vladdy16
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- Aug 2, 2005
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And I think that if questioned without the need to play every conversation like a game of poker where the team keeps everything tight lipped, and if the world of hockey wasn't built on the pride of playing through any injury possible, he might offer a different comment (assuming injury plays a role). If he just says "I've been dealing with a nagging groin injury for the season and could really use the time off to get healthy," nobody bats an eye, but teams also try to attack that weakness.
I think this is a lot of speculation, giving slack, or holding his feet to the fire. I'm sure someone will coach him up on not leaving things open to speculation, but this is not a comment that anyone should be holding against him.
For sure. 100% agree.
And that's what I want to see, Larkin break through that game of poker without folding so to speak.
And if he doesn't, I'm not at all holding that against him as a player, or dear lord as a human, but as a captain/cultural icon/etc etc, there are ways that that role can be harnessed in a energy surplus instead of tax kind of way, and since we are rebuilding I'm interested in somebody or the team as a whole eventually finding that path.
So I'm stuck on the other side of this argument, not because I want athletes to be robots or super tough, but because I think the platform they have is part of the appeal and zeal of the occupation to begin with, so it would be sad to see some uberbitch like HSJ undermine the opportunities involved with being a DRW.