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Originally Posted by GioforPM
When I see the comment complaining about raymond after last night's game I have to think people are looking for reasons to criticize. He was not the reason for the loss, made no big mistakes, was forechecking and played pretty good defence. He set up a goal and created the energy leading to a next shift goal, plus he had a efw decent chances himself.
No player is immune to criticism, but IMO Raymond was not an issue last night. The team as a whole played a very inconsistent game. IMO Hudler wasn't very noticeable, nor was Jones (benched), and Jooris and Granlund were also just sorta there. Colborne had a very up and down night.
My own whipping boy for much of the season, Engelland, was phenomenal at both ends of the ice.
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Raymond made no mistakes? I think it's more like you really, really like him and always defend him, trying to say he was just fine every game. He isn't fine every game, far from it.
So many plays die on his stick. His skating all fast doing laps around the net don't help the team in anyway shape or form. His cross the blueline and button hook move doesn't ever produce anything.
He is beyond useless in his PP minutes, it's like he kills the clock on the PP. His forechecking is weak. Skate all fast at the player then bounce off of the boards and wave at the puck with one hand on his stick. Then gets caught up ice as the opposition moves the puck up ice. God forbid if he ever tried to use his body to separate the puck from the man.
He had a few decent chances? When was that? He didn't even have a shot on net last night, but he sure did skate around with the puck all fast doing absolutely nothing just like a Blake Comeau trademarked move with the Flames.
Mason Raymond is one of the weakest links on this team on a nightly basis.