CBJWerenski8
Formerly CBJWennberg10 (RIP Kivi)
- Jun 13, 2009
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Ok, we'll make this 1 about Dubinsky.
What people were wrong about last year was how good the team AND Dubinsky were the first 1/4 of the season or so, before his injury. And, the fact that Dubi ISN'T "dragging the team down". After the mediocre stretch in the middle of the year and then the team going hot at the end of the year, people made it seem like the last 1/4 and Vanek and Cole were the reason the team made the playoffs. The 1/4 at the beginning of the year is JUST as important as the LAST 1/4 of the year.
And, what about the "injury excuse" that gets thrown out there every time there's the smallest hint of any Wennberg ailment? Dubi had his eye socket broken by a 230lb dude sticking up for a teammate/the entire team and all you heard was a bunch of classless ****ing jokes. Yet, you and others try to pass off that people calling Wennberg "soft" are the most despicable people on the planet because they see Wenny attempt to block a few shots and dig a few pucks out of the corner each game.
The other thing THAT I TRIED TO GET PEOPLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, is the impact that not only suffering the injury would have, but more importantly, THE IMPACT PUTTING A VISOR ON for the 1st time "ever" would have on his game. 1 of the most "tangible" things, other than an injury, that would affect somebody's "game". There (now) obviously was something else negatively affecting him last year and a bit before I'm sure, but quite frankly, after the preseason and few games to start this year, unlike Wenny, Dubi looks to have moved past his prior "issues".
Yeah, the first 1/4 isjust as important as the last1/4, we can agree there. However. doesn't matter which 1/4 you want to put it at, Dubinsky wasn't good last year. Torts said so, Management said so, and most importantly even Dubinsky said so. He was awful last year. No going around it. He was doing well before he got hurt this year, and hopefully on his way to a bounce back year, but you can't have a bounce back year unless you were injured or bad the year before, and he was both.
No, there has been no injury excuse with Wennberg ever. You said everyone gave Werenski injury passes last year, not Wennberg. Stick to your story. What kind of jokes were thrown at Dubinsky's injury? I can't recall any. The only "jokes" about him came from the Vegas incident/Porty report, not the Kassian fight.
Yeah, there was probably a period of time where he was getting used to the visor. IIRC it wasn't the first time he had worn one though (didn't he play in the World Cup and represent Team USA before?) so its not like it was something completely foreign to him. However, it doesn't change the fact he wasn't good last year. And thats fine, because last year is in the past. But its still something to be pointed out.