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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
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.
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That is precisely it that is not who Jay Bouwmeester is, so why hold him to the same level as guys like Keith, Seabrook, Doughty, etc. I can't recall a GM ever pronouncing Jay Bouwmeester to be the ultimate defenceman who can carry a team to the promise land, he was an elite skating offensive defenseman, that when used correctly could help your team put up points. Used incorrectly and he will hinder your team. Which again, is why I don't understand all the hate. People are pointing out his flaws as if they are mistakes he's making, they aren't though, that's just who he is. Trying to hold him to higher levels is always gonna make him look bad, but if you hold him to his capabilities, he doesn't dissapoint near a much. He makes mistakes like everyone else.