Excellent missive!!! Your response to Robert's comment regarding Marcel Dionne can appropriately be applied to Dylan Larkin. Self-absorbed, spoiled, and entitled without merit can be added as descriptive 'attributes'! Someone needs to copy this post and place it in his hopefully soon to be empty locker. Egomaniacal!
I reckon a deal will be made soon enough. No sense in carrying Larkin on the team if he going to be a discontent. His wish list of teams may not ring true, but he'll be out of town which is what he wants.
I believe Lanier had more star power than Larkin. His physical stature alone was awesome. A Pistons vs Bulls game were usually pretty good back then.
Marcel Dionne wanted out of Detroit and lived happily ever after with the Kings.
I think there is a rational for how success is measured in professional sports. Sure everyone ‘wants’ to win the title, but realistically only a minority percentage of players will lift the cup. They all are living the good life with the big salary, 5 star hotels, and private jet travel. I saw Dionne play in Detroit he was rather spectacular with a lot of speed. He may have never won the cup but he stayed put in LA for a dozen years always a points and goal scorer and a Hall of Famer
It's true that he put up great numbers. And Detroit in 1975 isn't what it is today. That's true. But Marcel bitched a lot, got sent off the ice during practices, was benched, etc. Alex Delvecchio made Marcel captain in 1974, hoping that would correct his attitude. Didn't work. I'm sour about Marcel because he just seemed very petulant. Yes he lived the good life in LA but he will never be known as one of hockey's greats because he had virtually zero playoff success. It wasn't just that he didn't win the Cup; his Kings teams never made a long playoff run.
I too, remember Dionne and his exit from Detroit. To put it mildly he slammed the door on his way out.
I have a problem as how you define legacy. Is it winning a title, HOF member, something else? You wrote Larkin has spoiled his legacy in Detroit, or Dionne won't be considered a hockey great? We are fans of sports. Sure we can have opinions on athletes, but we don't know them outside the arena. Many champions sell their super bowl, MLB, NHL, rings, and walk away from sports. Do you really think Federov or Lanier, or Larkin are worried about their legacies? I'll wager a whole lot less than what others, fans, think about them. Like I wrote previous they are living the good life in sports at least for some years.
Excellent missive!!! Your response to Robert's comment regarding Marcel Dionne can appropriately be applied to Dylan Larkin. Self-absorbed, spoiled, and entitled without merit can be added as descriptive 'attributes'! Someone needs to copy this post and place it in his hopefully soon to be empty locker. Egomaniacal!
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I reckon a deal will be made soon enough. No sense in carrying Larkin on the team if he going to be a discontent. His wish list of teams may not ring true, but he'll be out of town which is what he wants.
I believe Lanier had more star power than Larkin. His physical stature alone was awesome. A Pistons vs Bulls game were usually pretty good back then.
Marcel Dionne wanted out of Detroit and lived happily ever after with the Kings.
Hi Robert! "Happily ever after" without sniffing a Cup. Dionne was an immature punk in Detrloit. But thanks for reading!
I think there is a rational for how success is measured in professional sports. Sure everyone ‘wants’ to win the title, but realistically only a minority percentage of players will lift the cup. They all are living the good life with the big salary, 5 star hotels, and private jet travel. I saw Dionne play in Detroit he was rather spectacular with a lot of speed. He may have never won the cup but he stayed put in LA for a dozen years always a points and goal scorer and a Hall of Famer
It's true that he put up great numbers. And Detroit in 1975 isn't what it is today. That's true. But Marcel bitched a lot, got sent off the ice during practices, was benched, etc. Alex Delvecchio made Marcel captain in 1974, hoping that would correct his attitude. Didn't work. I'm sour about Marcel because he just seemed very petulant. Yes he lived the good life in LA but he will never be known as one of hockey's greats because he had virtually zero playoff success. It wasn't just that he didn't win the Cup; his Kings teams never made a long playoff run.
I too, remember Dionne and his exit from Detroit. To put it mildly he slammed the door on his way out.
I have a problem as how you define legacy. Is it winning a title, HOF member, something else? You wrote Larkin has spoiled his legacy in Detroit, or Dionne won't be considered a hockey great? We are fans of sports. Sure we can have opinions on athletes, but we don't know them outside the arena. Many champions sell their super bowl, MLB, NHL, rings, and walk away from sports. Do you really think Federov or Lanier, or Larkin are worried about their legacies? I'll wager a whole lot less than what others, fans, think about them. Like I wrote previous they are living the good life in sports at least for some years.