Ruck Over
When the revolution comes, pants will do you no gd
I saw the thread active
I opened it
I read all these posts
I knew better
But I still did it
I have no excuses. I did it to myself. When will I learn?
When you do learn, can you teach me?
I too want to learn to not self-immolate.
A lot of these fans complaining about Couts are just jerks.
Couts is a Joel Otto clone'ish (hey, they were both born in America even, I know Couts is a Canadian, just sayin). Calgary didn't need Otto to score to be effective, they needed him to handle Mark Messier.
Calgary likely doesn't have the success for that one season in 89, nor the boiling rivalry with Edmonton, if not for Otto. And as Otto was behind Nieuwendyk and Gilmour, hopefully Patrick lives up to hype and Couts slots behind him and Giroux.
Blah, my opinion - no messy facts, guys like Couts are important to winning teams. The depth and grit he adds allows the "pretty players" to play "pretty hockey". In the same way a lot of fans attempted to rationalize Boyd Gordon as relieving pressure from Giroux, Couts actually does that. If someone is looking to Couts as a detriment or shortfall on the team, they are mistaken and looking in the wrong places. (Unless that detriment is a lack of front teeth for formal headshot photographs for "Happy full smile of teeth" magazine.)