I did watch playoff hockey, every game. In fact I was in the Garden for Game 7 vs Pitt, I was in Carolina for Game 7, and I went to Tampa to root on the boys for Game 4. I endured about as much playoff hockey as a Black Ace lol.
I understand a lot of where your passion comes from, but again to use Girardi as an example, this won't end well. Let me stop again and re-iterate, I'm looking for pragmatic solutions, not taking aim at Lindy. I love watching the guy play hockey, but anyone that doesn't see the blemishes he makes, or the penalties he takes, is blind because of their love for his game.
He plays on the edge so he will get penalties, ok fine. Simply put, Fox has well surpassed him as a D partner. He's a 2nd pair D in this league, and on a Cup team he's a bottom 4 D with amazing depth. That's cool that him and Fox are besties so he gets to ride shotgun and play LD1, but investing in him on the next contract like he's a bonafide top 2 or 3 defensemen on any team, as he's been taxing his body nonstop, these players don't last.
And you say that defensemen not scoring don't get raises...... again do you remember Dan Girardi? Girardi broke 30 points once and was a career shutdown in your face D man who put his body on the line... yet he got $5.5 over 6 years. I'm weary to make that mistake again, not to mention at 35 I simply have accepted that sports is a business, and being able to see ahead of these things will pay off in the long run..
Again, I'm not calling for Lindy's head. I'm pumped to watch him play, but fooling ourselves that his level of play will last is foolish. Hell, I think he might even play harder than G did.
