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Originally Posted by Snapshot
Cory Sarich's best two seasons in terms of Point Shares came with the Flames after the lockout, and he consistently had positive possession numbers while he was here (every year but the Hartley year, and only Mikael Backlund was positive that year). To say he was more effective before the lockout isn't borne out by the numbers. He wasn't Regehr, but Sarich's numbers in Calgary are similar to what Hamonic has produced while he's been a Flame.
There's just no way you can favorably compare Dalton Prout to Cory Sarich.
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Where do you believe a ~30 year old Cory Sarich would slot on this team's defense core?
Top 4 ahead of one of Giordano, Hanifin, Brodie, Hamonic?
Top 6-8 ahead of one to three of Valimaki/Kylington/Andersson/Stone?
I think Sarich would be what Prout is now, a #9D on our present roster.
Beyond that I never said Prout is a better player than Sarich, nor do I care if he is or isn't.