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Originally Posted by Corral
Someone explain to me why +/- makes for a bad argument? Especially for a top pair Dman - and when his +/- is almost the worst on the entire roster.
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I don't understand the motivation to complain about a young d man that is showing the potential to be a top pairing player as early as next year?
Dougie has an uncanny ability to get pucks through to the net and is as good as anyone in the league at jumping up into the play. He had some issues defensively early on but who doesn't at this age and on a new team? If you want to complain about contracts/performance, the discussion clearly starts and ends with Wideman, Smid and Stajan - $13M of dead weight.
I will be shocked if we aren't talking about Brodie/Hamilton as the team's top pairing in 2 years as Giordano regresses and Hamilton continues to improve. Who cares if this season wasn't statistically a prototypical "top defenceman" season for him. I'm pretty sure the next 5 will be.