SI90
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They got mad at him because he pointed out that they talk shit about his defense but they didn’t lose with him in the line up. Since then he’s been buried.
Player Discussion: Josh Ho-Sang
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Eh, the Islanders also went 8-1-1 with Bardreau in the lineup, and put up the same number of regulation wins as they did in Ho-Sang's 10 games. It's also worth noting in Ho-Sang's 10 game stint, it was a pretty light schedule -- 8 of those games were against teams that finished with at least 10 points (~6.1 %points) fewer than the Islanders did that season. In Bardreau's 10 games, 6 of the games were against a team that finished with 3 points (~2.3 %points) fewer than the Islanders or better.
So, arguably, Bardreau's stint was even more impressive if we're only looking at the scoreboard, but everyone seems pretty OK with him not making the team.
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SI
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Orebro Loan is beginning to look like another head scratcher.
they got blown out last night and Ho-Sang has still yet to play.
they play again on the 28th - let’s see if Josh steps in.
Oh, yeah Orebro has only 14 games left in the season... and currently in 6th place.
they got blown out last night and Ho-Sang has still yet to play.
they play again on the 28th - let’s see if Josh steps in.
Oh, yeah Orebro has only 14 games left in the season... and currently in 6th place.
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I know beating a dead horse. I sort of feel this way. It kinda stings all these years invested in JHS. I followed his draft year, I liked the guy picked just after him, Kempe, he would look terrific in an Isles uniform right now. I am a sucker for punishment, while at it, I looked at all the players drafted after Dal Colle the same year. Yikes, one is currently 1 pt off the scoring lead in the NHL. <sigh>
SI
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Uncle Duke
Heads up, fellas!
Does Lou have another son who is their GM? Or perhaps he's running them himself via Zoom?
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How many times has Ho-Sang passed through waivers? Two? Three? Four?
I wish the guy the best, but no team wants him on this side of the Atlantic.
I wish the guy the best, but no team wants him on this side of the Atlantic.
SI90
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Just came to post This. I’m actually glad
This happened. It will answer a lot of questions. If Lou doesn’t let him join Bridgeport it says a lot.
“We're grateful we got this chance from the New York Islanders. Unfortunately, we feel that it has not turned out as we had hoped. Josh is far behind in training compared to the rest of the group and the adaptation to our game has not gone as fast as we hoped. In our situation and before the final sprint of the basic series, we feel that this is the best for us. We wish Josh good luck in his continued career”, says Örebro Hockey's Sports Manager Niklas Johansson.
This happened. It will answer a lot of questions. If Lou doesn’t let him join Bridgeport it says a lot.
“We're grateful we got this chance from the New York Islanders. Unfortunately, we feel that it has not turned out as we had hoped. Josh is far behind in training compared to the rest of the group and the adaptation to our game has not gone as fast as we hoped. In our situation and before the final sprint of the basic series, we feel that this is the best for us. We wish Josh good luck in his continued career”, says Örebro Hockey's Sports Manager Niklas Johansson.
LeapOnOver
Mackenzie is a hack!
This is just mind boggling. And I don't me surprising, I just can't understand why someone with all this talent wouldn't finally just breakdown and give in to what every is telling him to do. Every single step from this kid I feel like bitch slapping his parents in the face for the way they raised him. A chance to be a multi-millionaire and he's just going to get in his own way. What does he even have to fall back on now, pro gaming?
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And the Swedish fans are saying that this statement is just a politically correct way to say goodbye, because several weeks ago, Johansson had talked so much about how Josh was going to be given time to get fit, learn the system, and get used to life in a new league and country.
2 weeks and 5 games surely isn't what he was initially talking about.
As usual, there's surely more behind the scenes here.
The post from Örebro is basically: 'He's not fit enough to play and it can't be salvaged in time.'
I wonder why we so often see AHL players arrive in SHL with atrocious physical status. If you pretend to be a athlete you can't just play videogames whenever you don't have a team telling you to come to practice.
Sad development for the player.
I wonder why we so often see AHL players arrive in SHL with atrocious physical status. If you pretend to be a athlete you can't just play videogames whenever you don't have a team telling you to come to practice.
Sad development for the player.
danteipp
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I would say that Josh Ho-Sang is the hockey version of Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh from Bull Durham and, “He’s got a million-dollar arm but a five-cent head", however, even Nuke realized that his best path to success was to listen to people like Crash Davis and adjust accordingly.
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24-game season.
And two have been played already.
And now Timashov and Koivula are heading down as well.
Just dunno how they could fit him in.
He should just go play in Germany's 2nd league or Austria's 1st league. That'd get his fitness and confidence heading in the right direction.
honestly, i think that the mention of him being unfit, is a sly way of saying that he is not a team player.
he can skate like a whiz when on the attack, but coming back and playing defence? i know guys like this. when the other team has the puck and is attacking, it looks like he is dying. but gain possession, and suddenly he has all the energy in the world.
honestly, he needs to get into a one-man sport. golf or tennis...
he can skate like a whiz when on the attack, but coming back and playing defence? i know guys like this. when the other team has the puck and is attacking, it looks like he is dying. but gain possession, and suddenly he has all the energy in the world.
honestly, he needs to get into a one-man sport. golf or tennis...
From a friend in Sweden: “He wasn't fit enough and didn't learn their system as fast as they hoped”
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