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Originally Posted by moon
So now that he missed camp his first 5 games don't count? Doesn't make much sense to me plus he still has played 3rd/4th line minutes for most of his time here so what's the problem?
The 5 games from Backlund are in a row when he was playing like crap so I consider those games more of a restart for him when he was trying to learn how not to suck. So no need to count them.
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Your fishing for anything possible right now.
- Majority of people would agree that Colborne's first 5 games were him learning what every other player got to learn during training camp. The ice time was a reflection of this.
- Most of his minutes are from 3rd/4th line? 3rd/4th line on this team is really 1C,4th with most of his lines being 1C
My point stands - taking out his first 5 games (very logical reason why) puts him around 18 minutes of ice a night. Fact is, he has not been a 18 min a night player.
Again, I do believe he has potential but I feel he is riding a less critical bus than some other players. Hartley has been very selective all year in who gets praised and who gets criticized. I remember numerous comments about how great Joey Mac was doing which we all know wasnt the case.
I do like him as the coach and perhaps he has a sense on who needs praise and who needs to be called out in order to succeed.