Submitted by hockeynut0955 on April 5, 2007 - 2:32pm.
Consistent effort
Consistent intensity
Consistent goaltending
This entire season, you can count on one hand the number of times this team played as well as they are capable of playing. You can count on two hands, the number of times they played as hard as they are capable of playing. Cam will get better as he gets accustomed to being a number one and his game will become more and more consistent. Regardless of the reasons for the inconsistency, that's it in a nutshell, imho.
This team is sooooo much better than they played this season, it is particularly disappointing, but the future continues to be bright. Eric Staal may have had as disappointing a season as the entire team did, but I look at it as a learning opportunity. These guys have learned what enormous pressure goes with being called "champions" and should emerge the stronger for it. Eric Staal has spent this year improving the defensive aspects of his game, which shows in his offensive numbers, but it is a very important aspect to add in order to be a good, all around pivot. As he gets better at the defensive aspects, he'll once again be able to assert his considerable offensive domination, because he'll have much greater confidence in his ability to be both offensively productive and defensively responsible.
It's the wonderful thing about sports ---- there's always next year!
3 things
Consistent effort
Consistent intensity
Consistent goaltending
This entire season, you can count on one hand the number of times this team played as well as they are capable of playing. You can count on two hands, the number of times they played as hard as they are capable of playing. Cam will get better as he gets accustomed to being a number one and his game will become more and more consistent. Regardless of the reasons for the inconsistency, that's it in a nutshell, imho.
This team is sooooo much better than they played this season, it is particularly disappointing, but the future continues to be bright. Eric Staal may have had as disappointing a season as the entire team did, but I look at it as a learning opportunity. These guys have learned what enormous pressure goes with being called "champions" and should emerge the stronger for it. Eric Staal has spent this year improving the defensive aspects of his game, which shows in his offensive numbers, but it is a very important aspect to add in order to be a good, all around pivot. As he gets better at the defensive aspects, he'll once again be able to assert his considerable offensive domination, because he'll have much greater confidence in his ability to be both offensively productive and defensively responsible.
It's the wonderful thing about sports ---- there's always next year!