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Originally Posted by vicarious
Hamilton now has even +/-. Considering he was at one point -13, that is pretty remarkable.
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He was only ever a -11 at his worst point, but I get your point. He's slowly turning into the defencemen we thought we were getting back in July.
If Brodie doesn't go down with his injury, Hamilton likely gets nursed into the team on the 3rd pairing, slowly works his way up onto the 2nd pairing and never has the massive issues he had when he was paired with Gio from the start of the season. And I bet his stats would look even better than they do now as well.
Hamilton's first 15 games: 2 G, 2 A, -9, PIM 12
Hamilton's last 15 games: 1 G, 5 A, +9, PIM 6
If he carries on improving at the same rate, our top 3 defencemen are going to be scary good. Just need to find a long term #4 defenceman for Hamilton now.