The Calgary Flames are reportedly keen on keeping their captain.
TSN hockey insider Pierre LeBrun appeared on Wednesday’s edition of “That’s Hockey” to discuss the Flames’ strategy to protect Mark Giordano in advance of the upcoming Seattle Kraken expansion draft.
My sense from talking to other sources around the league about the Flames over the last couple of days is, they are looking at every single scenario. They don’t want to lose Mark Giordano to Seattle, but it’s also probably a stretch to suggest that a leading option would be to protect four defensemen in an eight-skater format instead of going 7-3-1, because now you’re exposing some forwards, potentially, that you don’t want to lose.