I don't know, about the only player that deserves to be singled out 3 games into this season is Wideman, the regression is painfully obvious with him.
Everyone else is still navigating the rust and systems change. And Persoanlly, Dougie is playing a different game from last year. He's shown some serious edge in his play, checking hard, like impressively hard, roughing up the opposition during play and just playing a game akin to Rasmus Ristolainen.
We know he can be a producing offensive D man, but all the stuff that was said about him being soft in Boston and the desire for him to use his size more in CGY looks to be a thing of the past.
This thread is a case of damned if you do and damned if you don't.
I like what Dougie has been doing so far. Actually, I've been really impressed with his change in play. The focus on being tougher is going to help him be a top pairing player for years down the road.
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