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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Funny, I thought the knock on Bouwmeester was he sucked defensively while in Calgary.
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He’s one of those guys who plays good defensively 90% of the time, with his reach, skating and position, but isn’t punishing and not a threat along the wall. Mike Peca on commentary once claimed that players liked playing against him because it was a soft night and you knew you could come out of the corner with the puck. I liken him to Backlund. Good defensively but you aren’t afraid of being covered in bruises.
I think Jaybo was unpopular because he was expected to do more offensively here, and didn’t. With Hamilton, the issue wasn’t offence or defence IMO. He was prone to the odd mistake but his issue was that he didn’t look like he was trying hard, mainly because he was just a really smooth skater. I also think the “he’s odd and doesn’t fit in” was a real, if overblown, thing on the team (but not specific to museums).