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Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan
Ugh, disappointed by the overwhelming love for Bouwmeester. Despite his high end skill set and obvious abilities to fit into the system, people forget that he's a BLACK HOLE in terms of leadership, character, and tenacity. He also just never had an extra gear in crunch time. I've never seen anyone that was simply unaffected by losing…or winning for that matter.
Getting the end result of Poirier, Smith, and Cundari just for him was an excellent return. I wouldn't go back on that deal at all.
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I agree with you about not going back on the Bouwmeester deal. Having said that, it's easy to look at our current roster, identify the weakness of our bottom three defencemen, and think that Bouwmeester could improve that position. Not so much love for Bouwmeester IMO as identifying the area most in need of improvement on the current roster.
But yeah, even taking Cundari out of the mix I'd mush rather have Poirier and Smith moving forward.