The Calgary Flames head into next season with a loaded defence core. The addition of MacKenzie Weegar has improved the right side of the Flames blue line, giving the club three high-end, right-handed defensemen. This opens up a few possibilities for head coach Darryl Sutter on how he wants to configure his defense pairings.
What could those pairings look like?
For the sake of this exercise, let’s assume that the Flames will start opening night with Noah Hanifin, Rasmus Andersson, Chris Tanev, Weegar, Nikita Zadorov and Oliver Kylington as the six defensemen.
Right Shots: Weegar, Tanev, Andersson
Left Shots: Hanifin, Kylington, Zadorov.