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- Nov 14, 2003
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Talk directly to Timmins himself for 45 minutes at the development camp and one pick I was totally against, with what I thought I knew mainly from Internet boards, was the Carle's pick because of the ''supposed'' bad work ethic, and supposed'' out of shape form......
Well from Timmins himself, this might have been true......when he played in MIDGET......Since in the middle of his last year in Midget, he understood than he wouldn't make it in talent alone and decided to take care of himself. Since then, he did nothing more than to have the best work ethic and being in the best shape of his life. Timmins said that he has no idea where those misconceptions come from, cause if people are talking about the Carle of today, well they're totally wrong. He went to meet his family, met all his brothers, seems that all those guys are in incredible shape as well, so it seems to be really important in the family.
Having said, we all know it's just a development camp but out of the 2006 picks, with Fischer, he's the one who impressed me the most, and I've been there every single day for 6 days in a row. He showed me our mature his game is, working his butt off every single day, not taking a minute off and even played good defensively which, if you absolutely need to find something negative about him, would be his downside and not him being out of shape or anything false like that. And obviously showed me a LOT offensively with his incredible hands and sharp passes....
Anyway, even if he had been like that, since when being out of shape is that much of a problem. Seen Steve Bernier play last year??? Have you ask the Atlanta Trashers' fans about Bourret's play in the development camp???? Both of these guys didn't have the greatest work ethic and now that they smell the bigs, they're not dumb enough to let this occasion pass by and take the matter in their own hands.
And Carle, didn't even took 5 minutes off in this whole week, so with what I've heard from Timmins, who's Mr. Great Shape himself, and what I've seen myself, makes me think that Carle is totally a different player than the one who was wrongfully displayed in this and all the other boards.....
I'm not gonna bust my a** off arguing with you guys, but this guy had NO heart last year. saw him about 30 times, even in the playoffs. PP, tries to bad the puck out of the air instead of gloving, misses, Trukhno is in on a breakaway, Carle stops skating (gives up!), Trukhno scores. We saw these plays way too often. And I mean when it's Trukhno or Radulov, DONT take chances!
gars and whoever else, I'm going to let you know how he's doing this season, unbiased, cause his team is my team, but don't get your hopes up.