I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse. Personally, I'd rather have passed on Michkov because it was his choice, rather than ours. Right now, with Michkov looking like a star in the making and Reinbacher out for the year, our choice feels like salt in the wound.
It was
always a choice and at 5OA we had a tough one. Michkov had downsides which we all knew and acknowledged, even those of us who were Michkovites pre-draft. (Henceforth referred to as the Reds)
If Michkov burns the league then the teams picking 2-6 also will feel the burn to various degrees. This is what the “Whites” (the anti-Michkov contingent who were opposed to the Reds) insisted was evidence of Michkov being perceived by the professionals as less than the hype. I accept their argument on its merits.
If Michkov burns the league, he’ll have proven a lot of doubters wrong across number teams. I don’t think we will feel the burn particularly harshly other than from ourselves. Hopefully — in case this is how it turns out — by then the Whites will follow historical precedent and accept their defeat.
But there’s a long way to go and much hockey to be played. Reinbacher’s injury sucks but on the aggregate there was no way every one of our top picks hits and sustains their potential.
The odds were always that something would go wrong with one or two of the gem rebuild era prospects. Hopefully it doesn’t go too wrong with Reinbacher.
And yeah, I agree we should live in the now and root for our guy, but I'm still asking myself why I didn't invest in Apple and why I married Cindy instead of Deirdre. Give me time...
Take all the time you need. I’ll never live down my own stock market mistakes — when the penny stock at $0.50 a share shoots up to $12 a share, just sell. Just sell. Don’t get greedy. Or else you’ll have Mrs. Rehabs reminding you of it for the rest of time.
Ouh! German chick. Reminds me of one I went out with. Thing though, she always rated me in bed on a scale of ten and always gave me bad grades, until i tried the backdoor. Then she was screaming all "NINE NINE NINE". 9 out of 10 can't be that bad, right?
Your post is hilarious because Deirdre is like the most Irish name ever
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