Granted it was only a limited sample size, but in his brief stint with the Canucks his defensive game wasn't all that bad. It was offense, where he delivered almost nothing.
The difference between 'refine', 'develop' or 'improve'. A dictionary might help.
Many probably don't know that a dictionary is a book (or an on-line equivalent) that lists words alphabetically and provides definitions and etymologies. The Oxford (commonly referred to as the OED) lists definitions chronologically, from the first known use of a word to its most current. Most others list the definitions in order of contemporary frequency.
But you're the only one who has introduced these terms (uh, and I'm pretty sure you first introduced two of them in the paragraph immediately above your claim that the argument was about semantics). Did you quote @F A N by accident, and you were actually for some reason telling us that you're currently locked in the throes of a semantic argument with yourself?
We need to reach an accommodation. I'll stop reading your posts if you stop reading mine.
Ignoring his off-ice issues, Nichushkin came back to the NHL and put up zero goals and 10 points in 57 games - worse than before he left - and then improved over the next two years. It's unlikely that his time spent in the KHL was any type of a boost to his career.
yep, Kravtsov is not following the same trajectory. He is doing better in the KHL. Way better. And Nichushkin never did well in Dallas. He broke out in Col. Whereas Kravtsov has done very well in the KHL since he went back. He and Goldobin are tied for 21 in KHL scoring this year. He is a skilled hockey player, and he might yet eke out a successful NHL career. He'd be 25 when (if) he returns. I would think throwing a 2 year $1.75M 2 way contract at him would be a damn good low risk. With say a $1M AHL salary. But pretty sure if we sent him to the minors he could be claimed on waivers.
