Jay Bouwmeester Appreciation Thread

[Miniac]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

Wtf. I saw this thread on the main page, and thought he'd been traded.

#iamdissapoint

I did as well.

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

Hopefully we can keep this thread free of the negativity that spews fort in seemingly every thread on CP these days, I figured it was high time we time we celebrate that we have a guy like JBo on this team. There's a dozen threads where you can voice your dislike of him, please let this one be for the folks who can appreciate what he brings to the table.


Watching past highlights, it's pretty clear where his bread and butter is, sneaking in off the point and scoring on those backdoor wristshots. The guy can flat out skate with the best of them, and he's got a nice outlet pass, when he chooses to use it.

Let's hope Hartley emphasizes these attributes under his new offense-oriented system, combined with the addition of some nice talent, perhaps we see a return to all-star form for JBo in 2012/2013!

Spoiler!

The last vid is obviously in good fun, JBo just loves to hit Kipper, it's his thing. That vid cracks me up whenever I see it, had to include it.

Who are you Bingo's youngest boy? Listen to Bingo Jr. before posting!

[WessThompson]

I would appreciate jaybo on another team

[FlyingDonutz]

[Cole436]

I'm excited to see what he can bring under Hartley. Sutter's system definitely was not offence friendly, and it looked like the weight of the world was on his shoulders.
Him and Wideman could be a great combination.
I'm willing to give him a final chance.

[Mass_nerder]

Although he has yet to bring what I was expecting, to the flames, I still like him.
Like many have said, his larger cap hit cause people to focus on any and all mistakes...I'm sure if you did the same with a lot of the league's best defenders, you would be surprised by more than a few.
I don't think he's fully lived up to his contract, but he has played well for us. It's completely ridiculous that I see some people blame bouwmeester for us not making the playoffs.

To those who want him gone for pucks, just wait until we no longer have someone who can steadily play 25+ minutes a night. I like the addition of wideman, but he's not picking up any slack.

[handgroen]

where's ricardo?

[ricardodw]

Bouwmeester looked to be a bit better than Butler most of last year.

Bouwmeester has the potential to be as good as Smith was when Smith was playing well.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Red Slinger

Bouwmeester has always kind of been a Lidstrom-lite in my mind. He's a very good skater, good awareness, good pass, good positioning, not physical, durable. All very Lidstrom-esque. However, Lidstrom had a much better shot, a legendary stick check and made everyone on the ice with him better.

I'm not suggesting that Bouwmeester is going to morph into Lidstrom. I think with the proper coaching and players around him he could be more effective than he's been with the Flames. I sure hope so anyways.

Lol, comparing Bouwmeester to Lidstrom is like comparing a Ford Pinto to a Rolls Royce.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Ghana. Really admirable.

[StrykerSteve]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Ghana. Really admirable.

Indeed. http://instagram.com/p/N8-ZYiM8GF/

[jlh2640]

I like Jay Bo

[Reanimate]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

Bouwmeester looked to be a bit better than Butler most of last year.

Bouwmeester has the potential to be as good as Smith was when Smith was playing well.

Yeah, there isn't two statements that could be more wrong in a thread full of them.

[kirant]

Originally Posted by Reanimate

Yeah, there isn't two statements that could be more wrong in a thread full of them.

This below statement is true
The above statement is false.

[bubbsy]

Who is going to make the Stajan appreciation thread?

[Rerun]

I see this thread dieing a quick and relatively quiet death. Too many bitter Flames fans on here that are sorely dissapointed that Bouw did not live up to his pre-Flames signing hype and the contract that he negotiated for himself. They feel they got sold a pig in a poke, as the saying goes.

[neo45]

Beautiful skater, good hockey player, great guy.


Just not what the team needs.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

Bouwmeester looked to be a bit better than Butler most of last year.

Bouwmeester has the potential to be as good as Smith was when Smith was playing well.

How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you post something like that?

[AR_Six]

Originally Posted by Red Slinger

Bouwmeester has always kind of been a Lidstrom-lite in my mind. He's a very good skater, good awareness, good pass, good positioning, not physical, durable. All very Lidstrom-esque. However, Lidstrom had a much better shot, a legendary stick check and made everyone on the ice with him better.

Oh my God. This comparison did not just happen. There's no way.

[Reanimate]

I find it hilarious when people lose their collective #### when a comparable between Bouwmeester and Lidstrom is made. They do play the game the same way, Lidstrom is just 10x better at everything than Bouwmeester is, and 20x better than the next comparable. NO ONE IS SAYING THAT THEY ARE EQUALS.