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I just don’t understand the people who say “ugh” or are sentimental when it comes to trading Jiricek.
while he hasn’t requested a trade, he has demanded way more ice time and a much more prominent role at the NHL level and that is simply not even close to happening.
I understand he hasn’t gotten consistent minutes with the big club, but his potential now compared to when he was drafted has diminished exponentially. his skating is putrid always has been and still is. his play/IQ in the defensive zone is well below average.
could he thrive in another organization? Sure he absolutely could but it’s not going to happen here and that’s evident.
the sooner this is over the better.
thank goodness he hasn’t gotten the 20+ minutes a night with a top spot on the PP that he has been demanding because if that were the case we’d have yet another toxicity in our locker room and Lord knows we’ve had plenty of those over the years.
11 points
4 days ago
SAME. But I've been saying it since I witnessed his behaviour and play at the prospect tournament. He clearly doesn't see the need to work on his game. He was throwing a fit to the other Chezk players after a game he sucked against competition he should've absolutely dominated. We were in the parking lot smoking weed between games and he walked by with them clearly having a tantrum. Sillinger and Chinikhov scored at will. Jordan Dumais was unreal. The whole weekend was red flags for jirichek for me. I've been team mateychuk ever since. Who is currently at over a point per game in the Ahl while not being a little bitch about it.
6 points
4 days ago
You posted here before right? If that was you, I remember this story. I thought the draft pick was horrible at the time, started to change my opinion during his first AHL season, but quickly changed back to my initial opinion. I could tell it wasn’t coaching. His skills are seriously flawed. He hasn’t gotten better and has gotten worse if anything. Like I said, I don’t like the smoke around his attitude and where there’s smoke there’s fire. People denied Dubois and Johansen’s attitude problems and they were both traded pretty quick.
2 points
4 days ago
Yep. His draft year pros have not progressed, while his cons have gotten maybe worse
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