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Originally Posted by Split98
It's a fun conversation when the other side just implies things and then adds it to the criticism.
There has been enough conversation about what the poor AHL stats could mean. Conversely, I've watched Smith.
But you're right. I was pushing for Peters to randomly throw things at the wall. Not at all that I wish he made a different, well thought out, also defensible choice.
Thank goodness you belittled my opinion to prop yours up.
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Conversely, I’ve watched Gillies.
Albeit not as much as Smith (4 games streamed, 1 live) and he’s been terrible. Not even good guy getting bad breaks, just bad. I’m not an expert on him, but we’re not just looking at a stat line here.
The thing that’s kind of silly to me is some of the people pushing for Gillies to get a start is doing it without watching him and with a “see what happens!” approach.
I just don’t understand. You don’t think playing Smith was defensible, but you want Peters to make a different choice that is “well thought out and defensible” by playing a guy who is struggling bad?
If Gillies gets lit up for 8, is that decision then defensible to you or not? I get that the grass is always greener, but even though we lost Smith gave us a better chance to win, full stop. The result doesn’t change the probability that went into it at decision time.