Confirmed with Link: Nils Lundkvist to DAL for 2023 Protected 1st

[roryjones]

I do not see any reason Suter would never eat a scratch while nils lives there other than longevity

Suter is blackmailing someone. No stats or no eyeball will back Suters play. He has something on PDB and Nill. Blackmail is the only logical reason he is still playing.

 

[Frozen Failure]

Suter is blackmailing someone. No stats or no eyeball will back Suters play. He has something on PDB and Nill. Blackmail is the only logical reason he is still playing.

The Tony Romo hypothesis?

 

[Klockis]

Suter is blackmailing someone. No stats or no eyeball will back Suters play. He has something on PDB and Nill. Blackmail is the only logical reason he is still playing.

Or maybe the hockey professionals can see how he is single handedly carrying our defensive unit?

 

[Troy McClure]

Suter is blackmailing someone. No stats or no eyeball will back Suters play. He has something on PDB and Nill. Blackmail is the only logical reason he is still playing.

I think it's more that the Stars don't have a better alternative.

 

[roryjones]

Or maybe the hockey professionals can see how he is single handedly carrying our defensive unit?

Might want to remove the word professional from them if they think he is carrying the defensive unit.

 

[piqued]

PDB doesn't have a young player problem, he just specifically hates Lundkvist.

The coach specifically hating the one guy we spent the most to acquire in ages just seems like peak Dallas Stars

 

[Troy McClure]

PDB doesn't have a young player problem, he just specifically hates Lundkvist.

The coach specifically hating the one guy we spent the most to acquire in ages just seems like peak Dallas Stars

It‘s not hate. It’s disappointment. DeBoer really wants Lundkvist to take these opportunities and lock down a job the same way other young guys have. Sadly, what he gets is a guy who won’t take the job offered to him.

 

[piqued]

And my response to that is Lundkvist has grabbed the job, PDB just hates him. So we talk in circles.

He's a divisive player. People peer through the looking glass and see different things. The Wars will continue until either the player or coach is gone.

 

[Troy McClure]

Were you really satisfied with his play?

 

[piqued]

Yes.

The anti-Nils people can never actually point to anything specific. It's always "Well, he must have done something the coach didn't like". And that something must be more egregious than all of the other countless errors made by this painfully mediocre defense while providing no upside.

I'm perfectly happy to continue to shout from the rooftops that Lundkvist is good and should be playing every day and playing much more in the games. I'm on team Jimmy Nill here, General Manager of the Year How's that for appeal to authority

 

[Troy McClure]

Yes.

The anti-Nils people can never actually point to anything specific. It's always "Well, he must have done something the coach didn't like". And that something must be more egregious than all of the other countless errors made by this painfully mediocre defense while providing no upside.

I'm perfectly happy to continue to shout from the rooftops that Lundkvist is good and should be playing every day and playing much more in the games. I'm on team Jimmy Nill here, General Manager of the Year How's that for appeal to authority

You've had many people point to a lot of specific stuff: contributes nothing to special teams, not good defensively, bad along the walls, inconsistent passing decisions, not good at getting shots on net, etc.

I'd rather see a guy win a job because he's playing well and earning it. Complaining about other guys you think are worse isn't much of an argument for why a guy is good.

 

[M88K]

I think it's more that the Stars don't have a better alternative.

Everyone is an alterantive, hell playing down a man is a better alterantive to Suter playing

 

[Troy McClure]

Everyone is an alterantive, hell playing down a man is a better alterantive to Suter playing

Suter will never be scratched. I don't know why people keep bringing him up.

 

[LT]

Suter will never be scratched. I don't know why people keep bringing him up.

Because it is painfully obvious when watching games that Suter is the worst player on the team.

 

[Kipper 17]

Because it is painfully obvious when watching games that Suter is the worst player on the team.

Also, people need to be able to vent their Suter frustrations. Can’t keep that inside, got to be able to shout it into the HF void.

 

[Troy McClure]

Also, people need to be able to vent their Suter frustrations. Can’t keep that inside, got to be able to shout it into the HF void.

Venting is fine. Pointing to him in hopes you see changes to other lineup decisions is where you cross into self-harm. He’s not worth the cardiovascular damage.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

We are aloud to post negatively about Suter? Damn I need to read the forums rules on which players it is acceptable to post negatively towards and which ones aren't.

 

[redbeardtx]

Also, people need to be able to vent their Suter frustrations. Can’t keep that inside, got to be able to shout it into the HF void.

It's like asking Oilers fans to not complain about Jack Campbell or Leafs fans not to complain about Samsonov. As long as they're costing their team games, people are gonna bitch about it. None of us can do anything about it anyway, might as well vent some frustration