02-07-2023, 11:15 PM
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#361
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Sandman
Just got sent a headline from Oilers nation that reads: Jake Virtanen's second division Swiss team suspends him and seeks trade due to "selfish attitude that irritated his teammates". Tried to post a link, but it wouldn't let me.
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Man...the NHL needs provisions like that.
"Nobody likes him and hes a big jerk, so we suspended him!"
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02-07-2023, 11:18 PM
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#362
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Apartment 5A
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02-07-2023, 11:26 PM
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#363
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Calgary
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Pretty bad when after all that's happened to him over the past few years, he still hasn't learned any humility. Like, not even a little.
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02-08-2023, 01:11 AM
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#364
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Sounds like someone who did well in his draft combines interviews
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02-08-2023, 06:42 AM
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#365
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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Time for a new career
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02-08-2023, 06:48 AM
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#366
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandman
Pretty bad when after all that's happened to him over the past few years, he still hasn't learned any humility. Like, not even a little.
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What's pretty damning is that he played 21 games, scored 14 goals and 11 assists. Off-ice he must have been such a cancer that his team still elected to release him going into the playoffs.
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02-08-2023, 08:34 AM
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#367
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by jeffman
Sounds like someone who did well in his draft combines interviews
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I remember people raving about his good character ahead of the 2014 draft. I was terrified the Flames would draft him at 4.
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02-08-2023, 08:50 AM
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#368
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Franchise Player
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Literally everyone on CP who has known him has said that he's a piece of ####.
What a clown.
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02-08-2023, 09:05 AM
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#369
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffman
Sounds like someone who did well in his draft combines interviews
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I remember seeing a snippet of his interview with the Flames where Burke commended his tie despite being in a sling.
He must have interviewed well ... or the Canucks' process was just flawed.
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02-08-2023, 10:35 AM
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#370
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Locke
Man...the NHL needs provisions like that.
"Nobody likes him and hes a big jerk, so we suspended him!"
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Imagine all of the suspensions that would be handed out around these parts if that was a provision here.
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02-08-2023, 10:50 AM
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#371
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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I can't believe the Flames were considering bringing this guy in for a tryout.
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02-08-2023, 10:53 AM
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#372
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Imagine after everything that went on, getting a 2nd chance to resurrect your career in a beautiful country like Switzerland, and then just pissing it away.
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02-08-2023, 11:05 AM
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#373
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
Literally everyone on CP who has known him has said that he's a piece of ####.
What a clown.
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Interviews in general, even in workplaces like any of ours, are legitimized ways of gaming the system. Certainly there will be some individuals who are just bad and maybe antisocial and can’t speak, but not one person is completely honest in an interview setting. Certainly you can tell a bit from an interview but so much if it is coached and prepared for before it takes place that any one person knows how to direct the questions. I’m sure every player interviewed talks about how hard they work, how their family raised them right (fake humility). Meanwhile they’re chugging beers at keggers and sleeping with everything that’s conscious (or otherwise). All bs.
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02-08-2023, 11:32 AM
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#374
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by bluejays
Interviews in general, even in workplaces like any of ours, are legitimized ways of gaming the system. Certainly there will be some individuals who are just bad and maybe antisocial and can’t speak, but not one person is completely honest in an interview setting. Certainly you can tell a bit from an interview but so much if it is coached and prepared for before it takes place that any one person knows how to direct the questions. I’m sure every player interviewed talks about how hard they work, how their family raised them right (fake humility). Meanwhile they’re chugging beers at keggers and sleeping with everything that’s conscious (or otherwise). All bs.
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apparently some players didn't get the memo. I recall a Flames management type (maybe Burke again) talking about how a player just came off so bad in his interview the was dropped right off their list.
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02-08-2023, 11:34 AM
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#375
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
Time for a new career
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Motivational Speaker?
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The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
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02-08-2023, 11:35 AM
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#376
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by Locke
Motivational Speaker?
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Well, Theo is on a speaking tour so anything's possible I guess.
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02-08-2023, 11:36 AM
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#377
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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these players are simply coached to a tee when it comes to doing these interviews. I bet teams get generic, cliche answers from every player, so they'll have to come up with ways to crack that facade. Probably not an easy task.
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02-08-2023, 11:37 AM
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#378
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
Time for a new career
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
Well, Theo is on a speaking tour so anything's possible I guess.
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Life Coach?
__________________
The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
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02-08-2023, 11:42 AM
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#379
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluejays
Meanwhile they’re chugging beers at keggers and sleeping with everything that’s conscious (or otherwise). All bs.
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If that was a reason to not hire young people, employers would have few employees .
Other than the "otherwise" part of course.
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02-08-2023, 12:12 PM
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#380
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Cobra
If that was a reason to not hire young people, employers would have few employees .
Other than the "otherwise" part of course.
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That was moreso directed at hockey players. The gentleman that don cherry used to peddle everyone now knows was a farce.
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