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Originally Posted by Poe969
8 games in and some are ready to write players off. Is he not playing up to expectations or are some of the expectations people had just too much?
I mean it's been 8 games and he hasn't even hit the 40 point mark!
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Hamilton is -8 in 8 games. He isn't doing anything positive , running a PP, carrying the puck, hitting. He looks like he is a 22 NHL rookie in over his head, There have been little to none flashes of brilliance. If he wasn't signed for 34.5M we would be talking about some AHL seasoning for him to find his game.
When Brodie comes back Hamilton will firmly in the bottom 2 ice time.
He has a very limited sample in Boston where he was a top-4 d-man.... basically on a team that was forced to play him up the line up.
If the Flames are going to pull the trigger on dumping a top D-man they should be looking at whether Hamilton is a the cornerstone d-man they thought he was . It won't be easy to get a Russell-calibre player back when he is gone.
The Flames do not have a lot (any) of d-men knocking at the door. Kulak was the best of a a very weak unready group. Hartley had minimal confidence in him and gave him less ice-time than Schlemko/Diaz .