The Calgary Sun · Jun 27, 2015
Flames anxious to welcome Dougie Hamilton to Calgary
Flames rookie Johnny Gaudreau hassles then-Bruins blueliner Dougie Hamilton during a game in Boston last March. Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images-AFPBob Hartley’s expectation on the first day of the 2015 NHL Draft was that any player added to the fold would take a few years to be a Calgary Flames regular.
Instead, the newest addition won’t just be donning the Flaming C in a few months … he’ll be a key contributor.
Like everybody with the Flames organization, the Jack Adams Award-winning head coach was over the moon after the team acquired rising star defenceman Dougie Hamilton from the Boston Bruins for a trio of draft picks just before the draft started in Florida.