no, that one would end "sometimes, you get disbarred"... oh yeah, I went there.
no, that one would end "sometimes, you get disbarred"... oh yeah, I went there.
I miss seeing Semin score. Guy had a great shot. It's disappointing and I hope he gets back on track. When he was at the top of his game, he was quite dangerous.
I believe that his wrist is nowhere near 100% and his game depends on it.
Check out, as a comparable, the Caps Dmitry Orlov who also had wrist surgery as a result of an injury he sustained at the World's at the end of last season and how the Caps have been trying to deal with his recovery, though not the same kind of player obviously.
Wrist surgery like Semin had and had been putting off for a long time, is a very difficult thing to deal with rehab from, particularly for a guy that depends on his wrists like he does.
Orlov had a broken wrist which required surgery and pins...pretty nasty. He also had a setback in the summer when the wrist became infected.
I haven't seen details publicized on what surgery Semin had done...do you know?
Having followed Semin's career for a long time, I can firmly say that I have never seen him play the way he is out there this year. It's unreal and weird actually. Semin has always done what the coach has asked of him. In Washington this is fact not the fictional narrative.
Something is going on that the media isn't portraying. The Semin "not moving his legs", the Semin "doesn't care or try hard enough" is what they're selling and it's being swallowed hook, line, and sinker.
To me it's ridiculous asset management. If he doesn't fit with the new rookie coach, at the very least, do everything you can to move him, not bury him and make him worthless. To me this is nothing more than a personal conflict between Peters and Semin and it's dumb. IMO the rookie coach has a few things to learn himself or he'll be out sooner than he would like, sipping beer with a guy like Tortorella somewhere.
edit: he came in saying that which garnet quoted, sheesh. First press conference I think. SMH.