Sal_Butera
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Any chance Habs can get Hart for Allen?Zibanejad has six points against the Flyers again tonight.
Any chance Habs can get Hart for Allen?Zibanejad has six points against the Flyers again tonight.
When does the overrated tag apply?
When does the overrated tag apply?
Been wildly overrated for a long time.
I've been harping this ever since the Laine rumors started a year & a half ago.
He's one of the best snipers in the league. God given talent. He's got great size. All things everyone would die to have.
And yet Winnipeg wants to get rid of him. And they did. Not only that, they had to add to the trade, implying PLD > Laine.
Laine screams that he's the I Don't Love Hockey Guy.
Sure, I bet there's plenty of people across all sports that don't love it and it's just a way to make money. The difference is, most aren't going to let it affect their play. Take for example Christian Dvorak in Phoenix. I don't think I've seen a player in recent memory that seems to give less than a shit than him, every time you watch him it's like he's getting ready to go to a funeral.
The thing is most of these players only need a career to 30 , with the money they make
You carve out 30+ mil go do something else .
Robert Smith of Vikings who at 28 called it quits in 2000, said just that. Went on the write books, ride his motorbike and play Mr. MomWhich is not as uncommon as fans think it is...we're led to believe that all these guys (in the NHL, NBA, NFL, etc) are '"living the dream" but I think that in the next few years more and more athletes are going to come out and say a version of "I stopped liking the game years ago but what else could pay me anything near what I got paid"
Some guys clearly like going to the rink more than others.
Smith also said playing NFL turned him into an alcoholic and he needed to quit & get away from the game before it killed himConsidering CH1 is a Vikings fan I think that's where he got it from
Because it is the easiest game to do so, given high probability of suffering a concussion / career ending injury that is chronic lifelong impacting quality of life / expectancy - not to mention non-guaranteed contractsFootball players have always been ahead of the curve (IMO) when it comes to honestly assessing their place in their sport (which is often cruel)
Ironically, I always thought Robert Smith was a very sharp dude (he studied pre-med in college, retired early with a bunch of $$$) but he recently became an in-game analyst and he's FUCKING TERRIBLE AT IT. He sounds like a moron...which I found very disappointing.
Granted, offering insights in real time is much harder than it seems...but he's woefully unprepared, and there's no excuse for that.
For sure... it's what makes guys like Tony Romo or Mike Johnson such outliers.Granted, offering insights in real time is much harder than it seems...but he's woefully unprepared, and there's no excuse for that.
For sure... it's what makes guys like Tony Romo or Mike Johnson such outliers.
I think Romo is greatFor sure... it's what makes guys like Tony Romo or Mike Johnson such outliers.