So Haynes said that league wide since last year, top minor penalty takers:
-3rd Tkachuk
-7 Bennett
-8 Hamilton
Sadly not surprising, and has to change.
Hamilton isn't as terrible as the beginning of the last 2 years, but his penalty last night was a prime example of his play. It was a 3 on 3 with the Canes coming in, he steps up on his man, then his man steps away from him and drives hard to the net. Dougie was slow to respond and ended up a stride back chasing him, then hacks him to try to prevent the scoring chance from the slot.
His poor positional play led to him taking the penalty on what was a nothing rush until he lost his man.
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