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Originally Posted by belsarius
I had finally given up on Bouwmeester last year. And the first couple games this year did nothing to change my mind. The last three games however he seems a whole new (old?) person. He is using his speed to jump up into the plays consistently, he seems a lot more energized and I swear he is taking the body a few times every game now. I don't know if its Hartley, if its Wideman's currently play pushing him or he finally rembered how he played in Florida but since the Edmoton game he is looking like the defencemen we thought we were getting 3 years ago.
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It's funny, I still do think that Brent is a good coach... but it boggles my mind how things are night and day with this squad right now. They look engaged in all 3 zones and are constantly pressuring the puck. There's a discipline that we haven't seen. There's an excitement that we haven't seen. It's shocking to me see the 180 that Bouwmeester and Stajan have done..... i'd love to know what in the world spurred that.
As a whole, solid effort. Edmonton, Colorado (outside of that 5 minute brainfart in the 3rd), Chicago and now tonight have all been good efforts. When was the last time we saw this team play 4 straight games with any type of consistency? Had to have been the Keenan years. I still think it'll be a struggle to get in the playoffs but these team looks a lot better than I expected... it's kind of nice.