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Originally Posted by btimbit
22 year old playing on a new team with new systems, in a new conference. You mean he didn't play like a #1 right off the bat!?!?! Colour me shocked.
He's a massive upgrade on our second pairing (And first pairing down the road) once he clicks. IMO Russell is the man out when that happens, especially when you have a few seemingly NHL ready guys in the AHL right now
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It always seems to me that defensemen have a longer breaking in time when they go to new teams. I am not sure if there is any data to back that claim up or if it would be possible to prove, but that is the impression that I get from my years of watching hockey. To do their jobs well, they really need to learn how to react to the other players on their team.
I was always a little bit apprehensive about this trade. My limited viewing of Hamilton didn't give me the same feeling of hype that many others have. I would love to be wrong, but it does kind of make me want to read that thread from the trade where some poster called out people who didn't respond positively in the poll.
I am still on the fence with this deal.