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Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby
Man, Bouwmeester kinda got a raw deal from some fans didn't he?
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It was a case of many thinking he would be an elite number one who would dominate at both sides of the ice. But he really was not an assertive play driver. I don't think Brent Sutter's coaching helped him out. But the expectations were really high and he did not meet them. The fact that he took a substantial paycut to become a second pairing guy in St.Louis and went on to thrive there seems to show the Flames overpaid him quite a bit.
He is what I'd describe as paying a new BMW M3 and getting a Toyota Camry. You got a good reliable player, but that high end performance you wanted was not there. That said...you didn't get stuck with huge maintenance and repair costs and take a massive loss selling.