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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
We paid Bouw to care and to set a tone. On this team, he'd be in that role. He's awful at it. St Louis has seven other guys who set the tone of that team.
Wideman is more useful to the team offensively and looks like he cares.
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And we paid the wrong guy.
Was Bouwmeester ever obligated to be "a number 1, elite defenseman" because we overpaid him? Do you think the negotiation went "Well, if you can be the go to guy, which you never have been yet in your career, you can have $6.68!"
Hype got him that kind of money, he was always a $4.5-$5 million defenseman
And just because he's a quiet and awkward dude it doesn't mean he doesn't care. It's his personality.