tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14971098.post3182113472549130362..comments2024-03-17T21:09:46.268-04:00Comments on The Peerless Prognosticator: 2010-2011 By the Tens -- Forwards: D.J. KingThe Peerlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293195514553989436noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14971098.post-68942203934648508932011-06-24T11:21:51.356-04:002011-06-24T11:21:51.356-04:00Maybe rather this is another opportunity to study ...Maybe rather this is another opportunity to study Bruce: letting a player rot on the bench, and thinking that if you just throw all the talent in your arsenal at a team that this should be enough to win every night. And throughout the playoffs.<br />The benching is also consistent with his strategy: have one of the biggest teams in the NHL, but whatever you do don't hit anyone, and let the other team abuse your players for 5 games like in Round 1. Or let a well-executed system embarrass you in 4 games like Round 2<br /><br />But I guess that approach works, it got him a job in the NHL.sTragedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14971098.post-36310361775884511212011-06-24T11:10:01.742-04:002011-06-24T11:10:01.742-04:00"When called upon, he answered the bell, and ..."When called upon, he answered the bell, and by appearances looked to be giving an honest effort as a player -- not merely a fighter -- in those instances in which he was called upon. It is not as if he was an unknown commodity before he came to Washington....Perhaps it really was an effort to get nastier than the Caps have been. But whatever the reason, the acquisition of King looks to have had almost no benefit to the club, at least in the first year of his contract... Otherwise, one wonders if the Caps are employing judicious absence of a player with King’s skills, or they just badly misread the benefits of the trade."<br /><br />It's not a mystery, to me anyway. As others have stated throughout the season: George can't physically put a guy on the ice (King) any more than he can take one off (Flash). All he can do is trade them in and out of the organization.<br /><br />Perhaps he misread Bruce's interest in playing a "fighter", even if he "looked to be giving an honest effort as a player"Bruce decides who playsnoreply@blogger.com