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Originally Posted by heep223
I would suggest putting ricardow on ignore because clearly you've been reading too many of his posts.
Dougie Hamilton 2015-16 Season
Out of the Flames d-men:
2nd in goals (behind Norris caliber player)
2nd in P/60 (behind Norris caliber player)
3rd in assists (behind Norris caliber player and Brodie)
2nd in CF% (behind Nakladal, who gets easy assignments)
1st (by a mile) in scoring chance differential
I'm assuming by "5th best defenseman" you are referring to ricardow's oft repeated stat and appeal to authority that Hamilton was 5th on the team in TOI/game, therefore he's the 5th best dman. If you take out hurt/suspended Wideman and traded Russell, he jumps to 3rd, again behind Brodie and Gio.
Just terrible analysis I'm sorry. He's the third best d-man behind two top 10 leaguewide d-men on a team that got completely ####ed over by their goalies.
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I don't know why you are referencing Ricardo. Point is, 4 other defenseman received more ice time on the Flames this year. Period. Do I think Hamilton is more valuable than Wideman and Russell? Ofcourse. But when the games mattered, the coaching staff played those guys more. That's not really up for interpretation.
I would suggest your analysis is overly simplistic, focusing on points. And what does Norris caliber defenseman mean? Is Doughty on the Flames? Let's be honest about what we have. Hamilton is still more about potential than performance.