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by Paul on 01/03/08 at 08:28 AM ET
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from Rosie Dimanno of the Toronto Star,
Wellwood, along with other younger Leafs – except none are very green and scrubeenie anymore – have been treated with excessive gentleness in their prolonged adjustment to the NHL. It’s as if they were dainty creatures – the Stajans and the Steens – overly praised on the nights they acquit themselves decently and usually protected from reproach on the more frequent nights when they don’t.
It’s as if an entitlement has settled upon the more youthful members of this club, itself an extension of franchise arrogance, where one win a fortnight is sufficient to quell anxiety and as you were, boys. This is evidenced in the dressing room, as well, where young pros without the chops to support such haughtiness can be witheringly snide and condescending to reporters. Where they learn such attitudes is a mystery because they certainly aren’t emulating the class of a Mats Sundin or Tomas Kaberle.
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Can Rosie be uniequivocally deemed irrelevant after that column? Has she even noticed Steen and Stajan have been the back bone of the only thing close to a shut down trio the Leafs have? Yeah, Wellwood is sucking it up this year…after a horribly mismanaged abdominal injury. White is judged like a man. And Carlo is just starting to get into game shape.
The problem isn’t the kids. The problem is the players are actually not treating the press like royalty. Oh no! Throw them under the bus.
Please.
Posted by ninja on 01/03/08 at 12:23 PM ET