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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
You guys aren't wrong saying Hartley doesn't focus on defending. The rebuild needed to happen. Again though, Bouwmeester's individual numbers were worse under Brent.
I think the Blues are going to regret this signing.
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Bouwmeester is only as good as the team he plays for. On a good team he will do well and on a bad team he will look pretty average. Right now the Blues are a good team and he will play well for them as long as they are good team. He's just not a difference maker so if the team spirals downward he's not going to be able to make a difference.
I think that with the excitement of the draft a lot of fans forgot how bad the Flames played last season. It's one thing to watch a team play close to the vest hockey and be competitive even if it's not firewagon exciting but last season was excruciatingly painful watching this team attempt to play defense. There was a stretch where the Flames couldn't go a game without letting in less than 4 goals a game and it was just ugly. The stats don't lie and even a team that quit like the Avalanche sported a better goals against average than the Flames. The silver lining is that it enabled the Flames to draft a potential franchise center.