For the second time in his career, Jay Bouwmeester will be playing in the NHL's annual all-star game. His 22 points is third on the team and it's good for top 20 in the league.
But, what's most impressive about his offense this season might be just how much he's kicked it in gear since getting off to a slow start -- he had three points through his first fourteen games. After that, he went on an absolute tear, picking up fifteen points in sixteen games.
Through it all, Bouwmeester has been everything the Cats could ask for defensively, and in reality, his defense alone is all-star caliber, and it's been phenonemal this season as well.
Calgary's Dion Phaneuf is the only defenseman in the league with more TOI per game than Bouwmeester at this point, and it's only an 11-second difference. Within the conference, he holds a full minute edge over Zdeno Chara in Boston.
He's been doing it for his entire career, and with remarkable consistency: coming in to tonight's game against the Carolina Hurricanes, Bouwmeester had played in 304 consecutive games. To say he's been anything less than an all-star player just wouldn't be true.
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