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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Hamilton is 24. He can still be (and I fully expect he will be) groomed into a great defenseman.
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The problem I have with this statement is, we've been saying this for 2.5 seasons now. He's still making the same mistakes he's made since day 1 one as a Flame. The same bad penalties are still happening at the same rate, the bad pinches are still prevalent, the turnovers are still occurring. I'm not convinced he'll ever be the guy to dethrone Gio as the #1 defenseman on the team, but I will say, he's certainly doing better than the disaster that was his start here and his trade value I would assume would be the highest among all our blue-liners considering the market, his age, his size and his production as a right handed defenseman. I don't think any other defender could bring in a haul like Hamilton could right now.