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Originally Posted by flamesfever
I think acquiring Hamilton has played a significant part in upsetting team chemistry.
When you bring in a young player and pay him more than he's worth at his stage of development, you not only overburden him, but somehow you throw things out of whack for the rest of the players and what they expect for remuneration for their contribution (Russell comes to mind).
Now over the long haul, the acquisition may prove to be beneficial. However, I believe it will delay the rebuild, in the order of a year or more.
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I don't understand this line of thinking.
Gio just got a huge deal bigger than Hamiltons so why would he care? Wideman makes the same and has a deal that most reports have as being untradable. Engelland is overpaid according to most people so he should be good with his deal. Russell is an upcoming g UFA so should be jacked that defensemen are getting big deals.
That leaves Brodie as the one guy who could be pissed and he has been very good to great this year.
I also can't see Hamilton feeling overburdened by getting the deal he asked for and was traded out of Boston because they wouldn't give it to him.