This discussion has come up before and it's pretty much the same story. Blair Jones is a player who simply doesn't get it and pisses away the opportunities he has been given. He's 27 and since he turned pro in 2006, he hasn't spent an entire season in the NHL and you have to think there are legitimate reasons for that other than every one of his coaches not liking him. The coaches expect him to be an energy player who puts in the effort every shift he plays. He can't score in the NHL the way he can in the AHL so he needs to be a grinder if he wants to stick in the big leagues. Unfortunately he either doesn't get it or can't find a way to put it together. He shows you flashes of what he's capable of and then he disappears. He just stops being playing physically and plays without any energy. When a coach sees that they remember and you start running out of chances.
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Originally Posted by FlameZilla
From the looks of it he's changed his attitude and commitment. We probably have Troy Ward to thank for that.
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Don't draw conclusions so quickly.