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Originally Posted by ricardodw
So you are saying that Hartley and the coaching staff needs to be fired immediately for their mishandling of this generational talent that has fallen into his lap. That random fans could handle Hamilton better?
Why was Hartley's game plan in Washington basically avoiding having Hamilton on the ice at the same time as Ovechkin?
Hamilton is getting the 5th most minutes and protected minutes. It makes it hard to be a top pairing D-man (as most of the Flames fan boys on this thread are blindly saying he is) when you can't be on the ice against the other team's top line.
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Is that what most "fanboys" saying about him?
I think he is ideally a 2nd paring guy right that has the skills to develop into a top pairing guy but with Gio sucking so far this year he is our second best defenseman so may have to be thrown into that role.
From what I have seen most are saying he has top pairing potential and realize that it is moronic to make sweeping generalizations about a 22 year old defenseman.
Oh and to answer your Hartley question even though it wasn't addressed to me I would say yes Hartley is mismanaging Hamilton and the defensive group as a whole this year.