I remember the caps won the cup. Florida with a bunch of borderline 4th liners reached the scf against the Avs too. It doesn't prove anything when it's an exception.
Our kids are not going to be elite just because we trust them. They either are elite or they aren't.We are not going to get elite skills if we don't trust our kids.
Oh he will. 100% sure. I predicted him a 50 points season a couple of weeks ago and i'm positive i'll be right. It's Montreal what else could you expect? Like i said last year Jordan Weal is the last 30 years in a nutshell. Now can he make you eat your words on a cup winning team? Personally i don't think so. He'll be there for a couple of seasons. Fans will acclaim him. Songs will be written to celebrate his accomplishments. He'll be the flavor of the month like Oleg Petrov, Sergei Zholtok, Francis Bouillon and all the others. Then after 3 to 4 years we will eventually trade him and i don't think he'll last longer than 3 years in the league after leaving Montreal. Fans of the team acquiring will wonder why he was so good with us and so bad with them. The answer will be in the TOI stats column and the success of respective teams. Sorry to be so jaded but well after 30 years of the same formula ...
He should have a good season. Wouldn't be surprised if he has 40 points. Stealing Domi wasn't enough so we gave up an AHLer for a 3rd liner.
An average player. And that's fine. No disrespect, he isn't the type of project where we should afford all of our energy on it.
Our kids are not going to be elite just because we trust them. They either are elite or they aren't.
An average player. And that's fine. No disrespect, he isn't the type of project where we should afford all of our energy on it.
Agreed.
He's good depth, but that's about it. Neither has the offense, the play without the puck or any intangible to take a roster spot up over guys like Suzuki, Poehling or KK.
No, I'm obviously exaggerating. My point is, you can trust a young player as much as you like, but if he does not have high end potential, all of this trust is not gonna do you much good. To quote a famous coach Joseph Stalin: "trust, but verify".So their outcome as players doesn't involve coaching, deployment or development in any fashion? It is just fate?
Is it your actual interpretation of that comment that he was suggesting trust alone was going to make players elite?
No, I'm obviously exaggerating. My point is, you can trust a young player as much as you like, but if he does not have high end potential, all of this trust is not gonna do you much good.
No. Observe them on the ice, observe them off the ice, don't engage in wishful thinking and adjust accordingly. There is a much greater chance of hurting real talent by forcing it to perform a role it's not ready to perform, than by underutilizing it.So play it safe and don't trust them.
I didn’t check facts or validate, but this wouldn’t surprise me.
I didn’t check facts or validate, but this wouldn’t surprise me.
It's not correct. BTW, KK and BG have only 1 point as well.
This guy brings absolutely nothing. He's redundant on our team.
Time to end this Weal experiment.
This guy brings absolutely nothing. He's redundant on our team.
Time to end this Weal experiment.
This guy brings absolutely nothing. He's redundant on our team.
Time to end this Weal experiment.