And ill timed dumb penalties.
Chimera is a generational bad penalty taker
Ding Ding Ding: Other than Perry, getz, bieksa. kesler,cogliano and recently henrique ) our team shows no hate, no emotion. All the players I just named are getting up there in age, it must be so mentally draining for them to not only do almost all of the physical work( score goals fight etc) but to also have to be in leadership rolls. Wagner was just to darn nice of a guy , always smiling ( and that’s great but our top end guys thrive off of hate and emotional engagement ) I like this move for us. I always try to put myself in someone’s shoes ( chimera is 38 burried on an isles team with 0 chance at a cup run, possibly on his last contract( unless he makes an impact ) I expect Chimera to come in as a lightning rod and I welcome the emotion i’m sure he will bring along with his veteran presence over wagner ( a guy who I appreciate for trying hard, but in trying to fill a roll not meant for his personality type started resulting in a lot of stupid penalties. Add in nashville getting hartman and stewey picked up by calgary, I don’t mind an extra big physical body in our bottom 6. Because grant is big but not physical , brown is wagner like ( smaller in stature) ok sorry for the long post. But yea those are my thoughts. I feel that the above core players I mention often wait for some emotion and leadership from guys like raks and silfver and get frustrated at their sometimes emotionless game.
I expect you'll be disappointed
Honestly I think the move was about forechecking. The Ducks need more of it. Especially on the top line with Rakell and Getzlaf. I wouldn't be shocked to see Chimera replaces Eaves for that unit. He can dig and get pucks for them and still has the ability to put a few pucks in the net. Or at least he did in the last 2 years. I expect the Ducks to at least try it.
Playing Chimera on the top line would be an incredibly terrible idea. Maybe he'll rejuvenate himself in the Ducks bottom 6 and be a good 3rd/4th liner, but that's as high as his potential for rebound is IMO.
I didn't say it was a good idea. Just that it wouldn't surprise me. Yes he has struggled this year. But the last 2 seasons he hit 20. He was certainly capable of it in his recent past.
