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Originally Posted by polak
I'm not calling it a failure yet. I'm laughing at our misfortunes as it reminds me of the J-Bo trade.
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J-Bo was at a much different point in his career when we traded for him, for that perspective it's very different.
From how things went, J-Bo actually started very well for the first couple of months in Calgary. I believe he was actually paired with Gio to start, our 2nd pairing and it looked great. What wasn't going well was our first pairing of Reg and Phaneuf, and eventually Gio / Bow got split up (never to be tried again I might add.........perplexing).
Anyway, I'd rather Hamilton, at 22, struggle a little out the gate as he finds his stride with a new team and a new system, and as he and the team try to find the right partner for him as well. Doesn't have to be Gio.