Seravalli: Seattle will ‘almost definitely’ select Mark Giordano from Flames

I think it’s almost definitely Mark Giordano. In fact, I believe that Seattle has given Calgary an indication that they will indeed take Mark Giordano. So I think that’s a really good for for a lot of the reasons we’ve talked about. Leader. Awesome in the community. Has game, quite clearly. The cap hit isn’t so much so that you’re, like, scared to death, and also the fact that it’s only one year. I think that he’s the perfect guy to try to inject some culture and what you want this organization to be.

I don’t think Calgary wants to lose him, at all. I just think, they had to lose someone, they’ve got some younger defensemen. Obviously, Giordano turns 38 and they don’t want to be in a spot where they’re left exposing one of those players who Seattle almost surely would take in addition to the fact that, II mean who’s kidding who, if you’re going to get $7 million off your cap, then that provides the Calgary Flames a lot of flexibility to fill that role with a younger player as they continue to look for change.