Sorinth
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- Jan 18, 2013
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Thought it was a website, and sure maybe not Columbus but I could very much see fans of Boston, Philly, Toronto doing similar things and booing/crapping all over a Gomez during his worst.One thing I was thinking about today. Remember when Scott Gomez was on that crazy goal-less streak? There was a restaurant in Montreal that marketed a promo prosmising free drinks on the night he scored his first goal. They had signs everywhere '78 games and counting' or something like that. It used to get posted here all the time. I remember all of us having a good laugh. I'm sure it was tough on him though. I don't think something like that would happen in Columbus. Do you?
Nobody is saying that it's impossible to play in Montreal or that you can't have success here. Many players have. But there's a lot of scrutiny and it's not for everyone. It's simply something that mgmt will take into consideration when they look at acquiring players. It can be a very unforgiving place.
I mean you don't think Vegas or NYR can be a very unforgiving place, one day your a key player and the next your getting shipped out so they can go after the next big name. Probably feels like your walking on egg shells and will have your life upended at any moment by a GM whose getting lauded for going for it. I'm sure that's a lot of pressure and not something that every player will like.
The point isn't that MTL is not a tough place to play, it can very much be, but many places can be very tough places to play, MTL is not unique in that respect.