Agreed with everything McKenzie stated, except that I don't think they will miss Hamilton's offence as much as he thinks. Hamilton has a really nice shot, and his goal scoring proved it, but Giordano wasn't far behind, and I expect Giordano to have another uptick in his scoring this season. Hamilton I felt was a bit 'greedy' with his shot selection, and there were numerous times I saw Giordano wide open for a shot, only to have Hamilton rifle it into the opposing goalie's chest or off a player's shinpad.
If Brodie regains his form, I will say that this team not only will not miss Hamilton's presence, but the defensive corps as a whole will outscore last season's squad (assuming that Peters does go ahead with allowing the defence to be more aggressive like he stated he would).
Yeah, overall this team will miss Hamilton's ability to score, but as a whole, I think the defence will provide MORE offence than last year.
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