Brzustewicz is a waiver exempt first-year pro and better served playing big minutes with the Wranglers
- Grushnikov is still waiver exempt
That leaves six players competing for five spots and enough slots for everyone else to stay with the Flames.
If it becomes apparent by the trade deadline that Bean, Miromanov, Pachal, and Bahl aren't "the guys", it should be easy to waive one or more of them without risking someone getting claimed to recall Grushnikov and/or Brzustewicz. Plus, Barrie being traded by the deadline would open a spot.
I'm more concerned about the forward group and how Conroy is going to make space for Klapka and Coronato with only one fourth line forward spot up for grabs