Captain Dave Poulin
Imaginary Cat
I just pointed out that a SPECIFIC penalty illustrated the limits placed on Ghost by his size, he can't use his body to shield off a forward in the corner BECAUSE HE'S SMALL.
But you do this all the time, you take one specific example of a mistake and blow it up into a full-blown portrait of who a player is, and that's not an accurate way to paint. You have to allow these guys - especially the young and/or inexperienced guys - to make mistakes without saying "OH, this is a weakness of his, this is who he is now and will be forever," all the while ignoring the myriad good things he does (speaking of Ghost) defensively. He has an off-the-charts hockey IQ, and some of the mistakes that have happened with him (not all, but a fair number) have come because the people around him have not been able to keep up with him. That's the context that he is operating in, the context that you consistently ignore.