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Originally Posted by calgaryfox
It amazes me that some CP'ers solely use statistics to justify a players' value to the team. Sure, Hamilton has great offensive numbers, but to me, he just doesn't pass the 'old school' eyeball test to qualify him as an elite defenseman earning north of $6m.
His defensive deficiencies cause as many goals against as he scores, either directly or indirectly. I agree that he's still young, but he has over 400 NHL games under his belt and doesn't seem to learn for his mistakes.
From what I see, his defensive hockey IQ is a "C" at best and his lack of body positional awareness is brutal to watch and leads to a ridiculous amount of bonehead penalties.
Passing is dire, "C" .He continually gives away possession by sending knee high passes out of the zone - or icing the puck.
Physicality - C-. Despite his size, he does not dominate, or intimidate.
I wouldn't lose any sleep if Flames traded Dougie for a much needed top RW to add 25+goals and 60 points and bring in a solid DEFENDER which would also reduce the amount of goals against.
I guess I'm just not a Dougie fan and feel that the return we could get for him right now could potentially give us the right tools to be a contender next year.
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I think you are mistaking #27 with #7. Maybe every time you watch the game you can only see 7 and assume it is Hamilton?