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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
That's right because of "Character" and "Grit"...I honestly hope that Treliving is smarter than thinking that Hamilton not hitting enough, or showing enough "heart" is the source of this team's problems this year. Scoring goals, and our PP were our biggest issues, both areas that Hamilton helps not hurts.
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You've completely misapprehended the concerns about Hamilton. It's not about grit or hitting. It's about being unreliable defensively (which has nothing to do with grit - this isn't 1998 anymore). It's about not playing as hard without the puck as with it - a problem that runs deep in the Flames core.
The character part is about being high-maintenance. The need to bring in his brother to babysit him. Taking undisciplined penalties. Turning down the opportunity to play for Canada two years ago and then not invited this year - seriously, why is the fact Hamilton wasn't even invited to the WC this year not a concern around here?
I know fans believe what they want to believe. But I'm not going to just handwave away the repeated concerns expressed by those close to the team,
including Flames management themselves, that there's something wrong with the core, and the problem isn't skill.