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- Jan 4, 2008
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This entire season has been a write-off. To judge Harpur on his play this year alone, when pretty much everything went wrong, is a mistake.
The big challenge for Harpur will be to figure out what he can learn from this season and apply that to his off-season training.
But really, if we were to give grades for overall performances this year, not too many guys would get a good score. Harpur was thrust into the role of replacing Dion and Oduya after the trades and he wasn't ready for it. Claesson also had a step back this year, and that left some serious issues on the left side, which is actually a huge issue for the system if the left side D struggle.
The big challenge for Harpur will be to figure out what he can learn from this season and apply that to his off-season training.
But really, if we were to give grades for overall performances this year, not too many guys would get a good score. Harpur was thrust into the role of replacing Dion and Oduya after the trades and he wasn't ready for it. Claesson also had a step back this year, and that left some serious issues on the left side, which is actually a huge issue for the system if the left side D struggle.