Again, you haven't been paying attention, I never said no one can have an opinion, but be prepared to back it up, especially if it's a shit opinion....
But I guess anyone challenging you on your "opinion" offends you.....
Yes, you have said "be prepared to back it up if it's a shit opinion.". When cornered with evidence to back up our opinion, you then point out how we're not in the lockerroom, scouts, GMs, or coaches. It's a great tactic once or twice to look like you're receptive to discussing an issue - but after several times, it's a pretty standard setup to how you argue with and get ignored by half the board.
Which is why I ultimately only see stuff from you when I click on "show ignored content". Hence this conversation.
And no, I don't get offended when people challenge my opinion. If you bothered to read discussions beyond just aiming towards telling everyone what they don't know, you see I get fact-checked, debated, and corrected plenty. I'm more than happy to revise or clarify my stance. As are most. I find a lot of them friends, even in disagreement, or even though I've only met a small handful of people here.
Anyway, we all say "did you watch the game/player/etc". Except you. It's either a statement of "you don't know about [hockey or some specific subject]" or, incidentally, anyone who disagrees with you has a "shit opinion". Then the evidence put forth is ignored, hand-waived, rationalized, or angrily responded to with expletive and ellipsis-laced posts.
The other point I'll bring up is, all of us with these "shit opinions". We actually have stances. What we like the org has, and what we dislike. We were cautiously optimistic at the strong start, but wanted to see how they do in the playoffs. For all the stuff said about McLellan duringbthe years, he got a lot of praise for managing the minutes.
I bring this up because these are things we care about and put ourselves out there for. Beyond mentioning specific issues in a game, you have no stances yourself. If that's how you want to enjoy hockey, cool. Go for it. But until you start putting yourself out there with your own takes, large-scale changes or directions you want to see, I'd pause before jumping on other people for having "shit opinions."
People like Sol, bland, RJ, Johnny Utah, Herby, johnjm, Chazz, lumbergh, etc are all very passionate about their stances (I know there are plenty others, but we're usually among the most vocal with specific topics while branching out to others). They will discuss them at length. But that's because they come from various consistent perspectives. Even though I dump on JU's stance of needing enforcers and toughness to a certain degree, there's still merit and knowledge behind that passion where I will never outright dismiss it as shit.
Your passion is telling the people here that they're ignorant, and that they don't know as much as the members of the Kings org. Sadly, you're not the only one. But that's why I, in particular, call out this gatekeeping behavior.
Spend some time carefully investigating, crafting, understanding, then expressing something about Kings hockey that you're passionate about beyond watching the game itself. Then watch us call it shit. You'll quickly see why the behavior is pretty detestable.
And with those who don't want to dig in the weeds, or aren't comfortable expressing it - they're awesome. They still engage, discuss, disagree, and keep the forum fun and interesting without trying to dissuade the more vocal from sharing their interests and perspectives.
Just in case you need help understanding why you get more pushback, that's why.
