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Originally Posted by Samuelsson
Jesus christ. I mean, I know fans of teams are going to be a tad naturally short-sighted when it comes to their own players but really, you guys have taken the big, fat, juicy jam & cream sponge cake and eaten it in record time.
Johnny gets off the hook because, what, he's a star player? Monny lives with Boums so it's not his fault if he comes in late, right? I mean if Boums is coming in late and they car share then it's surely not our precious little Moneyhands' fault, right?
Ovi did the same. Jonathan Gaudreau did the same. Sean Monahan did the same. Lance Bouma did the same.
Honestly, I wouldn't even give Gaudreau an extension next year, I've heard his attitude is absolutely terrible. Late for practices?! Jeez! We shouldn't be having that attitude any where near our precious team!
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The difference in these situations at the moment can be summed up very easily:
- Gaudreau, Monahan, Bouma - no previous patter of bad behaviour (that we know of)
- Kane - continuously in the media for making selfish decisions, in fact we are led to believe he was traded because of said behaviour and was hated by his former team mates because of it.
Right now, just like with Ovy, we have the ability to say Gaudreau, Monahan and Bouma made a single error in judgement due to to their age. For Kane, we have a pattern of behaviour and someone who doesn't seem to learn from his mistakes.
It's true that maybe we will see more of these types of mistakes from Gaudreau and Monahan, and IF that happens and the Flames fans on here don't hold them to the same standard as they do Kane, the "glass houses" comments are valid. But until that happens, the situations and reactions to Kane are not to be compared.