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Re-evaluating Dion

and remember, of course, that this leafs team has been only mediocre, not awful, defensively this year.
 
So you are happy with what you see?

Franson will not be back next season. If you want to contend it can't be with Cody Franson playing big minutes no matter what stats tell you.
 
Can't say there's been much to criticize about Franson's game since that game against detroit.
 
Yeah, he's been surprisingly good other than that game. I had high hopes for him a few years back that crashed last season. It will be great if he can elevate his game to be consistently solid like has been the past while. Huge boost for the blueline, as he was a big weakness last year.
 
I would love to be able to quantify what playing for the Leafs does to a players rankings. For good or bad things change when you play for certain teams in certain sports.

Numbers are numbers, but being a Leaf can cause a player to garner more attention, and it can cause bias to negatively affect them as well. Would Phaneuf being getting any attention at all if his career was just skating along in some lesser magnet? Maybe he'd just be your everyday good defencemen, not anything flashy, certainly not Captain of the Maple Leafs.

Not sure, but I feel that he's been slammed as much for what people think a captain should be as his play.
 
Bleedsblue&white said:
I would love to be able to quantify what playing for the Leafs does to a players rankings. For good or bad things change when you play for certain teams in certain sports.

Numbers are numbers, but being a Leaf can cause a player to garner more attention, and it can cause bias to negatively affect them as well. Would Phaneuf being getting any attention at all if his career was just skating along in some lesser magnet? Maybe he'd just be your everyday good defencemen, not anything flashy, certainly not Captain of the Maple Leafs.

Not sure, but I feel that he's been slammed as much for what people think a captain should be as his play.
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Francois Beauchemin
 
MindzEye said:
Another night, another star match up contained by our #1 defender who isn't as good as anyone else in his role in the entire league.
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please, Chi is not as good as before and on their way down to bottom, tell me this, would McWilliam/Holzer handle this different from Dion but for fraction of the price?
 
CRL said:
please, Chi is not as good as before and on their way down to bottom,
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What.The.****.

Chicago is one of the elite teams in the league, and will remain so for at least the next 4-5 years.


tell me this, would McWilliam/Holzer handle this different from Dion but for fraction of the price?
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**** me, this is worse than the first statement.

Yes, of course they would "handle this different". They're not as impactful in the AHL as Dion is in the NHL. **** me man, how do you expect anyone to take your shit seriously with comments like this?
 
This is why Dion gets a bad rap, people convince themselves Dion is awful and spit on any evidence to the contrary.
 
MindzEye said:
What.The.****.

Chicago is one of the elite teams in the league, and will remain so for at least the next 4-5 years.




**** me, this is worse than the first statement.

Yes, of course they would "handle this different". They're not as impactful in the AHL as Dion is in the NHL. **** me man, how do you expect anyone to take your shit seriously with comments like this?
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LOL your problem is that you judging ppl by they contact size but not capabilities, I said it before and most of my friends agreed that Dion+Franson pair is worst in this team no matter what you put with Dion or Franson, they are not fit to this team, maybe better fit for other
 
CRL said:
LOL your problem is that you judging ppl by they contact size but not capabilities, I said it before and most of my friends agreed that Dion+Franson pair is worst in this team no matter what you put with Dion or Franson, they are not fit to this team, maybe better fit for other
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Just because you have dumb friends doesn't make you any smarter.
 
CRL said:
LOL your problem is that you judging ppl by they contact size but not capabilities, I said it before and most of my friends agreed that Dion+Franson pair is worst in this team no matter what you put with Dion or Franson, they are not fit to this team, maybe better fit for other
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I don't know how you can post on this board for 7 + years and still be this stupid. Far too many intelligent people to learn from.
 
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