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Originally Posted by blankall
If you want to look it that way, the Flames just acquired a 1st and 2 prospects for nothing. And you have to admit that JBo underperformed based on his expectations.
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And that's a good move if you can acquire something from nothing. If there was a guarantee that the next guy the Flames pick off waivers can be converted into a 5th a couple games later, that's a benefit. The Flames did acquire a 1st and 2 prospects for an asset they didn't surrender assets for (though you could argue that owner money is an asset...if you so choose). Darryl Sutter did an excellent job acquiring Bouwmeester for virtually nothing (drop in a few spots in the draft, which from the sounds of things did no impact his drafting plans, and the rights to Leopold, who had no intention of staying here).
Did Bouwmeester under perform? Under Sutter, I think that's a fair assessment. But that's why I bring the context of the coaches into it. The Bouwmeester we expected is the Bouwmeester that Hartley gave us. He's the 4th forward. That's why I wonder how much of the issue was misuse and how much was Bouwmeester's level of comfort in Calgary as a whole. Under Hartley, I think there's a bit of evidence to suggest that Sutter was at least part of the reason Bouwmeester wasn't achieving what we had expected from him.
