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Originally Posted by GioforPM
You’d be wrong. Of course pro athletes care about what people think. And who knows how “mentally strong” anyone else is? And it’s not just them. Their parents, their kids and other relatives read this board.
No one is saying “don’t be critical”. But there’s a lot of “X is garbage”, “get rid of X”, comments around here. Plus the speculation about players’ activities. And there’s a time and place for the criticism. This isn’t the “How’s Dube been playing” thread.
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As I said, to toil through the junior ranks and CHL, AHL, Europe etc, unless you're a bona fide star from day dot like a Bedard, takes a hell of a lot of resiliency. Some mean words on a forum from an anonymous avatar do not affect these guys - or, at least, they shouldn't.