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Originally Posted by djsFlames
I find the entitlement hard to wrap my head around. Why does playing harder and preparing for games better = more ice time not make logical sense to these guys?
Did having a successful, big name NHLer as a dad really get to your head that much that you honestly don't think you have to earn your opportunities in a performance/result-driven business?
Maybe such is the perception you have growing up around the NHL. Maybe you really do think you just belong there and should play by right.
Genuinely am speculating, I don't know cause that would be an unusual and special kind of upbringing for sure, so maybe it comes with some out of left field beliefs as a player.
I do get the sense that parents pushing for special treatment of their kids by coaches is just commonplace these days.
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I think a lot of the quotes from today have either been taken out of context or been sensationalized by over emotional fans that are disappointed because their expectations were not even closely met. I think we all, including players, management and fans had much higher expectations for this team at the beginning of the season and it makes this seasons failures all the more bitter.
Tkachuk sounds frustrated and I get how some of his comments sound entitled but taken into context with all of his answers he just sounds frustrated at losing and wants to improve or help more next season:
Here are a few of his quotes "had a couple tough stretches, whether it was a month there or a few weeks where I couldn't do anything out there...wasn't producing, wasn't playing much...just kinda everything...but we'll be able to figure out why that was over this next little bit and come back and get ready to play the best I've ever played next year...that's all you can do."
excerpt from another quote "and I want to get back to the way I was because I know I can help this team."
and one last quote "I wish I could have played better and those situations could have happened earlier when the games meant more...but that's on me to play better and force myself into those situations".
I don't see entitlement from the whole context. He wants to win and he wants to be impactful. Isn't that what you want?
Similarly the posts saying Lindholm is entitled or getting upset because he said "We thought it was gonna be easier than it was." is making mountains out of nothing. All he said (in my opinion
) was they didn't come close to making their expectations.