In what world is your 3rd best defender put in the pressbox due to adding a 6/7 depth defender. Unless you mean Ryan Murphy and confuses Carolina and Columbus I think you have a fever and should rest and get liquids.My reports from Detroit fans are that Quincey is very underwhelming. If he pushes Murray to the pressbox, I'll be happy. My guess is he's the 7th guy around for injuries and won't play unless injuries happen.
It's no shock I like tough players like Prout, would have liked to have him clear the net on the OT goal last night, Savard is usually good at that, that was shameful...oh well, wish him the best and hope he gets playing time.
I would have liked to get Ott for 2 6th round picks. One of the top faceoff men and stirs up anger in the other teams.
When I was about 15 (many years ago), my father needed assistance replacing a part under the hood of his old Jeep. Since I was doing nothing and it was summertime, that fell to me.
At one point, he points to a nut that was mounted sideways on a bolt and tells me to loosen it, remove it, and not drop it. It was a pretty tight squeeze for me, and of course it goes without saying that I dropped the nut, which hit a hose, bounced off something else, and ended up settling in some unknown area deep in the engine.
At this point, he just walks away after telling me to get the (multiple expletive) nut one way or another. It took me over an hour to find where it had fallen, then rig up something to grab it and then actually extract it. I went back into the house and showed him that I had successfully retrieved it. He rolled his eyes and got out of his chair, and I (being me) made some smartass comment like, "What, you're not going to tell me how proud of me you are?"
He looks at me in much the same way that I'd imagine he'd look at me if I'd just whipped it out, and says, "I would say I'm proud of you if you had done something more than very slowly work your way out of a situation that was 100% your doing. Since you didn't do that, and you've only managed to get back to where we should have been in the first place if you hadn't messed it up, you get nothing."
If we would have gotten a bag of pucks instead of Quincey, we still would have won this trade.
When I was about 15 (many years ago), my father needed assistance replacing a part under the hood of his old Jeep. Since I was doing nothing and it was summertime, that fell to me.
At one point, he points to a nut that was mounted sideways on a bolt and tells me to loosen it, remove it, and not drop it. It was a pretty tight squeeze for me, and of course it goes without saying that I dropped the nut, which hit a hose, bounced off something else, and ended up settling in some unknown area deep in the engine.
At this point, he just walks away after telling me to get the (multiple expletive) nut one way or another. It took me over an hour to find where it had fallen, then rig up something to grab it and then actually extract it. I went back into the house and showed him that I had successfully retrieved it. He rolled his eyes and got out of his chair, and I (being me) made some smartass comment like, "What, you're not going to tell me how proud of me you are?"
He looks at me in much the same way that I'd imagine he'd look at me if I'd just whipped it out, and says, "I would say I'm proud of you if you had done something more than very slowly work your way out of a situation that was 100% your doing. Since you didn't do that, and you've only managed to get back to where we should have been in the first place if you hadn't messed it up, you get nothing."
When I was about 15 (many years ago), my father needed assistance replacing a part under the hood of his old Jeep. Since I was doing nothing and it was summertime, that fell to me.
At one point, he points to a nut that was mounted sideways on a bolt and tells me to loosen it, remove it, and not drop it. It was a pretty tight squeeze for me, and of course it goes without saying that I dropped the nut, which hit a hose, bounced off something else, and ended up settling in some unknown area deep in the engine.
At this point, he just walks away after telling me to get the (multiple expletive) nut one way or another. It took me over an hour to find where it had fallen, then rig up something to grab it and then actually extract it. I went back into the house and showed him that I had successfully retrieved it. He rolled his eyes and got out of his chair, and I (being me) made some smartass comment like, "What, you're not going to tell me how proud of me you are?"
He looks at me in much the same way that I'd imagine he'd look at me if I'd just whipped it out, and says, "I would say I'm proud of you if you had done something more than very slowly work your way out of a situation that was 100% your doing. Since you didn't do that, and you've only managed to get back to where we should have been in the first place if you hadn't messed it up, you get nothing."
Really, that's your take?
The Jackets having the 3rd best record in the NHL is "where we should have been in the first place if he hadn't messed it up?" They should have had the 3rd best record for years, but Jarmo's been holding them back?
Really, that's your take?
The Jackets having the 3rd best record in the NHL is "where we should have been in the first place if he hadn't messed it up?" They should have had the 3rd best record for years, but Jarmo's been holding them back?
Really, that's your take?
The Jackets having the 3rd best record in the NHL is "where we should have been in the first place if he hadn't messed it up?" They should have had the 3rd best record for years, but Jarmo's been holding them back?
Sounds like the NJ people hate the trade, as Quincey is a legit bottom pair NHL'er. They think this was a favor the NJ GM did for Jarmo.
Question: What happened with Prout? I remember people were quite positive on him a few years ago, that he was one of our better dmen. Seem to remember people rating him higher than Savard, who has blossomed into a strong top 4 dman.
His post didn't make that much sense to me either.
Here's what I think happened.
1. Columbus changed coaches.
2. The new coach put a premium on speed. That's not Prout.
3. The new coach wants defense men that can skate. That's not Prout.
4. The new coach wants offense through defense. That's not Prout.
5. Safe is death. Prout is more death, and not much safe.
6. Brad Shaw works wonders with D men. Ask yourself why Savard and Johnson have blossomed under Shaw and Prout didn't.
Just my opinion.
I didn't say one single word about the previous GM, whose name I have mentioned on the entirety of HF three times this whole season. I wasn't drawing any parallels, or making veiled references, or anything else.
Just to clear this up real quick, I responded to post #12, which read:
To me, heaping praise for getting from under the Prout contract is like heaping praise for getting out from under Boll's extension. Decisions were made to give a fourth-line fighter a three-year extension at an obscene salary amount, and a two-year extension to a fourth-pairing defenseman who had not improved one bit in five years.
I didn't say one single word about the previous GM, whose name I have mentioned on the entirety of HF three times this whole season. I wasn't drawing any parallels, or making veiled references, or anything else.
It's nice to see it being interpreted that way. But sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.