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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Not to derail this into a Hamilton bread but we need to stop making excuses for his poor play at the start of last year. It is 100% on him and this is the year he needs to play up to his contract for the Flames to take a big jump.
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I think youll see the real Dougie this season for a couple reasons, not to add to excuses but D requires not only adapting to the system, but also your partner. They need to get him a regular partner and stick with it. A big reason why Gio and Brodie do so well together is they know each others play.
Hamilton not only had to learn a new system he had to not play with Chara for the first time.
As far as the system goes, it sounds like we are going back to a system he was originally used to.
It was no different than when Jbo came, took him a full season to start looking like the Jbo we were expecting