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Originally Posted by Pablothegreat
What strikes me is the PIM differential between Hamilton & Hanifin. Did a little digging and Dougie had 10PIM game misconduct against LA, but if you discount that, it's still 40PIM vs 12PIM.
I seem to recall Hamilton having some bad penalties during his time as a Flame, but Hanifin seems to really use his skating to angle guys off effectively.
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Hamilton is lazy, it's as simple as that. He's big and can skate and has a huge reach, and that got him to the NHL. But I can't count how many times he got beat by a superior effort, just literally out-tried by someone, and he'd reach in an hook the guy, and get called. I was so glad to see him gone....never liked his game as a whole. Elite talent but just not a hard enough worker to be a genuine asset day to day as a defenseman.