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Originally Posted by Dienasty
And yet Keith was a lock for the team and Seabrook didn't make it... Not saying he is better then Seabrook I am just saying he made it on the team for more then being Pietroangelos D partner.
I also agree with you that he is a 2nd tier D man, but that still puts him in a tier that starts at 8th best D man in the world, (behind in no particular order Keith, Weber, Pietroangelo, Doughty, Chara, Suter, McDonaugh) meaning that he is in the top 20 in the world. I am not saying that he is a flawless D man, or that he isn't handsomely rewarded, I am only saying Chicago won because they have more talent throughout the lineup except in net, and Chicago's goalie was better. Not because Bouwmeester was bad.
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The huge thing .... the elephant in the room so to speak..... is that Bouwmeester never steps up and dominates a game and makes the players that play with him better. He disappears in important games .... he had every opportunity in the world to step up and carry the Flames into the playoffs in 2011-12 where the Flames lost 5 close games down the stretch that if Bouwmeester would have played anywhere as a top 20 D-man they could have won and knocked the SC champs Kings out of the playoffs.
He has not stepped up in the Blues last 8 playoff losses.
Did Bouwmeester outplay 33 year old journeyman Sheldon Brookbank.. this series.... Maybe... but not by a lot.
It can definitely be said that Brookbank did not cause the Hawks to lose...