Celtic Note
Living the dream
- Dec 22, 2006
- 17,339
- 6,308
That’s one of my biggest gripes. I saw far too many times where his presence was needed but was nowhere to be found.I'm not even sure Clifford is a deterrent at this point. There were a couple of instances last year when I was expecting him to stand up for a teammate and he skated the other way. I personally thought he did a lousy actually enforcing anything, but played decently enough to be a part-time 4th liner when a fresh set of legs are needed. Maybe he being on the bench is enough to make his teammates each feel two inches taller; but he certainly picks and chooses his spots when to make his presence known, and not always at the right times.
If you are the guy to bring this toughness element and it’s your supposedly redeeming quality, then you need to use it effectively.
There were too many instances where I thought to myself, “Ok Clifford here is the spot where you earn your keep”. Then nothing happened.
At that point I would rather just see Mac Mac running around with reckless abandon.
And I am just now realizing this is a Bozak thread. My bad.