Re: Breaking News- Honzek is a fantastic dman!!
No its not that strategic at all. In the past users have been banned for questioning the authority of writers in this site. If the people running the site aren't going to co duct themselves woth tact, grace or any type of mutual respect why should the rest of us?? Why would I quietly report this to management when the site runners have the gall to ban users for disagreeing with them?? They get it wrong too- this is the proof of that. If you allow for a polite discourse with differing opinions posters like.me wouldn't feel the need to call.ot out when you get it so so wrong. I'm not even sure what you're alluding to Eric- but its not that deep...
Also for those saying he just mislabeled the position. He didn't. If he had said: "Samuel Honzek is a smooth skating defenseman whose big frame should help him on the foreceheck and can look forward to some stellar linemates in Pelletier and/or Corinato"- then sure thats mislabelling and truthfully im not sure id say anything at all. Bur he DIDNT- lol! He listed him in the Dman sectin with Hunter B- then went on to describe the style of defensive game he played: " Honzek is a great offensive option- great when he has the puck and a very reliable DEFENSEMAN"...thats not mislabelling thats straight up getting it wrong and then doubling down with a fabricated description that is just generic enough that no one would question it if he was- you now- a defenseman- lol! And tbh there are implications...
Think about it...
This statement says so much. It means the resident Flames expert is:
- Not watching the game- or hed know.
- Not reading other articles/listening to podcasts about this prospect or hed know.
- It shows on his first big assignment he couldn't be bothered to open up capfriendly or even the prospect chart on his own site- or hed know.
- And finally that when push comes to shove hes willing to just "make shit up" when he doesn't know. Now i get that no one wants to complain about free content- but if a guy is filling in the blanks with whatever he thinks might be the case- were in the realm of fiction- and im sorry there are just better sites if I want to read fiction. If you were hoping to improve your knowledge by reading this article a) you didn't and b) it probably got worse lol! Its like the billy Madison thing where hes trying to explain the puppy who lost his way and the judge says "Not.only is that incorrect but everyone in here is now dumber having listened to it"- lol! The fact it got through is bad enough- the fact that people are still.sidimg woth the writers here shows what a lost cause the discourse is around here...
Now I'm not trying to attack his character- I have a lot of passionate guys in my league who do the exact same things- and in that capacity its fine. In the capacity of an active writer on this team i sorry but its just way way below the standard that should be acceptable.
Thats the difference between a pro and an avid hobbyist/enthusiast- and tbh hes not the only one id put in that category these days.
I know no one wants to be a bully- thats not even my intent but are we really just saying this is ok? Well sure then- ill stop being a bully but how many people are just going to stop reading the articles? Believe it or not im a huge fan of the site but there are two articles I dont even read anymore because they've stopped being helpful. If a guy is going to "make up" what style of dman Honzek is... im sorry but the article has stopped being useful. I stopped reading the breakdowns- if the guy supervising the department doesn't give a crap about reading them why should I assume they'd have value for me??
Sorry if that rubs some people the wrong way but I can't say it any clearer. As far as I can tell emus biggest crime was that he was unlikable and that he pushed things too far- so with that in mind- im out. Sorry I had the gall to suggest the writers were fallible again- the nerve i have.
And I have wvery right to complain when my favorite site is going to shit- shame on you for suggesting I dont.
Weekly changes- protect 6-12 each year determined randomly- and the rest stay on board so.its like a pseudo dynasty. 2c, 3w, 1ff, 4d, 2g
The scoring is skaters: g4, a2, sog 1, pim 0.25, st+1, and +/- 1 for forwards and +/-3 for defense.
Goalies: W6, L-2,sv0.3, SO 3 and player scoring for G and A.
Rebuilding
C- Hughes, Carlsson
W- Laf, Slaf, Michkov, Buchy
D- Weresnki, L Hughes, Clarke, Xhekaj
G- Swayman, Wolf
B- Wright, Sharnagovich, Tolvanen, Mangiapane, Schmid, Other Junk
Farm- Michkov, Holtz, Stankoven, N Robertson, Cristall[, Cossa