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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
By full information I mean either being in the dressing room or know what the internal discussing of the team are.
I watched him closely too and I did not see laziness or complacency. You don't last in the lineup if you display those things or you see steady reductions in ice time and then benchings. Probably some public comments from coaches to the media as well.
I remember an interview he gave with Millions and when asked about his good play he stated confidence before Roger had even finished the question. With his poor play, I saw a guy who was not confident and struggled to get on the same page.
Quite frankly I don't trust your statement of facts that he's lazy. I think making these kind of statements tell you don't really know what you're talking about.
By watching intently does that make you a mind reader?
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All good man, you don't have to trust anything I say. Ultimately, it's a bit of weird phenomenon in hockey discussion ever since advanced stats came in that effort level seems to be attached to a player's own mind and he's the only one that can know for sure, although I believe it has more to do with fans taking issue with a player they like being criticized.
Players of all calibers get criticized for lack of effort at times by hockey experts, I'll contest it is absolutely something you can see by watching if you choose to look for it (I saw it a lot in Brouwer as well, just random times when he could catch a guy while forchecking and then just kind of veers off) and I'll stand by seeing it in Ferland for stretches where he just wasn't skating or forechecking as hard as say the previous 10 games.
Again though, no skin off my back, you're sure of yourself, I'm sure of myself and we'll both be cheering for the same team next season!