Not surprisingly, you're supporting the company-side argument here, Which I don't understand, because you're critical of Holland.
People say all kinds of things about a guy's skill.
People said Fedorov should be a 120-point guy every year and thought he was lazy because he never returned to that.
They never considered that Fedorov's role on the team changed, and the team's style changed, and the NHL changed.
The idea that Semin was better more skilled than Ovechkin, but just lazy? That's ridiculous.
Semin's career record speaks for itself. He's one of the best rightwingers in the game. Period.
It's amazing that all these Wings fans don't apply their logic about Fedorov and Semin to Zetterberg.
This goes more to just these players:
Semin: Lazy
Ovechkin: Washed up
Zetterberg: Great two way player
Jonathon Toews: Great defensive forward
Datsyuk: The only forward with possibly a better defensive game than toews
Kopitar: Legit awesomeness
H. Sedin: One of the best players in the league
Everything is based on expectations.
Semin: 30pts
Ovechkin: 31pts
Zetterberg: 32pts
Toews:32pts
Datsyuk: 35pts
Kopitar: 30pts
Sedin: 29pts
Basically all 7 of these players are stars.
about 1 pt per game is hall of fame level.
Basically all of these players have produced at that "hall of fame" level for the entirety of their carreers.
They are all very good players.
The main thing is... what are they being paid?
Ovechkin 9Mil; 9.5 Cap Hit
Zetterberg 7.75Mil; 6.08 Cap Hit
Datsyuk 6.7Mil; 6.7Mil Cap hit
Semin 7Mil; 7Mil Cap hit
Sedin 6.1Mil; 6.1Mil Cap hit
Kopitar 6.5Mil; 6.8Mil Cap hit
Toews 6Mil; 6.3Mil Cap hit
Generally speaking they all make pretty decent salaries.
They are all doing well this year.
Whoever created the negative smear campaign for Carolina to simply "Add a superstar" without losing anyone from their roster is probably owed about 1 Million dollars from the Carolina ownership!!
"The greatest trick Carolina ever pulled, was convincing the world he wasn't good"... "and like that"... "He's signed"! - Fade to Black!