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Originally Posted by Ashasx
in hockey, boistrous celebrations, swearing, breaking your stick over the net, etc., are all common, particularly at the professional level.
if the team is somehow becoming demoralized because johnny slammed his stick to the ice, then he isn't the problem.
this is absolutely ridiculous. this is like when people were upset because of how gulutzan looked on the bench after a goal against. this fan base has weird preoccupation with how people look when things aren't going well for them.
nobody in hockey looks more upset to be on the ice than jonathan toews, yet he has been regarded as a great leader.
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I'm not saying it's affecting the team overall (although if it goes on too long, it most definitely will IMO). For now, I think it's just affecting himself. I'm not saying he's on some crazy downward spiral from which there is no escape or something. Just that he's not helping himself by doing this consistently. If you don't believe that, fine. I do.
Toews is doing this every shift? News to me. There's a line, Johnny has been over it for the past few games IMO. I just think he needs to rally himself and get his emotions a bit more in check. I'm not vilifying him in any way. Just that I think he'd be better served trying to react more positively to his and his teammates mistakes. If you want to see him slam his stick or sulk after every missed play, his fault or not, enjoy.