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Originally Posted by moon
I would think his coaches and teammates, most like fans as well, would care what he says. Especially when what he says reflects his attitude and what he will/won't do on the ice.
He has been around long enough in NA to know what "I won't skate, hit or play defense" means. If he somehow didn't it has been long enough for someone to explain it to him and have him say it was a misunderstanding.
It is one thing for the Oilers to be bad at defense and be a soft thing, it is a completely other thing to have a guy say he is unwilling to do the things they need to win.
I am not sure why you would think the coach would play someone who says they won't do what it takes to win, won't do what the coach is asking him to do and sucking at doing the things they are supposedly good at.
Hall, RNH etc. play much better defense than Yak does and unlike him they are actually willing to improve their play in these areas and contributing to the team offensively.
If you are only going to be a one dimensional player you better be good at that dimension and Yak is not this season so deservedly he sits and watches guys who are better play the games.
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Again... who cares what he says. They are a better team with him playing instead of Acton or Gazdic or whatever plug they are playing in his place.
Its bad quote... no doubt about it. But it just shows it was a miscalcuation by the Oilers. They scratched him to send a message and it didn't work - his quote shows he's not going to change. The team still lost both games. They are a better team with him in the line-up so they are going to have to play him again.
And yes.. he's one dimensional and didn't score in FOUR games. That's a tiny sample size. If he had scored in the first two games and then went pointless in the next four... they wouldn't scratch him.