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Originally Posted by Beninho
Hamilton a -4 tonight, scored on his own net, took a sloppy tripping penalty, and just looks bad and soft. Glad the flames got rid of Jay Boumester 2.0 at the perfect time. I thought Hanifin would be better than Hamilton in a couple years but I wouldn’t swap them 1 for 1 currently.
God bless the Wizard
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I'll disagree with the bolded 10 times out of 10. There's little likelihood Hamilton lasts as long in this league as Bouwmeester (35 and still going). Didn't work out in Calgary, the reigns were off him in Florida, but the pressure and defense first mantra the summer he got signed here didn't help.
The Flames bent over backwards to try and placate Hamilton with signing and holding onto his brother, with his defensive pairing, with his mood swings etc, hoping that he'd get past the things that were holding him back from transforming that physical raw talent and ability and potential, into a premier defenseman.
They sold just in time, though it cut a year and a half or two off of both Brodie and Gio's prime in the process.