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Originally Posted by heep223
Your views on Hamonic vs. Hamilton are legitimate as your opinion and as a debate.
The thing that really I disagree with was your assertion that Hamilton is the 5th best dman on the team. When you make a comment like that you better be prepared to defend it. It's ok to just admit that you were looking at things overly simplistically by looking at one TOI stat and then appealing to authority as your entire argument.
BTW, a Norris-calibre defenseman is one that received Norris votes in spite of missing the last 20 games of the year. He was a shoe-in for the trophy until he got hurt.
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I hate to drag this debate on forever but I think your argument is a little too simplistic. Gio is is great defenseman and leader but he is not "Norris calibre", which is just a made up term anyway. He has not won the award nor been nominated for the award. He had a superb 65 game season last year, no doubt about it. A shoo in for the award? We'll never know. One of the better defenseman in the league but I think it's unlikely he ever wins or gets nominated for the award.
As for Hamilton being 5th best defenseman on the team, my point was simply that is how we was played this year. The coaching staff had more confidence in 4 other players. I am sure you will argue about his point total, which is more simplistic argument than TOI. Do I think he should have played more than Wideman? Sure especially based on how the season turned out. But I will say it again, focusing on current play vs. potential, Hamilton still has a ways to go. He can make very bad plays in his own zone and he doesn't seem particularly tough to play against yet. Does he look great for a 22 year old? Absolutely.