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Originally Posted by Bingo
Any look at stats of Giordano without Hamilton and Hamilton without Giordano suggest that Giordano is actually riding on his coat tails.
Do I believe that? No.
But they certainly don't suggest that Hamilton is being carried by Giordano in any way.
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I honestly think Gio can carry any defenseman he wants to. He may be the best defensive defenseman in the game today and he has shown the ability to prop up others like TJ Brodie and now Hamilton. If I remember correctly, Dougie was really struggling badly on the bottom pair with Jokipakka before he was tried out with Gio.
To Dougie's credit though he's flourished with Gio and the growth of his game has been tremendous. He still has makes his occasional defensive lapses and bad penalties, but those can be forgiven if he continues to score goals and put up points like he has been doing. With our shallow forward depth he's going to be important down the stretch here acting as a 4th forward.