I mean, this has to be a joke. From the Caufield comment to the timing part about Suzuki. The team, playing way above its head, was still out of a playoff spot, the year after being the worst in the league. At its best, with Suzuki and Caufield playing out of their minds, it was still a bad team. The team is barren. Even if Caufield somehow scored 40 in his rookie year, it was still a bottom 5 team. Do you remember how many key players they lost after that cup run ? Who the coach was ? How far into summer they played for the cup finals? What are you arguing here ? The third leading scorer that year was Mike Hoffman. The second leading scorer this year had 38 points. There was no playoffs in sight for this team this year. You're creating a ridiculous narrative only to lose sight of my initial point - bringing up the red flags in regards to Dubois and a potential 9 year investment.
It's not more than a joke than the argument that a player is a "quitter" if they don't produce to expectations over every single stretch in a season.
Like really? What a horrible argument.
And then comparing this to a top 3 team that fell down hard into the standings to barely get into the playoffs by two points, only to be eliminated in the first round. And this, in your mind, is better timing ? The mental gymnastics there LOL. They were 1-2 losses away from a catastrophic second half on a team that wanted to compete.
Dubois had 8 pts in his last 12 games, and they still made the playoffs? So what's the problem?
You are finding every single reason to excuse the bad play of Caufield and Suzuki, and finding every single reason to bash Dubois for his bad play.
Yes, he was dominant his third year. I never said he never performed. I have to stress this once again: I'm concerned with the red flags. Quitting on his teams, playoff no shows in elimination games, his agent making that comment last summer - something you rarely see. I don't think he'd be an issue if things go his way, but what happens when they don't ? And, at some point they won't. What's going to be his reaction then ? It's concerning to me. Are you not concerned at all with a potential trade for assets and 9 year investment ?
Not even the slightest bit concerned. Most players don't have great playoff performances every year. Tkachuk was invisible in the playoffs with Calgary, and now he looks dominant, Crosby hasn't played well every time he made the playoffs, etc.
Imagine having the gall to raise questions about a potential acquisition and 9 year tenure. On a team that's run almost all of their local guys out of town and had one of them suffer from insomnia and severe anxiety, just recently.
Ran all their local guys out of town? Who?
Drouin didn't ask for a trade and even expressed he wanted to return.
Pacioretty and Petry both asked for a trade, and neither were local guys.
There's a problem with raising questions when your takes are so illogical.
Like imagine arguing that Dubois quit on the jets because he had 15 pts in his last 32 games. Dubois had 48 pts in his first 41 games, and was carrying the team, and overnight he decided "Nah F the Jets, I quit" is what you are arguing lmao.
His drop in performance also happened to coincide with an injury, but according to you, it has no relation to it, which is nonsense.
It’s more concerning some fans are willing to dump on our own stars to hype up this overrated Jets player.
Not even close. I don't think Caufield and Suzuki are quitters. I'm simply applying the same dumb logic some of you guys are using about Dubois.
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