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Originally Posted by ScorchyScorch
Hamilton is pretty close to Brodie's level right now...except he's a few years younger*. That tells you a lot about where he'll project to be. Brodie's effectiveness comes from his skating ability allowing him to join the rush as an extra forward and still get back to defend, and setting up plays with great passes. Dougie has a bigger frame and can do it all. By Brodie's age he'll probably be pumping out similar points to Wideman's last season or better, while doing things right in his own zone.
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He is every bit as good as Bouwmeester was after he signed a Flame contract and before he hit the ice.
I have high hopes for Hamilton but he is not at all close to being as good as Brodie 2014-15....
If The Bruins had Brodie and the Flames Hamilton last year the Bruins would be in the Playoffs and the Flames would have been golfing early.
The Bruins were able to trade Hamilton for draft picks.... After working with him for 4 years they decided he was not the a top-2 D-man that they were going to base their franchise on.
There was no way that the Flames would consider trading Brodie for the same sort of package or for Hamilton even up.
Hamilton 2014-15 is very comparable to Russell 2014-15.