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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
Plus I think he really hates the Canucks. Thats the kind of thing i mean when im talking about character.
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Oilers too. I remember him tweeting out #beatthecoilers once when he was injured. And I recall a video from a few years ago in which he was playing NHL 11 with Nybo and made Nybo be the Canucks because, "I hate them, I wanna beat them." (I also remember him saying "Luongo is sh-- terrible" in a video too. I don't know why I remember all of this.)
Obviously hockey playing ability is what's most important here, but the guy seems to really hate our two biggest rivals
and he seems to be legitimately enthusiastic about Calgary and the Flames, despite everything. Having players who genuinely love their organization is a pretty special thing, and has to be important for a rebuilding team. I don't know the guy or anything, but he strikes me as very Connie-like in personality.
So even if he just tops out as a defensively responsible centre who can score on occasion, that will still be good, because you know he's going to be giving it his all for this organization, and that's something the Flames are really going to need.