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Originally Posted by Funkiness
Tom-ato, To-mato
We both see the same thing differently. Maybe it's my neutral feeling towards Koivu, but I see koivu's talent far more negatively than you do.
Talent has to deal with leadership because if you really want to lead a team (any team, any sport) you have to pick it up and be good at it. Jason Smith on the Oilers was GREAT at just being steady and hitting like a truck, that's all he did and he did it well when he had to.
Koivu has no great talent, he's a sparkplug, he can't "turn it up" any further. So when you're down 2 goals with 10min to go, you can't put Koivu on and expect him to pressure effectively, or make the great play, or take a great shot. You can only hope that his line scores as if they naturally would. My point is that he isn't a gamebreaker because there isn't an aspect of his game that he is GREAT in. He is mediocre to above-average in almost everything. What is there to look up to when your leader is just a little bit better than you?
I would support Komisarek for captain or Lapierre for captain or (hopefully a last resort) Kovalev for captain because they all are 100% talented in a specific regard.
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My god I read 3 lines and I've had enough already, you have no idea what Koivu means to the table. Any true hab fan that isn't biased knows this and I shouldn't have to explain.