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Originally Posted by Jimdon
1. The Dougie/Gio pairing was widely considered to be one of the best pairings in the league and their advanced stats back this up before you even account for the fact that he seemed to be under utilized in both even strength and PP minutes by the coaching staff last year.
2. Is Dougie a winner? Either he is the most naturally talented defenseman in the league, managing to put up good possession metrics while being the top scorer at his position despite apparently not caring or trying hard, or people are falsely attributing his laid back attitude off the ice and percieved lack of intensity and physicality on the ice with him not caring about winning... which seems more likely?
3. Every person with a heart and a pulse wouldn't be happy if their brother was traded off their team. You're saying your opinion of him would be better if he lied to everyone and told them he didn't care? Keep in mind he played just as good or better after Freddie was traded away. He didn't sulk.
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1. The very same stats also showed Gio-Brodie as the best defensive pair in the league as well for multiple seasons. Gio is the constant and if Dougie were a better Dman would be not be in the top 3 in minutes for a Dman on the team? Would he kill more penalties?
2. Lots of floating and bad penalties is why I question his desire to win. Again subjective and could be wrong. You could be right about the laid back attitude giving off the impression he doesn’t care which may not be the case.
3. He could have said “I am glad Freddie gets a chance to keep playing in the NHL” then quickly saying “I am only here to talk about the game” he made it a story saying that when he could have quickly squashed it by wishing his brother the best and being happy he is in the nhl instead of back in the A where he was heading.
One thing about Dougie in his 3 years in Calgary is he heats up in the second half. I think that is the reason he played better when Freddie left.
I know it comes across that I am a hater but I am really not. If the Flames don’t move him this summer then he is likely not a player that contributed to the lack of emotion that Treliving referenced. He is a good player and in my opinion the only Dman thst can return a long term young core forward.
If they keep the top 4 intact lets swap Dougie and Hamonic. I tend to believe Gio-Hamonic would have better advanced stats and tougher matchups than Brodie-Hamilton