Martinez replacement - be brutally honest idc

Giordano has kind of been a warrior over the past decade as the man has averaged north of 23 minutes a night over that time. I think his struggles in the postseason have comes more from having to be the best d-man on the ice, when I believe he's better off being the 2nd (or 3rd in Vegas' case) best defensemen on the team. At 3.75mil even at age 38 is a great contract for him to be on. While I think getting a legit number 1 centre should be on the top of their list, outside of Eichel that player isn't on the market. Getting somebody to replace the hole that Alec Martinez leaves is something they'll need. I like Hague and Whitecloud but I wouldn't want to rely on them to play 2nd pair minutes come playoff time.

The Flames potentially could lose Giordano for nothing in the expansion draft as they're going to protect Hanifin, Tanev and Andersson, at least in this situation they get two solid picks and prospects for the guy.