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[Finger Cookin]

I am considering starting to cheer for face-off losses, but I don't know where that places me on the spectrum.

[Burning Beard]

I'm cheering for the young guys to show progress, the tradeable assets to play well thus increasing their value and most of all some lottery luck. Cheering specifically for losses is a fools errand for a top pick as a whole lot more (mainly luck) goes into it.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

I'm cheering for the young guys to show progress, the tradeable assets to play well thus increasing their value and most of all some lottery luck. Cheering specifically for losses is a fools errand for a top pick as a whole lot more (mainly luck) goes into it.

Yeah, I mean, they played pretty badly last game and almost won

[SuperMatt18]

Cooley again, so stupid and short sighted

It was stupidity when they wore Wolf out playing him 18/21

Equally stupid now to sit him in what's effectively 6/7 games

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by howard_the_duck

I am enjoying it...just in a different way than you.

Doesn't seem like it. The rest of your post seems like you're more worried about defending your fan credentials and making this about "fan quality" (completely silly) than having an honest conversation about what makes sports fun and why championships other people win can still feel so sweet to an observer.

You couldn't even answer why you care if they win a cup in your lifetime.

Originally Posted by howard_the_duck

I don’t need to cosplay enthusiasm in a throwaway year to “earn” the right to enjoy a Cup. But you do you.

Suggesting that finding joy and entertainment in something that solely exists to provide those two things is performing "cosplay enthusiasm" makes my point better than I could.

Originally Posted by howard_the_duck

The bolded phrases completely contradict each other.

No they don't. You're missing the point because you're too worried about fan status (and therefore obsessed with seeing everything through that lens).

I don't have to list every example of fans that enjoy wins or championships more because of the journey to that point. You could probably come up with a couple dozen in about 10 seconds, so suggesting it has no bearing is nonsense.

We're equal as fans. You're just passing up opportunities to actually enjoy the ride (because again, what you enjoy has zero impact on the result, so you're robbing yourself for no reason), which means you're missing out and will probably continue to do so. If you're fine with that then there's nothing to get defensive about.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Cooley again, so stupid and short sighted

It was stupidity when they wore Wolf out playing him 18/21

Equally stupid now to sit him in what's effectively 6/7 games

I dunno...I'm not inclined to think so. Maybe Wolf just needs a little re-set?

He's still the undisputed #1 but everyone needs some pine and door time every now and again.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Cooley again, so stupid and short sighted

It was stupidity when they wore Wolf out playing him 18/21

Equally stupid now to sit him in what's effectively 6/7 games

So now playing the hot goalie is bad coaching?

This is what I was getting at before: once you decide the coach is bad, EVERYTHING they do becomes a problem and a reason for criticism. It's ridiculous.

Maybe you should take Cooley's advice on this one.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

So now playing the hot goalie is bad coaching?

This is what I was getting at before: once you decide the coach is bad, EVERYTHING they do becomes a problem and a reason for criticism. It's ridiculous.

Maybe you should take Cooley's advice on this one.

Huska would be a moron if he played the hot goalie. He would also be a moron if he sat the hot goalie for a guy who looked really bad in Tampa. Those are the option.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

Huska would be a moron if he played the hot goalie. He would also be a moron if he sat the hot goalie for a guy who looked really bad in Tampa. Those are the option.

Not necessarily...who is our EBUG? Can we play him?

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

So now playing the hot goalie is bad coaching?

This is what I was getting at before: once you decide the coach is bad, EVERYTHING they do becomes a problem and a reason for criticism. It's ridiculous.

Maybe you should take Cooley's advice on this one.

I just don't want them sitting the guy they just committed 7 more years too because they are riding the hot hand.

To me it's a decision more focused on winning today than winning long term.

Same reason it was stupid to run Wolf into the ground so early in the season. More focused on winning one game than having a good plan for the entire year.

[mogg]

I’m just looking forward to watching my favourite hockey team play a game in a fun building.

[FlamesNightmare]

Go Flames Go!

[Goriders]

Heard the lines from warm up. It’s seeming like Lomberg is becoming a secondary player.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

I just don't want them sitting the guy they just committed 7 more years too because they are riding the hot hand.

To me it's a decision more focused on winning today than winning long term.

Same reason it was stupid to run Wolf into the ground so early in the season. More focused on winning one game than having a good plan for the entire year.

I don’t think blindly rotating starts is much of a plan but to each their own.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

So now playing the hot goalie is bad coaching?

This is what I was getting at before: once you decide the coach is bad, EVERYTHING they do becomes a problem and a reason for criticism. It's ridiculous.

Maybe you should take Cooley's advice on this one.

How is that any different from you defending everything the coach does?

[Red Potato Standing By]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

I just don't want them sitting the guy they just committed 7 more years too because they are riding the hot hand.

To me it's a decision more focused on winning today than winning long term.

Same reason it was stupid to run Wolf into the ground so early in the season. More focused on winning one game than having a good plan for the entire year.

Because coaches and players play for the short term

[SuperMatt18]

Players should play for the short term.

Huska needs to be able to manage to the short and medium term outcomes.

[Red Potato Standing By]

And if Huska turns the season around, career wise it is better for him, and if Cooley helps that out right now.( I don’t disagree with you totally, but can understand why Huska is doing it)( I am considering this whole season as short term)

[Strange Brew]

Playing Wolf so much at the start of the year did seem a little dumb to me, goalies very rarely play 3 in 4 nights and seemed unnecessary especially with the travel. One possible reason is that Cooley was so putrid in his last exhibition start that Huska may have wanted to give him more practice time.

Cooley getting plenty of rest between starts now, I have zero issue with his usage. He's playing great.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

How is that any different from you defending everything the coach does?

I don't think you know what that means