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musth · 03-15-2023, 10:08 PM

I'm aware huby is not making 10.5 this year, but...

Imagine playing arguably your most skilled player in an offensive stifling system

Imagine playing arguably your most skilled player with a guy like Lucic, a guy who by most accounts, could have hung them up two years ago and almost certainly should have this year

Imagine keeping a key cog in last year's top line and high performing center away from your skilled high priced signing for most of the year

Imagine playing your most skilled player barely more game minutes than your aforementioned gronk, and others like him from the 4th line and in fact, cutting those minutes that your skilled player was used to previously

Imagine welcoming your teams most expensive signing, and upon the start of his new season, stifle his excitement and goodwill by making stupid comments in the press about him, and then later, a fellow quebecan

Imagine not basing your teams #1 PP through this man's unique passing ability and skillset, choosing rather to employ an outside perimeter, slow, low percentage shot system

Imagine tying arguably your most skilled player with slow, incompatible linemates, and in the case of Kadri, a guy who shows no ability to use other teammates, and the combination thereof obvious to anyone who has watched the team through the first 60 games that they are like chalk and cheese

Imagine this player (or these players) seeing 4 lines rolled no matter what, see barely any in game adjustments, particularly in the last half of third periods and OT, see goalies played when it's obvious they're not mentally in it, play guys when they don't deserve to play and refrain from playing players when they do deserve to play, giving some players much much longer rope and others much much less, for no obvious reason other than age or possibly 'experience' and finally rewarding players who make obvious, game costing mistakes with PP or ot time, and benching or sending to minors players who make minor mistakes or don't 'give enough' in practice or god forbid, be under 6'2"

Imagine instead of giving your individual players or your team every opportunity to succeed, or even learn, you choose to run things like your setting players and the team to fail, largely due to your own stubbornness or hubris.

Imagine indeed

03-15-2023, 10:08 PM	#540
musth Crash and Bang Winger Join Date: Aug 2022 Location: Zambia Exp:	I'm aware huby is not making 10.5 this year, but... Imagine playing arguably your most skilled player in an offensive stifling system Imagine playing arguably your most skilled player with a guy like Lucic, a guy who by most accounts, could have hung them up two years ago and almost certainly should have this year Imagine keeping a key cog in last year's top line and high performing center away from your skilled high priced signing for most of the year Imagine playing your most skilled player barely more game minutes than your aforementioned gronk, and others like him from the 4th line and in fact, cutting those minutes that your skilled player was used to previously Imagine welcoming your teams most expensive signing, and upon the start of his new season, stifle his excitement and goodwill by making stupid comments in the press about him, and then later, a fellow quebecan Imagine not basing your teams #1 PP through this man's unique passing ability and skillset, choosing rather to employ an outside perimeter, slow, low percentage shot system Imagine tying arguably your most skilled player with slow, incompatible linemates, and in the case of Kadri, a guy who shows no ability to use other teammates, and the combination thereof obvious to anyone who has watched the team through the first 60 games that they are like chalk and cheese Imagine this player (or these players) seeing 4 lines rolled no matter what, see barely any in game adjustments, particularly in the last half of third periods and OT, see goalies played when it's obvious they're not mentally in it, play guys when they don't deserve to play and refrain from playing players when they do deserve to play, giving some players much much longer rope and others much much less, for no obvious reason other than age or possibly 'experience' and finally rewarding players who make obvious, game costing mistakes with PP or ot time, and benching or sending to minors players who make minor mistakes or don't 'give enough' in practice or god forbid, be under 6'2" Imagine instead of giving your individual players or your team every opportunity to succeed, or even learn, you choose to run things like your setting players and the team to fail, largely due to your own stubbornness or hubris. Imagine indeed __________________ "The obfuscation is everywhere. The disinfo everywhere. My head spins trying to make any sense of it all." - Jiggy_12. Me too, man, me too. Musth – mostly misunderstood. Last edited by musth; 03-15-2023 at 10:36 PM.