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Post by jrs on Jan 23, 2003 16:45:26 GMT -5
the official i think we should forgive patrick travese reply: now this might be a controversial opinion, since after last night traverse probably has very few people on his side... but here it goes. to truly be disappointed by travese means that you must have been expecting something more from him, if this is the case you are in more fault than him. traverse is what he is: cheap filler. unlike a certain other player on the team traverse was never an all-star, he was not brought into montreal as a saviour, and most importantly he does not make 3 million dollars a year. audette aside, there is another player who i feel deserves more criticism that patty traverse, and that player is the reason traverse plays as much time as he does. isn't it safe to sat that we should expect a lot more from karl dykhuis than patrick traverse? traverse should of never been put in this situation, he is a 7th defenseman, a role which i think he is the perfect fit for; however, with dykhuis' complete inability to adapt to the change in the game this year, and another souray injury(is he ever going to be able to play a full season?), traverse had to step up -- and is doing as good a job as anyone could really expect from a defenseman of his caliber.
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