I'm a little surprised at the sentiment towards Jooris, we're so flakey and weird as hockey fans.
We'll spend years following prospects, clinging on to their every development, hoping they'll one day be good enough to be an NHL regular. I mean look right now, we're talking about over 15 prospects that we're all pegging as such and such potential, and HOPEFULLY they can reach it.
But for some reason as Flames fans, it's like as soon as a player makes the NHL, they actually lose a bunch of respect and worth in our eyes, lol.
"OMG, that guy killed it in camp, came in and earned an NHL spot, he's now one of our best prospects!!!!"
"Oh wow, Jooris is now scoring a bunch of goals at the NHL level, this is like found money, so versatile too!"
*off season comes in and fans get excited about upcoming prospects
"Oh Jooris, yeah that guy's old hat, he's alright I guess"
"Meh, lots of guys like him, easily replicable"
"We've got prospects coming up, sure you can say he was injured, but the truth is he's just not that great".
Meanwhile we're about to go into full geek mode hoping and praying for our prospects to turn out, but we lose perspective that a good portion of our prospects would be HUGE successes if they could reach the player Josh Jooris has become.
C'mon guys, lets not become HFboards here, where picks and prospects are viewed as infinitely more valuable than actual NHL hockey players all the time.
Perspective
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