I remember a couple years ago that Bouma was always talked about as being built for the playoffs, you win with players like him, etc. I thought he's been decent so far. He's been pretty physical and decent on the forecheck. But it seems the team as a whole is being reeled in under the guise of not playing into the Ducks's hands. Even Ferland isn't the Ferkland of before (although he's been pretty good).
Brouwer is the real disappointment. Mr "I take pride is showing up for the post season''. Such garbage. Had a flukey run last year and somehow turned that into a big payday and and this unwarranted reputation of being a playoff player, while outside of last season had never really at all been a playoff performer. It just sounds good when the media has a mic in your face.
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