where he plays has nothing to do with being overrated. He excels in his role and he forms a solid 1st pairing with Pulock. If anything he doesnt get any credit, usually Pulock gets it
I just think he is overhyped that is all. His stats don't really scream top pairing guy to me
I think dougie Hamilton should 100% be carolina’s representative. Theres doofuses on here thinking hes a top 3 d man in the league.
Well he scored at a similar rate to THall, Backstrom, Gaudreau, Barzal, last year without McDavid types boosting his numbers but... go off I guess 🙄
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Obv just highlighting his extremely good offensive abilities to be able to do that as a D but he's also really good defensively so yanno like what-everrr
hall should be buffalos, laine should be wpgs, kassian for edm
Hall isn't really overrated imo. Laine is still a solid player but he gets trashed on a lot so that is why I didn't put him on here because I just think people trash on him to the point where he isn't really overrated anymore. Edmonton you could put a bunch of people I just think Puljujarvi is the most overhyped
He is trashed a lot more often then you think. Like sometimes I see people call him soft and say he has "no effort" and I'm like buddy have you ever watched a leaf game since he has started playing here?
Well he scored at a similar rate to THall, Backstrom, Gaudreau, Barzal, last year without McDavid types boosting his numbers but... go off I guess 🙄
And when the playoffs role around he's not a guy that I'm worried about. In fact, he's basically no showed against Boston the last 2 years in the playoffs
He is trashed a lot more often then you think. Like sometimes I see people call him soft and say he has "no effort" and I'm like buddy have you ever watched a leaf game since he has started playing here?
I've never heard someone talk that way about Tavares. I've only heard the opposite. The only knock I've ever heard about him is his leadership abilities. I don't care for that aspect of him. He's too robotic for my liking.
A 4th/5th defenceman in my eyes but is treated like a top pairing guy sometimes.
You’re actually right that pelech is overrated because there are isles fans that think he’s a #1, but he is a lot better than a 4th/5th D. He’s a legitimate top pair guy
Dougie Hamilton was the best defensemen this year before he got injured. He had 13 goals above replacement in only 47 games. And ranked high in basically everything among defensemen. He is elite at driving play and creating quality chances. And on top of being one of the best offensive defensemen he is also very good at defense. Unlike others like John Carlson who only mirror him on the offensive side. Dougie could be justified as the best defensemen in the league. He gets points and his underlying numbers are great. If you don’t have him in your top 5 D u lackin.
Dougie Hamilton was the best defensemen this year before he got injured. He had 13 goals above replacement in only 47 games. And ranked high in basically everything among defensemen. He is elite at driving play and creating quality chances. And on top of being one of the best offensive defensemen he is also very good at defense. Unlike others like John Carlson who only mirror him on the offensive side. Dougie could be justified as the best defensemen in the league. He gets points and his underlying numbers are great. If you don’t have him in your top 5 D u lackin.
Dougie Hamilton was the best defensemen this year before he got injured. He had 13 goals above replacement in only 47 games. And ranked high in basically everything among defensemen. He is elite at driving play and creating quality chances. And on top of being one of the best offensive defensemen he is also very good at defense. Unlike others like John Carlson who only mirror him on the offensive side. Dougie could be justified as the best defensemen in the league. He gets points and his underlying numbers are great. If you don’t have him in your top 5 D u lackin.
Ya sorry so i don’t care about whatever underlying numbers you’re talking about. It’s more that thing of him playing hockey. Laughably bad defensively. Horrific. Repugnant. Atrocious. Every time he’s in the playoffs he pukes on himself and teams just start dumping the puck in his corner for easy possession.