Back in the day at CP: Special Nieds was Rob
When pursuing Scott as a UFA that one summer of 2005 ,he was coined Nieds Special.
Yes, Bouwmeester is another one that fans expected more of, given the hype and the contract he had. Again, a bit of victim of circumstance ; the Flames swung back and forth in those post 2004 seasons, from going to not scoring enough goals or having offensive difference makers, and attempting to fix that one offseason, to having porous defense the next year, and fixing that (with Bouwmeester). So he was brought in 10 years ago to shore up the defensive end, but expected by fans to light up the scoreboard given the free reign he had in Fla.
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