Thursday links: Day to day with a hip injury edition

…but I don’t recall “everyone” thinking that Cajanek was to be the second-line center, either.

I’d have been fine with a third-line role for hm, and I don’t see him as “soft” at all. He was made the second-line center out of necessity more than anything else, because the organization at the time had diddly-squat for prospects. Once they started drafting and putting better-quality players — particularly centers — in the pipeline, Cajanek became a victim of his contract in the eyes of the fans.

I spoke to the folks in charge in Peoria when he was sent down, and everyone to a man told me that Cajanek was nothing but professional during his brief time there, and that he worked with the young players there to impart whatever knowledge and experience he could.

Sure, he was looking for a better-paying position in Russia while he was there… who wouldn’t have been, were they in his shoes/skates?

I just don’t think it’s fair to make Cajanek a scapegoat, or a poster boy for the shortcomings of previous regimes, just as I don’t think it’s fair that people still talk about Vitali Prokhorov like he was the biggest flop of all time. Prokhorov was a high-quality talent on offense; his defensive game left a little to be desired, and he wasn’t Adam Creighton-sized and 100 years old with three old Cup rings, so Keenan ran him down and ran him out of town.
  
That’s how I saw it, anyway…

B.

…but every assist represents a goal by someone on the TEAM, as few goals are the result of single individual efforts.

These are the same arguments people have made in the past about Craig Janney; soft and won’t shoot the puck. Yet he managed to have a pretty long and reasonably successful NHL career, and he will always have a spot on my list of best players ever to wear the ’Note.

Not every player is a sniper, and being a sniper is not the only valuable offensive skill.

B.

jay mckee may have been injured all the time, and he may have been overpaid, but at least he didn’t suck humongous donkey nuts when he was on the ice.

and overpaid and the blues ran him out of town after the fans started to.

the mckee difference was this

when mckee came off injury with the blues not in a playoff race much less a playoff spot, his elivated play, along with a strong few weeks of netminding, and yoeman work up front got the blues a playoff spot. the stats didnt lie about it either.

the blues won more with mckee in and brewer out than they did with brewwer in and mckee out.

ultimately count the uni’s, there are fewer mckee than brewers so even jay’s minimal salvation of 2 months of solid play ultimately did little for his stature in blues nation.

now can we discuss the love of the visor and krabchuk and chubbyturkey? cos brewer maybe within striking distance of their blues d career as well?

We should start using that in regular conversation. My benchpress is up to three Brewerkids. I also really like taking the mega route. Adding mega infront of it anything and using that as the unit. I popped my shoulder this weekend and can barely lift a MegaBrewer now.

I think he can.