One of the key items on the Calgary Flames’ off-season to-do list was to add a top-four type to pair with smooth-skating defenceman TJ Brodie.
Enter Travis Hamonic.
One of Brodie’s personal priorities for the summer, meanwhile, was to add nothing.
On the scale, that is.
“I usually lose anywhere from five to 10 pounds during the season, and I always feel better toward the end of the year,” explained the 27-year-old Brodie, now entering his seventh campaign at the Saddledome. “This is the first summer that I didn’t really focus on putting muscle mass on.