Makes me wonder what kind of player Cooke could have been if his coaches never pushed him to be just a goon.
top 6 grinding forward with IQ, and above average skill? could have been a completely different player.
Perfectly willing to eat crow on this one. Absolutely hated the signing for a couple days, softened and thought that it would probably improve the team, and now I'm loving the signing.
The guy is just night and day from Cal in terms of smarts on the ice. He picks his spots rather than chasing hits and is creating far more turnovers. He also has much better puck skills.
Granted a couple of those goals were fluky and his production will come back down, but he and Brodziak look great out there.
Fletcher had some brass ones to go grab this guy but it's looking pretty damn smart.
I can't say I would ever warm up to Bertuzzi though.
Not sure but Cooke's actual hockey ability has always been overshadowed by his occasional acts of thuggery. He's a good hockey player.Makes me wonder what kind of player Cooke could have been if his coaches never pushed him to be just a goon.
top 6 grinding forward with IQ, and above average skill? could have been a completely different player.
Not sure but Cooke's actual hockey ability has always been overshadowed by his occasional acts of thuggery. He's a good hockey player.
Glad to see Cooke doing well for you guys.
He's an awesome third liner, even though the agitating aspect of his game has become a lot less pronounced.
It has a bit...but he has drawn 2 or 3 penalties so far this season....so he still has a little bit of agitator to his game.
More than anything, he is just a very effective 3rd liner and is an extremely smart hockey player.
Cooke also has 0 PIM so far. Pretty impressive.
What's the best way to prepare crow?
I'd assume you want to bring the internal temp up to at least 165. Birds carry a lot of diseases.
Same here on Bertuuzi. To say I hate Bertuuzi would be a gross understatement. I am of the mind that he should never have been allowed on a hockey rink ever again after the incident and I automatically hate whatever team he plays for. I used to actually really like the Red Wings. Now I can't friggin' stand them and because Bertuuzi has been there so long I'll probably permanently hate them at this point.
Just curious, but why do you hate Bertuzzi and not Cooke?
They both have ended careers, though I'd say Cooke's track record of nastiness is much more lengthy than Bertuzzi's.