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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
What if Hall is drafted and developed by the Blackhawks? Is he still a loser?
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I don't think Edmonton Oilers Taylor Hall is a loser. Dude plays balls to the walls for a team that is awful for most of the season until they're pretty much eliminated. I don't blame him for stepping intensity down when his team is in 30th place despite him being a +. I don't see how he's different from a young Sakic or Iginla TBQH.
I do consider Justin Schultz a loser, because you can actively see the compete level fall off the map. That's different from Hall's season progression, which tends to be "play reckless" --> "play hard enough not to cost your team, but not reckless". Schultz's basically "show up to camp out of shape --> quit on every play". Another guy I consider a loser is Phil Kessel, again for how soft he plays that costs his team.
Losing doesn't breed losers. Not competing breeds losers. Losers do breed losing though.