When we signed Bouwmeester I thought we would have the best defensive line-up I've ever seen in the NHL. Going into that year I thought we had 3 of Team Canada's starting defensemen for the 2010 Olympics. Whoddathunk it would go so horribly, horribly wrong. In retrospect I blame Brent Sutter for stubbornly sticking with defensive pairings that didn't work. We weren't even playing all that bad before Daryl pulled the trigger on that deal & the Jokinen/Kotalik/Higgins joke of a trade. That was a sad week for sure.
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