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Locke · 10-08-2022, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by heep223

I agree with all of this with the exception of Kadri. What’s the chip on his shoulder? He just proved his point last season.

Who only ever wants to prove it once?

For me, it was like moving teams in Men's Soccer. Am I taking the day off when we play my old team? Hell no...I'm going to make them pay.

These are motivated guys who hate to lose. This is the attitude that we've been missing.

dino7c · 10-08-2022, 10:54 PM

I don't think motivation is ever a problem for Kadri...any of his past issues have come from playing too hard

hopefully he can tell the Toronto media to suck it again

Strange Brew · 10-08-2022, 11:34 PM

Rather hard to discern motivation from press interviews. We’ll see how motivated they are come playoff time. And honestly I believe almost all NHL players are sufficiently motivated. Some have what it takes to elevate when the game gets harder, some not as much.

Locke · 10-08-2022, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Rather hard to discern motivation from press interviews. We’ll see how motivated they are come playoff time. And honestly I believe almost all NHL players are sufficiently motivated. Some have what it takes to elevate when the game gets harder, some not as much.

Nope.

Sutter is here long term.

"Balls to the Wall" is no longer optional.

manwiches · 10-09-2022, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by The Fonz

Nobody will ever be able to convince that it’s normal to shoot left in hockey and right in golf.

All of hockey, golf, and baseball (swinging, not throwing) should be the same. To go back and forth between these sports is goofy.

For me, I'm both. Hockey left, golf right

Anything fists together (golf, baseball), I'm right.
Anything hands apart (hockey) I'm left

I constantly switch back and forth on things that I could do both with (swinging an axe, sweeping)

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RogerWilco · 10-09-2022, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Party Elephant

Is it that weird? Tons of right handed people shoot left, myself included, why would the reverse not be true?

Yeah, I'm right-handed but shoot left as well. Golf right-handed though. Who knows, life is weird.

jayswin · 10-09-2022, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by The Fonz

Nobody will ever be able to convince that it’s normal to shoot left in hockey and right in golf.

All of hockey, golf, and baseball (swinging, not throwing) should be the same. To go back and forth between these sports is goofy.

Yeah, me too. As someone that shoots right at everything, it makes zero sense that you would suddenly go the exact opposite way while swinging a stick (hockey, baseball, golf). Its all relatively the same motion, like how do you swing a golf club right and then pick up a hockey stick and take a left handed slap shot? It makes no sense.

Anyone I've ever seen make that change in handedness between sports has been beginner to intermediate level at the sports they play. Have never seen it from a really good golfer/hockey player.

RogerWilco · 10-09-2022, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by The Fonz

Nobody will ever be able to convince that it’s normal to shoot left in hockey and right in golf.

All of hockey, golf, and baseball (swinging, not throwing) should be the same. To go back and forth between these sports is goofy.

When I was a kid, my dad was my hockey coach. When I first picked up a stick, probably 4 or 5, my dad just gave me a lefty curve and said we need a left winger. After years of hockey and I was taking golf lessons my tendency at that point was to putt left, but my dad said we didn't have left-handed clubs for me, so I learned to play right. Couldn't even think of doing either the opposite way now.

RogerWilco · 10-09-2022, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by jayswin

Yeah, me too. As someone that shoots right at everything, it makes zero sense that you would suddenly go the exact opposite way while swinging a stick (hockey, baseball, golf). Its all relatively the same motion, like how do you swing a golf club right and then pick up a hockey stick and take a left handed slap shot? It makes no sense.

Anyone I've ever seen make that change in handedness between sports has been beginner to intermediate level at the sports they play. Have never seen it from a really good golfer/hockey player.

This reads like " I don't understand you, therefore you suck".

jayswin · 10-09-2022, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by RogerWilco

This reads like " I don't understand you, therefore you suck".

Not really, just more that I've seen lots of beginner, casual type sports guys do it, but not serious, skilled athletes. Maybe there's lots that I just haven't seen (I mean that sincerely), but anecdotally it's the lower end/casual guys that go different ways for hockey/golf/baseball.

Higher level athletes in my experience tend to be all left handed or all right handed when they play sports.

Delthefunky · 10-09-2022, 01:00 AM

I shoot left and golf left. most people I know shoot left and golf right, and that's wierd to me.

RogerWilco · 10-09-2022, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jayswin

Not really, just more that I've seen lots of beginner, casual type sports guys do it, but not serious, skilled athletes. Maybe there's lots that I just haven't seen (I mean that sincerely), but anecdotally it's the lower end/casual guys that go different ways for hockey/golf/baseball.

Higher level athletes in my experience tend to be all left handed or all right handed when they play sports.

Interesting. The general population is only about 10% left-handed, but the percentage of hockey players that shoot left is large. The percentage of people that play golf left is only around 5% or so. I would think that the majority of hockey players that shoot left golf right. But maybe hockey players are some sort of anomaly. Haven't actually tried to review these numbers, but I guess the people you know is all that science may have to offer. Life is weird.

jayswin · 10-09-2022, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by RogerWilco

Interesting. The general population is only about 10% left-handed, but the percentage of hockey players that shoot left is large. The percentage of people that play golf left is only around 5% or so. I would think that the majority of hockey players that shoot left golf right. But maybe hockey players are some sort of anomaly. Haven't actually tried to review these numbers, but I guess the people you know is all that science may have to offer. Life is weird.

What is this percentage of left shooting hockey players besides large? You think that the majority of hockey players that shoot left, golf right? You "haven't actually tried to review these numbers" but still end off with a sarcastic "I guess the people you know is all that science maybe have to offer"?

Kind of a weird slam post, if you ask me. Having said that I'm completely open to being proven wrong as being wrong on this doesn't affect my life in any way.

RogerWilco · 10-09-2022, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jayswin

What is this percentage besides large?

60% for Canadians and about 50% for Americans. That is enough google for me tonight.

Good lord man, most people golf right, lots of people play hockey left. This isn't a statistics class.

jayswin · 10-09-2022, 01:34 AM

Wow, that is some crazy stats after looking them up, contrary to playing hockey and golfing with many. GOOD LOOOOORD MAN!!! aside (edited in after the fact for dramatic effect, lol), yeah it seems over half shoot left for hockey, while a small minority golf left.

For some reason I've golfed with many lefties despite that stat, weird.

jayswin · 10-09-2022, 01:36 AM

And also, more importantly, I can't believe we ended up signing Huberdeau and Weegar before the season starts, this is a grand slam of a trade for Treliving. I figured when it went down that both players would be bitter and just wait things out.

Flamesfan05 · 10-09-2022, 07:24 AM

Treliving did a miracle recovery. Save the franchise the next 3 or so years

Tkachuk and Monahan for Huberdeau, Kadri and Weegar.

Made up for the loss of Johnny.

Now it’s on Sutter to make it works

malcolmk14 · 10-09-2022, 08:35 AM

I am right-handed, golf right, hockey left.

Hockey_Ninja · 10-09-2022, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by heep223

I agree with all of this with the exception of Kadri. What’s the chip on his shoulder? He just proved his point last season.

Naz has said in several interviews since he signed with us that once you win that desire to win doesn’t go away and he wants to get another cup. Darryl said something similar as well in that interview he did on his farm

The Fonz · 10-09-2022, 08:51 AM

ANECDOTALLY, coming from a small community where the overwhelming majority of men grew up playing hockey, I’d guess that ~70% of the golfers are lefties. Of the right-shooting golfers, those guys are also mostly right-shooting in hockey. Only a very select few are one way in hockey and the other in golf - honestly it’s only 1 guy that I can even think of out of about 30 that I golf with - all of which played hockey their entire lives. The guy that switches is a good hockey player, had a short WHL stint, but a horrendous golfer.