The dash 8 is a bastard of a thing to land if you ask me. Perhaps I'm no expert but I notice that anything slower than about Vref + 20, it feels like you are behind the drag curve, the yaw damper can't deal with the rudder trim changes, the company is looking over your shoulder to make sure you don't get outside the envelope...
There is a standard confidence lifting phrase after an unusually firm DHC8 landing,
"It's a Dash 8"