Quote:
Originally Posted by AC
I disagree. Dougie Hamilton has been heavily criticized specifically for not caring about winning. Being up for an individual award like the Norris doesn't change that IMO.
His lack of intensity or interest when it matters was largely why he was rumoured to have been moved from Boston and Calgary.
Ryan Pike was just on Scorpion's podcast talking about that very thing. "He's not a guy that lives and dies with wins and losses. He just likes to play."
And the Flames management made several comments following the trade about having problems with players who seemed okay with losing and who couldn't ratchet up the intensity.
Francis and Loubardias specifically named Dougie as a player that was okay with losses.
"However, the reality is, Hamilton was the player the Flames most wanted to part with, as he was the poster boy for a squad that had far too many players who seemed all too content with the shocking number of losses that mounted down the stretch."
Maybe Dougie has changed, but I think he's the perfect example of a player that" didn't care enough".
|
Yeah Dougie seems to tick a little differently than most hockey players. Which frankly I think is a bit of an issue with hockey and sports. He doesn't seem to fit the typical mold, both in terms of his approach to the game and even how he functions outside the game.
But he has tremendous talent and you would hope that a progressive organization would find a way to integrate a talent like that.
But hockey is very old school in its thinking in some ways.