Quoting: Shootica
That quote was taken out of context, it's a completely reasonable thing for him to say when you put it in perspective. I'd be worried about it if he started to slack off in games and practices,zone but ROR is probably the hardest working guy on this team. He's far from the problem in my opinion.
I do like Hickey and De Haan, and I think they'd work wonders for us. The problem is that the Islanders are relatively weak on defense too, so I don't think trading for either of them would realistically happen without us overpaying.
That's partially why I targeted Calgary and Andersson. They're stacked on RHD for the foreseeable future and don't really have a place for him in their lineup without moving someone else. Combine that with how they don't have a draft pick in the first two rounds this year and I think they could be tempted to move a guy like him for the right return.
Thanks for the input!
Nolan, Baptiste, Bailey, Eichel, Reinhart, Okposo, Wilson, Rodrigues, and Pominville ALL worked harder than Really Ordinary Rubbish the last 5 games I watched. Mr. "God I am great I win face offs", would approach the offensive zone blue line and instead of carrying the puck into the zone (as every player I mentioned above would have done) he dumps it in and surprise surprise we lose possession. Many CP GM's compare him to Bergeron of Boston, yes the stats do look remarkably similar. but when Patrice sees the path blocked at the blue line, he pulls the puck back and reloads until he can carry the puck into the zone.
BTW, I listened to the entire interview, his comments were not taken out of context, I heard him loud and clear. The captain of the team should never ever give up. He said he lost focus and love of the game. Get out of town you lazy, stats crazy, irresponsible "team captain'.
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