I think the most interesting thing about moving Dougie on is the disconnect on what he brought to the table in points, versus the overall influence he had on our results. Results wise, the Flames have gotten no better since adding Dougie and his seemingly franchise D-men like stats.
While I actually think the team has improved since our 2015 playoff appearance sans Dougie, results wise we’ve treaded water. Now, other things also changed that had huge impacts, so you can’t tie that all to Dougie of course, but I think it’s a huge reason why he was deemed expendable. While he has franchise D-man numbers I think even the biggest Dougie fans among us would have to admit those numbers never translated into franchise D-man impact, whether that be overall or even from an individual game by game basis. Of course maybe there’s something else to blame for that, but I do believe it played a role in his expend ability.
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