Monticore |
11-01-2023 12:10 PM |
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
(Post 17202566)
That's where I kept getting to.
We've played with guys like that in basketball or baseball (and if you haven't, you were that guy). I get playing with energy and intensity, I respect it. But to a point. You can't be the guy throwing 80 mph behind a girl that's strayed too far off 1b in co-ed rec league softball. You miss by a little bit and suddenly 'playing hard' leaves a girl in the neurology ward overnight because you didn't throw it where you meant to. Know the situation, know your talent level and don't get people hurt.
This is just a guy who was barely on the fringes of the bottom rung of hockey; essentially semi-pro shit. Who was out there mucking it up and being a goon when he really didn't have much else to offer.
If anyone is to 'blame' it's the guys that rostered a guy like him.
I tried to explain it along these lines "Okay, think of the worst player in the NHL - that guy's better than 90% of say the AHL and orders of magnitude better than the worst player in the AHL. Now think of the worst player in the AHL - THAT guy is better than 90% of the ECHL and orders of magnitude better than the worst player in the ECHL. Now think of the worst guy in the ECHL - if he can't make an ECHL team, he MIGHT end up in the Elite League. If he didn't get a call back from a a more lucrative european/russian league. That's the caliber of talent you're seeing in the EIHL here.
Put it this way - if you lived in a northern state, Matt Pegrave wouldn't be the best skater you know.
A more skilled player just doesn't do that, IMO.
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Ya it’s hard to explain even to hockey dads the gap that exists at each level , we got the dads together to play my sons u18 rep team which consisted of about 10 kids that had played at AAA at some point , dads team consisted of 45-50 years most who had not played in years but it included 3 OHL draftee , 10 that had played some level of junior and few that could have , they kids never touched the puck lol , those same dads playing against retired NHL players would suffer the same fate.
My friend was 7 round LA kings draft pick , 1 round OHL , only played 1 year of professional hockey in Waco , hey at least he centred a line at kings training camp between Gretzky and Kuri .
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