Bouwmeester was a square peg that Brent Sutter tried to pound into a round hole for 3 years.
Not his fault, and although he was a bit of a softy, he's always been a very good, well above average defenseman.
We also got Bouwmeester when he was a fully developed 27 year old defenseman.
I don't like comparing Hamilton to him in any way. It's a flawed comparison for more than one reason IMO.
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