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Originally Posted by CroFlames
But even still, if one bad penalty gets you benched... why hasn't the entire team seen the pressbox at one point or another?
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I'd imagine it's the fact Jooris, along with Giordano, have taken stupid penalties all season long. People talk about Bollig being a dummy on the ice but Gio and Jooris have been just as stupid this season, putting their team at a disadvantage a needless amount of times. If Jooris isn't skating his heart out he doesn't bring much to the team, for a guy that gets just over 10 minutes of ice time per game, he shouldn't be forcing his team to kill off a penalty for 2 minutes. That's the reason the entire team hasn't seen the pressbox at some point, the entire team isn't a fringe player continually taking dumb penalties.
As for Giordano, this guy has been a disaster in his own end from the drop of the puck in game one. Don't think I ever appreciated Brodie more when we were able to understand just how integral he was to Giordano's game. Hamilton was bad to start but he didn't help that his partner, the captain, was playing like a teenage rookie (and still is). Gio's drop to one knee and desperatley poke at the puck signature move might be worse then Dion Phaneuf's One-Handed Poke Check of Doom.
Giordano's contract was always one that looked iffy in the final two years but you don't mind that if it buys quality play at a lower price until then... this is just totally unacceptable though. If the Flames don''t turn this road trip around Treliving shop start shopping Hudler, Wideman etc ASAP. Jesse Pullvarji is looking might exciting as a draft pick and he's the guy I want the Flames all in for.