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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 don't see them as "excuses" so much as reasons for his surprisingly poor performance, and an explanation for how he improved so dramatically as the season wore on. Whether it was an adjustment to a new system, or just the difficulty of settling into a new team, city, part of the country for the first time in his professional career, does it matter? The point here is that he played poorly to start the year, but that level of play should not be used as a measure of his abilities and potential.