1point21Gigawatts
hell's a gigawatt?
Too many turnovers. I think his play is better than last season, but he still has a way to go. I think he can get back to it.Looked great yesterday.
Too many turnovers. I think his play is better than last season, but he still has a way to go. I think he can get back to it.Looked great yesterday.
I think you can still be reasonably critical about his game, and about the roster decisions we're probably going to make with him.Also, I'm all done criticizing Okposo for good and always. I'll never say another critical word about him or his game as long as he's with the team. What a horrible thing to go through and battle back from.
Two guys, that we know of on one team in a season and a half.
How many other guys are just holding on due to incredible will power and a fear of doing anything else with their lives.
I hope this triggers the Sabres to invest heavily in mental health work with their entire organization. I would gladly trade another facility from the Pegulas for a few more doctors.
Islander fans have speculated for years that he is a smoker.I am curious about what happened to Okposo. Was it his life threatening injury that ruined him or is it his age and hitting a wall? Can he recover? Is there some offseason training that can bring back his skill?
I am not really interested in the fact that he is trash now but more about the transition to what happened to him from his first year here until now.
Looking for insight I think it is interesting what can happen to a professional athlete and why.
He's looking pretty good lately.
Credit where it's due. 14 points in 22 games.
Yeah I've liked his game more lately as well- I think he needs some confidence, too. He almost seems surprised to touch the puck at points, hope some success is a reminder that he can get it done at this level. Concussions can take awhile, never mind all the extra stuff he went through.. it's just a hard reset, going through that much and then finding an above-average skill level again. Don't think he'll ever live up to the contract, but if he could just be a competent top 6 guy it'd be nice.
My post was at the beginning of the season.
I think Okposo has been awful since then lmao
His decision to fight today was unbelievably stupid.. no need for it and he got rocked. If he were defending a teammate it might be different, but he was answering for a nothing hit he himself delivered.. why? Hope he's alright, but jeez, can't remember ever having a worse feeling seeing a guy drop the mitts.
The owners must dump guaranteed contracts in the next CBA. These guys are no longer making $30,000.
I don’t know about that. You could see the same thing as the nfl where superstars hold out for market value, say McKinnon Schieffle, while the Sobotkas are waived. I think it would be a boon to big markets, who can overpay in the short term but get cap relief at a moments notice. The next level down would move more often and for more money. The players would front load contracts and possibly extend careers when they could sign shorter deals for more money. Vanek has been doing that since Minny.The players would strike for multiple years before giving up guaranteed contracts.
I don’t know about that. You could see the same thing as the nfl where superstars hold out for market value, say McKinnon Schieffle, while the Sobotkas are waived. I think it would be a boon to big markets, who can overpay in the short term but get cap relief at a moments notice. The next level down would move more often and for more money. The players would front load contracts and possibly extend careers when they could sign shorter deals for more money. Vanek has been doing that since Minny.
The better option for both would be easier buyouts. If the player still gets the money for the contract and can continue to play, and if the owner/team gets out from under a bad contract without a huge hit to their cap, that makes both sides more willing. The issue then becomes between small market and large market, and we know money talks in the NHL.
Hope kyle is ok long term. Might be considered *****ey to say but if our reason for existence is the cup getting out of his contract would be huge.