When the St. Louis Blues traded for Jay Bouwmeester, they figured they were going to get a solid top-two defender. They figured they had another offensive piece that was going to transition them into the new way the game was played.
They did get a top-two defender. The rest is up for debate.
Bouwmeester was a great scorer earlier in his career. As fans, we tend to only look at the stats that favor whatever opinion we want to form or already have.
So, when the Blues got Bouwmeester, we all jumped over the Calgary stuff and went to his Florida days.