Please don't tell me what to do. I watch Calgary play, a lot. I was one of the first posters on here to talk about how good Brodie was, how underrated Giordano was and how Gaudreau was the "real deal" just because I don't have rose colored glasses on doesn't mean I'm not qualified to talk about players.
Dougie Hamilton was brutal to start this season, and admittedly got better but to suggest that he wasn't (relatively) bad is ridiculous. He played easy minutes as Brodie and Giordano did the heavy lifting for the Flames (as usual) yet bled goals against, admittedly he did have some nice even strength production but he was a significantly better player the year before in Boston.
So before insulting people just because they don't share the same biased opinion as you, construct actual facts to show how your opinion is right and theirs is wrong. If you can't, don't call other uninformed.
It's hard to take you seriously when you ask for facts, yet don't provide any to prove how he was bad. His hero chart was posted earlier in the thread, showing that hey, whataya know, he had good advanced stats on a system less Flames team.
He had a career season offensively, he played crucial 2nd pairing minutes given that last year we only had 3 good defensemen (4 for those of us that like Jokki) and as I said, he became more physical.
If you think he was worse in a team with no structure, no depth, and no goaltending, based on the fact that he put up points while 'bled goals against' as opposed to a solid defensive Boston team with some of the best defensive players in the world, shocker!!! Look beyond the +/- and goals against of the team, and realize that after the first quarter, I doubt there's a single Flames fan that would say he had anything close to a bad season.
By the way, that same first quarter saw a Monahan that did nothing, Gio playing like a shell of himself after his injury, and zero depth. It was hardly just him, so calling him out on a terrible team effort is pointless.
