Evilo said:
First I have no problem with Schremp being talented or his draft status. I have a problem with you saying someone's level of talent is undebatable.
But it is undebatable. Schremp's talent has never been questioned, at least not by anyone who has seen him.
Second, where have I used publications or stats to praise Fleury???
You absolutely abused his stats for the first month of the season in the discussion we had several months ago... as well as things like shots/game, the amount of breakaways he
I praise Fleury because he HAS played in the NHL, and played awfully well to boot.
For a stretch yes. He also had some terrible stretches, a bad WJC, an average season in the Q, and a terrible playoffs.
But you haven't let things like that tarnish your view on him.
I don't think a goalie made that much of an impact at such a young age since tom Barrasso, and that's debatable.
Yeah, it's very debatable. I'd venture a guess that Blackburn's rookie season was better than Fleury's. He had a hot start... that's it.
I praise Fleury because he dominated at the NHL level for a stretch and that was to me a huge surprise as an 18 year old.
I didn't expect Fleury to challenge for an NHL spot in camp. Not only did he challenge for one, he blew by everyone to win the starting job. He then went on to put on a show against NHL competition, playing behind the league's worst defense.
When he finally tired (which was to be expected and informed us that indeed he was human), he had a shaky WJC. That was enough for this board to call him a future bust or choker, etc... Typical.
Oh okay... but when Schremp goes 25th overall, that's reason for everyone to question his skill level... the difference is, Schremp hasn't disappointed everyone yet. Schremp is being questioned because of his draft position, not his skill level. I guarantee half the posters on here have never even seen Schremp play, or at least not more than 1 or 2 times.
That to me makes no sense.
And when he got back to CB and dominated there, nobody uttered a word about his great play. No, everyone did open their mouth when he was beaten in the Q playoffs, thanks to a poor team effort. Of course, Fleury got the blame all by himself even though everyone who watch the series said the whole team didn't show up.
Of course no one said anything... he should have dominated. Cape Breton was a great team, and the goalie he replaced put up fantastic numbers in his absence. The whole team might not have shown up, but neither did Fleury. He couldn't even keep the series close.
It seems to me Fleury is getting ripped very, very unfairly around here. He's just not the flavour of the week anymore, thanks mostly to some canadian posters who couldn't handle the WJC loss.
And Schremp is getting ripped because he was the 25th overall pick...
The crazy part is, you are part of it... you are doing the same things to Schremp that you hated people doing to Schremp.