Even at his best in the seasons prior to the last 2 and this season so far ,when he would have a zero points game ,he still was hard on the puck ...very good take-away /giveaway differentials...the eyeball test told you he dominated shifts ...causing opps to be bottled up in their own zone and Getti g cut off coming through the neutral zone..he won puck battles...he tired out opponents. .now alk that has revered..they win puck battles ...he always looks treed. .chases..cannot get the puck back after they take vut from him...noticeable kiss of speed. .However he has been able to showcase 6 week ( aporox. ) spurt if better play and production in each of the past 2 seasons starting somewhere
in the late December to late January period and lasting about 6 weeks .This spurt has given (false ( hope that he has found "it" again with the "important goals" and leadership and more speed and energy and want etc...But then he slides back to meh. .This season even that spurt seems unlikely ...but we shall see.
Consider that after our last Cup win he was called tge best player in hockey even though he was not a top ten scorer even..
But now he looks like not even a top 100 player ..more like a cheque cashes and interested in othervthings besides excellence in hockey ..He watches play in his own zone instead of engaging and defending with gust. .in the bi-monthly ,every Tom Dock and Harry dman easily wins pucks from him..He gets pushed to perimeter play around tge walks and too often he is the bone on his line losing the puck in battles with the opps who stymie his attempts at making a play ..perhaps he scores a few meaningless late goals to pad his stats when the opps lead big with a few minutes remaining and tgey let up ...but otherwise he blooms too often tired...slow...unergetic..and simply average to meh ..
I could buy the hard miles excuse for maybe 1 bad season of play. .bit now it has been 2 and a 3rd seasons of non-linear play from him except for some 6 week spurt sconce a season ...This tells me he has gone Country Club...feels entitled as a "star" in his own mind ...deluded that his level of play is nothing to be concerned about ...his explanation for not being concerned about his play and tge Team's play is that if he admitted concern he woukd doubt himself ...that he refuses to doubt himself and his ongoing poor results to ROI expectation given his PAY LEVEL. ..tells you he is in sone sort of delusion his play is still acceptable and that his "stardom" protects him from any criticism of his play nor leadership ..Woukd have been better if he was honest and said he was stinking out the joint ...because recognition of a problem is tge first step to fix g it..His denial of a problem in his play means he only has a hope things will improve ..and a hope means depending on other forces than oneself to get out of the mire ...So hoping for some miracle is probably not going to get him ever out of the Country Club and back to real productive and dominating stardom..Instead short cuts,not giving 100%"A effort for most of the shifts in most of the games ...that will continue to keep him at the Country Club....He went Country Club after tge got the ladt cushy 8 year big bucks deal ...paid as 1 of the 2 top players I the league cali g with Patrick Kane ...paid more than Crosby ..more than Ovechkin...paid to ve Elite..Instead he took the cash and skipped into
Country Club life ...having done enough with the 3 Cups to secure his legacy and so can concentrate on other things besides giving hockey his full attention..Cushy Financial Security ..set for life. .well why sacrifice do hard anymore.. Well it happens to a lot of athletes getting the big payday who proceed to not live upto expectation thereafter ...Of course we see it often ...However if the athlete has any "concern" about a drop off in his performance after the big Contract is given ,there would then be a bounce back to "normal" to expected performance after an "of year"..The problem is that Toews refusedsto face his drop-off in play stretching now 2 and 1/3 seasons..he says he cannot be "concerned" because if he did admit concern he woukd doubt himself and lose any confidence he coukd improve ...This is silly
..how much worse could his play get if he list confidence...he already is Stinking ! RATHER he shoukd admit he is Stinking and nit living upto his pay level ...he should apologize for his stinking. .and he should not try hoidwinking us again by telling us his new biff seadon training methods will solve the problem...No..the problem is his attitude. .he has to get the hunger and want back first ...It is alk in his head. .How urgent and passionate can he get about winning again ? If he was "concerned" about his play and about winning again ,that would be the only way to get out of the complacency of Country Club level of play ...Admit you stick. .then Do something about it with better play ..That is the only solution. BE CONCERNED.. ALWAYS ..but he says he cannot be concerned..andvthe teljsvusca while lot about him and his state of mind...Complacency still rules ...Nothing much is going to change ..He will continue to stink except mayvevfirv6vweeks when gevreakuzesvhe must spurt to at least keep an acceptable season if meh from otherwise being an entire season of poop .But once he gets to his 58points pace ..we that's enough "hard work" ...back to the Country Club..
in the late December to late January period and lasting about 6 weeks .This spurt has given (false ( hope that he has found "it" again with the "important goals" and leadership and more speed and energy and want etc...But then he slides back to meh. .This season even that spurt seems unlikely ...but we shall see.
Consider that after our last Cup win he was called tge best player in hockey even though he was not a top ten scorer even..
But now he looks like not even a top 100 player ..more like a cheque cashes and interested in othervthings besides excellence in hockey ..He watches play in his own zone instead of engaging and defending with gust. .in the bi-monthly ,every Tom Dock and Harry dman easily wins pucks from him..He gets pushed to perimeter play around tge walks and too often he is the bone on his line losing the puck in battles with the opps who stymie his attempts at making a play ..perhaps he scores a few meaningless late goals to pad his stats when the opps lead big with a few minutes remaining and tgey let up ...but otherwise he blooms too often tired...slow...unergetic..and simply average to meh ..
I could buy the hard miles excuse for maybe 1 bad season of play. .bit now it has been 2 and a 3rd seasons of non-linear play from him except for some 6 week spurt sconce a season ...This tells me he has gone Country Club...feels entitled as a "star" in his own mind ...deluded that his level of play is nothing to be concerned about ...his explanation for not being concerned about his play and tge Team's play is that if he admitted concern he woukd doubt himself ...that he refuses to doubt himself and his ongoing poor results to ROI expectation given his PAY LEVEL. ..tells you he is in sone sort of delusion his play is still acceptable and that his "stardom" protects him from any criticism of his play nor leadership ..Woukd have been better if he was honest and said he was stinking out the joint ...because recognition of a problem is tge first step to fix g it..His denial of a problem in his play means he only has a hope things will improve ..and a hope means depending on other forces than oneself to get out of the mire ...So hoping for some miracle is probably not going to get him ever out of the Country Club and back to real productive and dominating stardom..Instead short cuts,not giving 100%"A effort for most of the shifts in most of the games ...that will continue to keep him at the Country Club....He went Country Club after tge got the ladt cushy 8 year big bucks deal ...paid as 1 of the 2 top players I the league cali g with Patrick Kane ...paid more than Crosby ..more than Ovechkin...paid to ve Elite..Instead he took the cash and skipped into
Country Club life ...having done enough with the 3 Cups to secure his legacy and so can concentrate on other things besides giving hockey his full attention..Cushy Financial Security ..set for life. .well why sacrifice do hard anymore.. Well it happens to a lot of athletes getting the big payday who proceed to not live upto expectation thereafter ...Of course we see it often ...However if the athlete has any "concern" about a drop off in his performance after the big Contract is given ,there would then be a bounce back to "normal" to expected performance after an "of year"..The problem is that Toews refusedsto face his drop-off in play stretching now 2 and 1/3 seasons..he says he cannot be "concerned" because if he did admit concern he woukd doubt himself and lose any confidence he coukd improve ...This is silly
..how much worse could his play get if he list confidence...he already is Stinking ! RATHER he shoukd admit he is Stinking and nit living upto his pay level ...he should apologize for his stinking. .and he should not try hoidwinking us again by telling us his new biff seadon training methods will solve the problem...No..the problem is his attitude. .he has to get the hunger and want back first ...It is alk in his head. .How urgent and passionate can he get about winning again ? If he was "concerned" about his play and about winning again ,that would be the only way to get out of the complacency of Country Club level of play ...Admit you stick. .then Do something about it with better play ..That is the only solution. BE CONCERNED.. ALWAYS ..but he says he cannot be concerned..andvthe teljsvusca while lot about him and his state of mind...Complacency still rules ...Nothing much is going to change ..He will continue to stink except mayvevfirv6vweeks when gevreakuzesvhe must spurt to at least keep an acceptable season if meh from otherwise being an entire season of poop .But once he gets to his 58points pace ..we that's enough "hard work" ...back to the Country Club..
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