East Coast Icestyle
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The notion that Dougie is soft is ridiculous. He has never backed down, doesn't shy away. That would be soft. There is a difference between being soft and choosing when to be physical.
Will he ever be elite at boxing out the front of the net? No. But he looks good behind the net, hits, shoves, and I'm not sure what's expected of him physically if we don't want him out there taking penalties.
Also, not sure how production matters so much for his contract and position. We know.he can produce, but we are seeing a.very defensively aware Dougie and that is the most important thing. If we wanted a defenseman for his points, pretty sure Yandle got paid 7m or.slmething. Hell, Hamilton makes 250,000$ more than Goligoski. His contract is great and.long term.
He's been our best defenseman outside of the first few games and I really don't see the need for him to be the one getting criticized.
Will he ever be elite at boxing out the front of the net? No. But he looks good behind the net, hits, shoves, and I'm not sure what's expected of him physically if we don't want him out there taking penalties.
Also, not sure how production matters so much for his contract and position. We know.he can produce, but we are seeing a.very defensively aware Dougie and that is the most important thing. If we wanted a defenseman for his points, pretty sure Yandle got paid 7m or.slmething. Hell, Hamilton makes 250,000$ more than Goligoski. His contract is great and.long term.
He's been our best defenseman outside of the first few games and I really don't see the need for him to be the one getting criticized.