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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
It's really no different than when you see a hockey prospect threaten to go to Russia if they don't get called up, and then when they do get called up, they fail to impress.
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It actually kinda is different. Prospects don't get a restructured contract to perform on an NHL level. If the team doesn't think they are ready, and the prospect threatens to blolt... there have been more teams that have said "see ya" than to offer up the first line role on the big club. And the main difference is that in hockey, if a kid threatens to bolt to Russia, that gives another kid a chance to shine.
In this situation, there's no other kid. This is basically giving Theo Fleury a top line spot at the expense of giving more ice time to a developing Dustin Boyd.
The whole situation stinks to high heaven, and has provided some of the best late night fodder we've seen in years. Even Letterman's sex scandle wasn't this awesome.
And something tells me, more people are watching Conan now, than Conan and Jay together before all this went down, and I doubt Jay is going to be able to reach the same numbers. Good on Conan for going the route he's going.