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Originally Posted by ricardodw
I would much rather have Jones spot taken by Ferland or Hankowski or even Knight.
Mason Raymond is closely becoming Setogouchish in his contribution... It is like he won the lottery and he can call it a career and still be young and healthy when he walks away in 2 and half more years.
I can't see that Raymond's example and how he plays the game and how Hartley is handling the situation can be a good example for the youngsters on the team. Right now, they like Raymond last year, have to go all out to establish themselves as legit NHLers..... I don't want them to slide when they get their 3 year 9M deal.
AV and the guys in Vancouver caught on the Raymond's style.
Would Raymond be playing better on a 1 year deal worth 1.5??? He definitely would not be any worse.
Jones has actually looked like he was trying and succeeding when he was approaching his last chance before a buy out.
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Dude got laid out hard and was off to a pretty good start to the season though he did get 3 of his 7 points with that hatty against Edmonton. Take that into consideration when also thinking that it was that tough hit in the 7th game of the finals that saw him leave on a stretcher and wonder if he would ever play the game again and its kinda easy to see what's actually wrong with Raymond. He said his neck would never truly be the same after taking that hit and I think this injury that he has come back from this year may have exacerbated that brutal neck injury he took in 2011. I hope we see Raymond play to his abilities again but his game has been timid and conservative since coming back in December, I think he needs to start playing with his speed again and the points will come.