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Calgary4LIfe · 11-14-2016, 02:25 PM

I thought Hamilton - outside of the first month or so to start last season - was pretty good.

This year, all defencemen not named Engelland have had absolutely disastrous games defensively. Often, the entire defensive corps on the same night.

This leads me to believe that Hamilton is probably a pretty damn good defencemen, but things are going terribly wrong with the Flames. Sure, if a team wants to trade for him to what amounts to a stupid over-payment, then by all means trade him - trade anyone for that matter if the return is a stupid over-payment. I would just bet that Hamilton is way better than he has been playing, and the rest of the defencemen - Giordano and Brodie in particular - are indeed of a much better quality than what we have been seeing.

I don't know what it is - system, confidence, funk, communicable disease, coaching, or temporarily possessed by the unholy suck demons - but I would put money that all 3 turn it around at some point, and the backend becomes a strength for this team. I would bet Hamilton becomes one of the most important cogs on the team in the years to come.

11-14-2016, 02:25 PM	#84
Calgary4LIfe Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Exp:	I thought Hamilton - outside of the first month or so to start last season - was pretty good. This year, all defencemen not named Engelland have had absolutely disastrous games defensively. Often, the entire defensive corps on the same night. This leads me to believe that Hamilton is probably a pretty damn good defencemen, but things are going terribly wrong with the Flames. Sure, if a team wants to trade for him to what amounts to a stupid over-payment, then by all means trade him - trade anyone for that matter if the return is a stupid over-payment. I would just bet that Hamilton is way better than he has been playing, and the rest of the defencemen - Giordano and Brodie in particular - are indeed of a much better quality than what we have been seeing. I don't know what it is - system, confidence, funk, communicable disease, coaching, or temporarily possessed by the unholy suck demons - but I would put money that all 3 turn it around at some point, and the backend becomes a strength for this team. I would bet Hamilton becomes one of the most important cogs on the team in the years to come.