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Player Discussion Jordan Greenway, LW, Extended 2-years, $4M AAV, 5-team NTC

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Uberpecker said:
Just looked it up, I meant Steve Bernier and we got him in the Soupy trade, no 2nd involved.
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One of the most epic first games Ive witnessed from a player. He was scoring, hitting, and beat the hell out of someone.

As for Greenway, seems like we are hitting on his max potential. I love being able to put Greenway and Mitts on lines with Tuch, Skinner, Cozens, and Tage. That's a lot of talent, but theyre also limited defensively. Greenway and Mitts have provided stability to those two lines.

For all the crap people give Adams, he has added some solid players Greenway, Tuch, Clifton, EJ, etc...that also bring some physicality.
 
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Dingo44 said:
We got Greenway at a discount too because he was hurt and playing hurt a lot of last year and wasn't the same player. Now he's healthy and happy and playing for a coach who knows him implicitly.
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where are the 'fans' that were dumping on him at end of last season thru the summer ?!

:crickets:
 
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BUCKSHOT said:
where are the 'fans' that were dumping on him at end of last season thru the summer ?!

:crickets:
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He’s playing excellent hockey.

There you can face the day a new, better person now that you were vindicated by a stranger on an internet msg board.
 
BUCKSHOT said:
where are the 'fans' that were dumping on him at end of last season thru the summer ?!

:crickets:
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They're sitting at the same table as the dump Mitts crowd
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Call me petty, but I get a certain amount of joy and satisfaction when players who get crapped all over for no good reason turn out to be better than expected and solid contributors. Mitts has been one and Greenway as well. Tage might be the best example of all. Quinn was on his way until he got temporarily derailed. I'm getting the same sense about Ryan Johnson and Isak Rosen.
 
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Dex said:
They're sitting at the same table as the dump Mitts crowd
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Call me petty, but I get a certain amount of joy and satisfaction when players who get crapped all over for no good reason turn out to be better than expected and solid contributors. Mitts has been one and Greenway as well. Tage might be the best example of all. Quinn was on his way until he got temporarily derailed. I'm getting the same sense about Ryan Johnson and Isak Rosen.
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Just wait till one of Comrie/UPL step up
 
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BUCKSHOT said:
where are the 'fans' that were dumping on him at end of last season thru the summer ?!

:crickets:
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I mean, you had to have a lot of trust in Adams and Granato to be on the Greenway wagon at the time of the trade. I didn't hate it because of what we've seen Granato do with players he believes in, but there wasn't any guarantees this was the guy we were getting. There is still a lot of hockey to play, but it's moves like this that builds a contender.
 
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BUCKSHOT said:
where are the 'fans' that were dumping on him at end of last season thru the summer ?!

:crickets:
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I already posted at least twice about how I was wrong about Greenway. Think it's in the roster thread. I didn't like the idea of another reclamation project, but I think Greenway's case is now a reminder of how someone showing belief in a person on a downslide can really turn into positive motivation. Maybe I'm guessing a bit at the whole scenario, but that's what it seems like from a distance.
 
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Sabresfansince1980 said:
I already posted at least twice about how I was wrong about Greenway. Think it's in the roster thread. I didn't like the idea of another reclamation project, but I think Greenway's case is now a reminder of how someone showing belief in a person on a downslide can really turn into positive motivation. Maybe I'm guessing a bit at the whole scenario, but that's what it seems like from a distance.
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I think what it comes down to for Greenway is this:

1.) In Minny, he was being slightly miscast as a defense-first grinder-type on a line that wasn't built to score much.
2.) He was injured a lot of last year
3.) He lost all his confidence

In Buffalo, he's being used as the primary PKer (he's always excelled at PKing) and as a big body who controls play along the boards VERY well.....even if he's not overly "physical" (in a traditional sense). He's healthy and I think DG's confidence in him has rebuilt his own confidence.

We'll see if Greenway keeps this level of play all year, but right now he's looking solid.
 
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Bernier had 2 goals and an assist and blew up a player taking liberties on a teammate late in the game.

For one night he was the best player in the world.
 
EXTRAS said:
You guys think he could get to 40npoints?
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A lot of players would have to start playing a lot better around him. The offense is stuck in the mud. No stat padding nights out there. No free secondary assists because your line got hot.
 
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Chainshot said:
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He was a huge loss. The injuries definitely hurt this team quite a bit. A unique blend of players were out at once (highend scorers, defensive players, etc...). That's hard for most teams to overcome. Unfortunately, the star players playing like ass and lackluster efforts have kinda voided that excuse for me.
 
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