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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
So the Flames considered Hamilton a steadier partner for Hamonic. Kind of goes against a lot of the bad takes here that Dougie wasn’t solid defensively and that Gio was carrying him.
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Except that before Dougie was paired with Gio, Hamilton was playing on the 3rd pair with Jokipakka and playing like 13-14 minutes. That's how far his game was slipping and that's when the trade rumors were at their highest point. Not a lot people remembered that, but Gio without a doubt stabilized his game and covered up a lot of his defensive woes.
Dougie will always be a goal scoring force, but I think his defensive game will always be problematic.