You've said this a number of times before. Players like Spezza, Penner and especially Kovalev prove you wrong.
Of course anyone can point out certain players who are not the best, these a
human beings, not machines, and kovalev was a great player for many years, one
of the best in the world, now he is in the twilight and should be playing golf.
Kovalev is about ready to retire, but some teams just won't let him leave.
Penner is not consistent, but also team managers can't seem to see that.
I like Spezza, but his team was very pitiful this season.
If we were talking about machines I could see your point, but these are human beings, and a hockey
career is a human journey, and many influences and situations arise, for many reasons, many of them
being injuries, and many of them as 'time', which begins to slow them down.
There is no common sense in saying that the NHL are a bunch of lazy millionaires, but when they
were juniors they were refreshing and energetic and much more enjoyable to watch, all that 'again'
tells me, is that people are 'jealous' of how much money the players make compared to them, and
don't have a clue what went into that career at all.
If one likes juniors better, 'fine', then watch juniors, and enjoy it, good for you, or whomever,
but what is the point of slamming the NHL and making comparisons, these are kids trying to get
to the NHL, so that is where is gets really 'wierd', because as juniors they are great, but as
soon as they put on the NHL uniform they are lazy?
then, if one thinks bad of the NHL, why would they watch it, I know I wouldn't if I thought that
way about them, but I happen to enjoy both.
