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Originally Posted by Lanny'sDaMan
Anyone hoping for McBackup best cool thine jets. McElhinney HATED his time here. Felt the fans were too harsh on him, management bent him over (his words) and could not have been happier to leave a city (except maybe Edmonton which he hated even more than Calgary).
McBackup will never play in the Flaming C again, and you can feel free to quote me.
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In fairness, playing behind Kipper would have been a nightmare and seemingly often was. The team let a lot of stuff go because Kipper would normally have it and the backup was often hung out to dry and never got an opportunity to play into a groove.
What really aggravates me is that this team is at a point where they are playing well, we even have a points cushion within our division when normally we're scraping and clawing for every last point just to try and squeeze in.
We have breathing room. We have the luxury of patience. And we're wasting it on Mike Smith who has been given every chance to succeed and then some and then some more.
Time to fish or cut bait. We should not be handcuffing ourselves to Smith.