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Originally Posted by Jay Random
You implied that his contract is bad because he has only one playoff point. That's a complete non sequitur.
Now, how is he going to ‘lead this team to the promised land’? Here's a simple lesson for you:
The times when he was injured in the playoffs, and those years from 2010 to 2014 when the team missed the playoffs, are in this place that we call THE PAST. The thing about the past is, we have definite information about what happened there.
The times when he may be able to contribute in the playoffs are in what we call THE FUTURE. We don't have any information about what happens there. Maybe he will turn out to contribute, and maybe he won't; we don't know yet, and neither do you. Our information about THE PAST is not information about THE FUTURE. As they say in the disclaimer for investment ads, ‘PAST performance is no guarantee of FUTURE results.’
In this case, PAST performance does not tell us anything, because all we have to go on is that Giordano did not do a lot in the playoffs as a rookie defenceman playing occasional minutes on the third pairing. He wasn't even a full-time NHLer that year – played 5 regular-season and 3 playoff games in the AHL. His performance that year certainly gave no indication of the results he has achieved since in the regular season. Why should it indicate anything about his results in future playoffs?
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I do think his contract is bad because he's essentially got a blank resume in terms of playoff impact. And he's 33 when it kicks in. All I have to go on is the past though, you're right there, I'm not a savant.
Look, it's just my opinion. If posters here aren't allowed to predict things because they can't see the future, there isn't much point in arguing with anything Treliving does. He's always right until he isn't, I guess?
Sorry to rile you up.