GrandmaSlices51631
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Player is unjustly being buried in Bridgeport and fans here are calling him out on it and calling him a bust, some team is going to take a flyer on him and give him a regular spot on a NHL team and it is going to be a great decision, one has to wonder if there is a racist element going on here.
Theres nothing that indicates race is a factor, at all.
Prior to this off-season I felt him being sent to BPT was a bad decision, but now it's not entirely unjust, given the roster additions/subtractions. It would have made more sense to get a longer look with the fast paced game the team was playing but it didn't happen that way under Snow & Weight.
Now, he needs to produce in a league with inferior talent when compared to the NHL. If he is really on a 3rd line and getting such limited opportunity, that's a problem - but I don't watch enough Tigers games to know whether there is real validity to that.
One things for sure, the fact that he IS NOT on the top PP unit is ODD. Teaching accountability and structure is great, but It seems Thompson is trying to turn him into something he is not. He is a high risk/high reward player (not potential, but on-ice consequence). Even NBC picked up the story but let's be real here - What do you think Ho-Sang yields you in a trade at this stage in the game? Another prospect that can't crack a roster, a 2nd?
I think Ho-Sang can really perform on a 2nd line, but it doesn't seem that opportunity exists here. Bridgeports offense should be running through him and it's not - which is a problem. When all is done, I sadly feel it will be JHS in another jersey dangling around Pelech.
But look, if he can see light at the end of the tunnel, there are two potential openings in the top-6....
Beauvillier/Ladd- Barzal - UFA Eberle
Lee- UFA Nelson - Bailey
Nelson can be replaced by another 2C either via trade/draft/Bailey being moved back to the middle
Eberle is good and all, but will Lamoriello try to retain or ship him off at the deadline?