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Cleveland Steam Whistle · 02-18-2016, 01:09 PM

I wonder how much of the Porier is a bust, or disappointment in his progress to date that we see in here is simply due to false expectations of this fan base and our young players.

We see it all the time in threads when we are discussing the NHL roster or future moves this club should make. Tones of folks complaining about roster spots "being taken by vets" like Jones, Bollig, etc... and tones of comments about how easy these guys would be to replace with assets we already have on the farm (followed by complaining about the coach or management not showing faith in young players and how we will put off prospects from wanting to play in the org. cause we don't treat them right etc...).

Porier is certainly one of those guys who falls into (or at least used to) the category of player that people wanted to pencil into the roster as made it, or one of the guys many felt could do what a vet like Bollig or Jones does no problem, even be an upgrade. But when rubber hits the road, it becomes evident that he's not ready yet.

Which is then followed up with all this "bust" talk about a 21 year old that simply isn't fair. Porier was never a prospect any of us should have expected to have an "easy" road to the NHL like Johnny or Monahan or Bennett. On draft day, I don't think anyone did expect this guy to make an instant impact, or at least people shouldn't have. He's always been someone we should have expected to have to slug it out in the AHL for a bit before he became ready. Fair to say maybe this year hasn't progressed (at least obviously) as much as we'd wanted, but I think our feelings on him not meeting expectations have less to do with his actual progress, and more to do with the unrealistic expectations many put on how quickly the majority of our prospects should advance, and also the ridiculous hate on people develop for veteran players in this org.

02-18-2016, 01:09 PM	#27
Cleveland Steam Whistle Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2011 Exp:	I wonder how much of the Porier is a bust, or disappointment in his progress to date that we see in here is simply due to false expectations of this fan base and our young players. We see it all the time in threads when we are discussing the NHL roster or future moves this club should make. Tones of folks complaining about roster spots "being taken by vets" like Jones, Bollig, etc... and tones of comments about how easy these guys would be to replace with assets we already have on the farm (followed by complaining about the coach or management not showing faith in young players and how we will put off prospects from wanting to play in the org. cause we don't treat them right etc...). Porier is certainly one of those guys who falls into (or at least used to) the category of player that people wanted to pencil into the roster as made it, or one of the guys many felt could do what a vet like Bollig or Jones does no problem, even be an upgrade. But when rubber hits the road, it becomes evident that he's not ready yet. Which is then followed up with all this "bust" talk about a 21 year old that simply isn't fair. Porier was never a prospect any of us should have expected to have an "easy" road to the NHL like Johnny or Monahan or Bennett. On draft day, I don't think anyone did expect this guy to make an instant impact, or at least people shouldn't have. He's always been someone we should have expected to have to slug it out in the AHL for a bit before he became ready. Fair to say maybe this year hasn't progressed (at least obviously) as much as we'd wanted, but I think our feelings on him not meeting expectations have less to do with his actual progress, and more to do with the unrealistic expectations many put on how quickly the majority of our prospects should advance, and also the ridiculous hate on people develop for veteran players in this org.