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Flash Walken · 03-11-2013, 02:45 PM

It's more of the same crap, Jiri.

Tinordi is 100 percent correct. If Brent had sent down Brodie last year and then offered the same explanation, this place and some posters in particular would've gone nuclear, and you could probably include me in that as well.

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It's also pretty dismissive to say this is the reaction to the quote. It's a reaction after watching every game this year and seeing the mismanagement with my own eyes. The teams best prospect is, reportedly, feeling down on himself and lacking confidence after not being put in a position to succed and subsequently being relegated to the minors after making the team out of camp. The coach, in reaction to a question about the lack of confidence effectively says he's wrong. I'm not up in arms about that, but if that is the gist of what's being (mis)communicated to the player, then it's a problem.

Again, I'm not saying give icetime to players that aren't earning it, but if you're 13th in the west and are playing a team with porous defense, maybe throw the kid a bone the day the 20 year old from Europe's family flies in to watch him play professionally. Maybe that might do something for his confidence.

Instead, they threaten to scratch him, then barf him over the boards to play 4 minutes with a two or three guys who would struggle to score 15 goals in the AHL. He gets sent down and now sits in the lockeroom with more than a couple of other guys who also don't think they got a fair shake with the organization, while guys on the big club cash their nhl paycheques going through the motions on a cellar dweller?

"That's not the case."

03-11-2013, 02:45 PM	#199
Flash Walken Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Void between Darkness and Light Exp:	It's more of the same crap, Jiri. Tinordi is 100 percent correct. If Brent had sent down Brodie last year and then offered the same explanation, this place and some posters in particular would've gone nuclear, and you could probably include me in that as well. Edit It's also pretty dismissive to say this is the reaction to the quote. It's a reaction after watching every game this year and seeing the mismanagement with my own eyes. The teams best prospect is, reportedly, feeling down on himself and lacking confidence after not being put in a position to succed and subsequently being relegated to the minors after making the team out of camp. The coach, in reaction to a question about the lack of confidence effectively says he's wrong. I'm not up in arms about that, but if that is the gist of what's being (mis)communicated to the player, then it's a problem. Again, I'm not saying give icetime to players that aren't earning it, but if you're 13th in the west and are playing a team with porous defense, maybe throw the kid a bone the day the 20 year old from Europe's family flies in to watch him play professionally. Maybe that might do something for his confidence. Instead, they threaten to scratch him, then barf him over the boards to play 4 minutes with a two or three guys who would struggle to score 15 goals in the AHL. He gets sent down and now sits in the lockeroom with more than a couple of other guys who also don't think they got a fair shake with the organization, while guys on the big club cash their nhl paycheques going through the motions on a cellar dweller? "That's not the case." Last edited by Flash Walken; 03-11-2013 at 03:42 PM.