So Jarome is the 13th forward now? What on earth does this guy have to do? The team looks sluggish playing Norway, getting few offensive chances and not really generating much in the way of pressure. Jarome comes in, scores a goal that sparks the rest of the team and ends up finishing the game with a hattrick (something that no other Canadian player has done in the Olympics since 1988). Babcock says that it's not Jarome's job to score goals. Fine. He gets put on the fourth line in the third period against the Swiss, where he throws some hits, cycles the puck and altogether puts up a strong gritty performance and is then promptly benched. Babcock even went so far after the game to say that Jarome looked sluggish, yet he feels that Bergeron has "been a good player for us". What is going on? I feel like this is an episode of the Twilight Zone and the coaching staff are just rewarding crappy performances while blaming Iggy for their shortcomings.
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