Let’s take a moment and get a little ahead of ourselves: the Flames have what looks like a stellar group of defencemen, with the added possibility that all of their highly touted prospects work out. That begs the question, then: what will the Flames’ defence look like in the near future?
The Flames struggled to round out their top four for a couple of seasons. Beyond Mark Giordano and TJ Brodie, they really didn’t have much to write home about; later adding Dougie Hamilton helped with that, but having a Kris Russell or Dennis Wideman playing top four minutes hurt the case that they had a formidable defensive group.