WarriorofTime
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Yzerman only drafted this guy because they played on the same junior team. He was over-drafted even when it happened imo.
Former NHL defenceman Slater Koekkoek reveals how a meeting with former GM Ken Holland made him walk away from the league
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Jared Dunn
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I think people who are evaluating this as he was too weak to take the jab are completely misunderstanding what's being said. He was called a "clock killer" and it made him feel like that's what his hockey career was to his own life.
JFleegs
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Still can’t believe we drafted him over Filip Forsberg. Was a complete head scratcher then and now.
North Cole
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Don't think he's saying he walked away because his feelings were hurt. Just realized that he was killing the clock on the ice and in his own life. Probably made him think about how hockey didn't provide much meaning or value other than a big pay cheque.
So he decided to move on and find something to do he enjoyed more. Good for him, most people don't get to make that choice and have to keep doing a shitty job because that's how they pay the bills. It makes sense there's some proportion of the player base that doesn't necessarily want to live/breathe/eat/sleep hockey all the time to maintain that skill level, especially for relative peanuts to their peers. He has enough money to find something else to do and spend his time better in his own opinion.
Sad truth is most people on the planet are clock killers. Working to work, not much prospect of vacations or a stress free future. It's just that we don't have a big Jumbotron above our heads telling us when the clock stops.
So he decided to move on and find something to do he enjoyed more. Good for him, most people don't get to make that choice and have to keep doing a shitty job because that's how they pay the bills. It makes sense there's some proportion of the player base that doesn't necessarily want to live/breathe/eat/sleep hockey all the time to maintain that skill level, especially for relative peanuts to their peers. He has enough money to find something else to do and spend his time better in his own opinion.
Sad truth is most people on the planet are clock killers. Working to work, not much prospect of vacations or a stress free future. It's just that we don't have a big Jumbotron above our heads telling us when the clock stops.
WarriorofTime
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I think his point was a more introspective and philosophical one. He doesn't want to be a guy who just kills time in hockey or life and decided he'd rather do something to make more of an impact, rather than hang around near the waiver wire trying to extract every penny and ounce out of hockey that he could muster.
