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Originally Posted by Bingo
The Hamilton thing for me is more than velocity. He has a better awareness of lanes than Wideman so there's less off the chin pads. Additionally, the biggest problem with the Flames powerplay this year is the players being too stationary, nobody is moving. Hamilton is always moving.
Man add in his physical play last night and Hamilton is becoming a complete stud back there.
He needs more first unit powerplay time though.
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Wideman's strength last year was finding all sorts of lanes to the net, or at least the hard pass for a deflection. This year though, yes he is throwing everything into guys' chin pads and it's annoying.
Dougie really plays smart in the offensive zone. I think he'll end up around 40 points again this season, despite the quasi-rocky start.