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Originally Posted by wretched34
Appears Seabrook totally lost his man, and let Upshall walk in all by himself to give St. Louis a lead, and then Hjalmarsson left Tarasenko of all people, wide open, leading to a goal, and that bum Keith lost his man, and left a guy wide open in the slot, almost leading to the tying goal, luckily Crawford was there to bail him out, cuz the Hawks defense is obviously disinterested and and bored with hockey. Bunch of useless over hyped defenders who got contracts based on perception, not true value. When will the GM's learn.
This J-Bo hate is getting bizarre. The guy has always been what he is today, nothing more, nothing less, and he's accomplished a lot by being just that. He's not an all around defender, he's barely average in his own zone, and he's the furthest thing from physical. It's his skating and his outlet pass that made him one of the best at creating offense, much like Karlsson does now. Most teams want to have at least one of those in their top 4, and I'm sure GM's fully understand that they can't rely on that guy to be spectacular defensively, they just hope they provide enough offense to make up for their flaws.
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We have three championships' worth of game tape showing Seabrook, Keith and Hjalmarsson delivering when it matters.
Nobody expects Bouwmeester to be perfect. But in his entire career, can you point to a single game, regular season or otherwise, where Jay Bouwmeester was the best player on the ice? Where he elevated his game because the moment demanded he do something remarkable and his team NEEDED him to be a difference maker?
No, because that's not how Jay Bouwmeester plays hockey. And that's why he sucks. His signature moment is that little slap pass to Benn against the US in Sochi.
Duncan Keith played 30+ minutes a night last playoff and he was remarkable. Play Bouwmeester 30 minutes a night in the Stanley Cup playoffs and you get swept.