Heading into this season, the Calgary Flames were considered a hockey club with some strong defensive depth. A couple weeks ago, in the run-up to the National Hockey League trade deadline, they lost Mark Giordano and Travis Hamonic, two of the team’s biggest minute-eaters, to injury.
So how have the Flames done without them?
Giordano was injured on Feb. 4 against San Jose. Hamonic was injured on Feb. 8 against Vancouver. The Flames have played six games without both of them, going 3-3-0 in those games. (The aggregate score in those six games was 28-23.)
So how have the individual defenders performed?