With the NHL in a holding pattern until the floating start of next season, let’s start evaluating the 2019-20 season position by position. Today we’ll jump in on the blueline and grade the four players currently under team control that spent significant time with the Flames last year. While the marks aren’t as strong as they were the season prior, there were a couple notable performances.
Mark Giordano: B+
Coming off a Norris Trophy, Giordano was bound to take a step back from his A+ 2018-19. Posting a career season, especially one of that caliber, at the age of 35 is unheard of.