Quiet honestly I've seen the same description of him even before he was traded.
I think Hamilton was in a peculiar situation last season; Chara was out for most of the season leaving Hamilton and Seidenberg the only real competent top pairing guys for Boston. He absolutely showed #1 potential but was not ready to be a guy to carry the top pairing last year. If Chara was healthy Hamilton would have been under a different light.
In Calgary he'll have a lot more support in Gio, Brodie, Russel and Wideman. We can afford to shelter him a little bit as he continues to develop; the offense is there already.
Very true. He'll never be a banger and some of his unforced turnovers are mind boggling,but if that's just youth and not an indication of hockey smarts,he should be an excellent number 2. A true number 1? Maybe,but I don't think so.