Kadri Misses Meeting - Sent Home

[CarltonTheBear]

Did the Leafs do better on the road because there they're under the management's nose while at a hotel?

The Leafs are 8-21-5 on the road, 18-14-0 at home.

 

[KW Sluggo]

It's unfortunate since Kadri has easily been the hardest working player (or at least forward) on the team recently. A few other players should be getting sent home for missing all these games they haven't given a damn about.

I agree

I disagree.

Whatever the failures of other players may be (and we are all well aware of them), they have nothing to do with this incident. This is not an exec rise in relativism. If it were, we could all agree that they are all less than they should be.

The fact is that after a two month slump of legendary proportions in which most players figuratively fail to appear for games, Kadri actually fails to appear the day following the most vacant fan numbing collective # mail it it games I have ever had the misfortune to see.

Whatever the sins of the other may be then, Kadri's nonchalant I don't give a rat's ass attitude should be considered on its own and not relative to the other turds on this roster.

Kadri needs to know the message he is sending has been received and is not welcome.

As for the rest of them, their turns will come, perhaps not soon enough, but ...

 

[TML fan]

It's unfortunate since Kadri has easily been the hardest working player (or at least forward) on the team recently. A few other players should be getting sent home for missing all these games they haven't given a damn about.

I agree

I disagree.

Whatever the failures of other players may be (and we are all well aware of them), they have nothing to do with this incident. This is not an exec rise in relativism. If it were, we could all agree that they are all less than they should be.

The fact is that after a two month slump of legendary proportions in which most players figuratively fail to appear for games, Kadri actually fails to appear the day following the most vacant fan numbing collective # mail it it games I have ever had the misfortune to see.

Whatever the sins of the other may be then, Kadri's nonchalant I don't give a rat's ass attitude should be considered on its own and not relative to the other turds on this roster.

Kadri needs to know the message he is sending has been received and is not welcome.

As for the rest of them, their turns will come, perhaps not soon enough, but ...

Nailed it.

 

[ZBBM]

It's unfortunate since Kadri has easily been the hardest working player (or at least forward) on the team recently. A few other players should be getting sent home for missing all these games they haven't given a damn about.

I agree

I disagree.

Whatever the failures of other players may be (and we are all well aware of them), they have nothing to do with this incident. This is not an exec rise in relativism. If it were, we could all agree that they are all less than they should be.

The fact is that after a two month slump of legendary proportions in which most players figuratively fail to appear for games, Kadri actually fails to appear the day following the most vacant fan numbing collective # mail it it games I have ever had the misfortune to see.

Whatever the sins of the other may be then, Kadri's nonchalant I don't give a rat's ass attitude should be considered on its own and not relative to the other turds on this roster.

Kadri needs to know the message he is sending has been received and is not welcome.

As for the rest of them, their turns will come, perhaps not soon enough, but ...

Nailed it.

Yes.  Horachek's got nothing to lose, and he would do all of us a good turn by truly holding guys accountable when they don't put in a proper effort.  Unfortunately, we wouldn't be able to ice more than 5 or 6 guys if that were the case.

 

[Mike1]

Wouldn't be shocked if Kadri gets sat out in the next game. You can't have players doing this kind of stuff. Horachek has nothing to lose right now & I wouldn't blame him.

You gotta worry about younger players on this roster with all the half-assed play & behaviour that has gone on this year. This isn't what you want young guys soaking up. What are young guys like Reilly picking up in the bigger picture?

 

[Arn]

. What are young guys like Reilly picking up in the bigger picture?

Probably loads and loads and loads of really hot women

 

[cw]

It's unfortunate since Kadri has easily been the hardest working player (or at least forward) on the team recently. A few other players should be getting sent home for missing all these games they haven't given a damn about.

I agree

I disagree.

Whatever the failures of other players may be (and we are all well aware of them), they have nothing to do with this incident.

If I or we suggested that they had something to do with this incident, you might have had a point.

This is not an exec rise in relativism. If it were, we could all agree that they are all less than they should be.

The fact is that after a two month slump of legendary proportions in which most players figuratively fail to appear for games, Kadri actually fails to appear the day following the most vacant fan numbing collective # mail it it games I have ever had the misfortune to see.

Whatever the sins of the other may be then, Kadri's nonchalant I don't give a rat's ass attitude should be considered on its own and not relative to the other turds on this roster.

Kadri needs to know the message he is sending has been received and is not welcome.

I have no problem with Kadri being disciplined. Never said I did.

As for the rest of them, their turns will come, perhaps not soon enough, but ...

If their turn hadn't arrived before Saturday's game against the Blues, it certainly arrived before that game was over. And I find what some of these guys did (or didn't do) in that game and in the games leading up to that game far, far more troubling than what Kadri did.

I was fortunate enough to see Cup wins in the 60s. I reflected on where I'd place this debacle in my Leafs history. I don't think it's the least talented team by a fair measure. But I think it's my least favorite Leafs team ever ... because they don't seem to give a crap.

In a number of those original six match ups during the season, I swear the intensity and mutual dislike was greater than a number of games sevens I've seen in the last decade. They really wanted to win those games and played their hearts out. And those games were played by many guys who made less money in their entire hockey career than the $122,000 per game Phil Kessel got for sulking on Saturday night.

Makes me wonder how much more of this I want to witness.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Sports are weird.  People draw insane conclusions over a person sleeping in and being 20 minutes late to something.  Lack of character! Nonchalant attitude! Doesn't care!

Or, you know, the person was just late to something one time.

 

[cw]

Sports are weird.  People draw insane conclusions over a person sleeping in and being 20 minutes late to something.  Lack of character! Nonchalant attitude! Doesn't care!

Or, you know, the person was just late to something one time.

Showing up late for a team meeting is one thing.

Don't bother to show up for 30 plus games on the ice is another. I'm not saying Kadri is the team leader in doing that. I am saying players who have been doing that bug me a heck of a lot more.

 

[Al14]

Sports are weird.  People draw insane conclusions over a person sleeping in and being 20 minutes late to something.  Lack of character! Nonchalant attitude! Doesn't care!

Or, you know, the person was just late to something one time.

Showing up late for a team meeting is one thing.

Don't bother to show up for 30 plus games on the ice is another. I'm not saying Kadri is the team leader in doing that. I am saying players who have been doing that bug me a heck of a lot more.

Kadri is not the leader at not competing during games, however, at times, he's been a follower of this trend.  Kadri might have to be considered as one of the players belonging to the rotten core. 

 

[Highlander]

Its obviouse that Kadri is a hockey savant, not to bright around the edges elsewhere. Kid probably set his clock back an hour instead of ahead and woke up late.  I put more blame on the clocks shifts in spring and fall than Kadri being anything else but the kid he is.

 

[Frank E]

Sports are weird.  People draw insane conclusions over a person sleeping in and being 20 minutes late to something.  Lack of character! Nonchalant attitude! Doesn't care!

Or, you know, the person was just late to something one time.

I know what you mean.  It's almost like people are making assumptions given the lack of information available to them. 

 

[LuncheonMeat]

Sports are weird.  People draw insane conclusions over a person sleeping in and being 20 minutes late to something.  Lack of character! Nonchalant attitude! Doesn't care!

Or, you know, the person was just late to something one time.

I know what you mean.  It's almost like people are making assumptions given the lack of information available to them.

We've all been late for one thing or another.  Unfortunately for Kadri, he picked just about the worst possible time to do it.  Given how much Horachek has been blowing up at the team - accusing them of playing soft, having no character, etc. - he probably couldn't have let this slip even if he wanted to.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I know what you mean.  It's almost like people are making assumptions given the lack of information available to them. 

My assumption then is that he was so angered with the lack of effort the team gave on Saturday that he spent the entire night tossing and turning and only got a couple hours of shut-eye which is why he slept through his alarm.

 

[Al14]

I know what you mean.  It's almost like people are making assumptions given the lack of information available to them. 

My assumption then is that he was so angered with the lack of effort the team gave on Saturday that he spent the entire night tossing and turning and only got a couple hours of shut-eye which is why he slept through his alarm.

Are you trying to say that his give-a-shit meter hasn't flat lined yet? 

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Hoo boy.

@IanShantz 

Shanahan says Kadri won't play next two games.

@IanShantz 

"There's more to this (then late for meeting."

@IanShantz 

Shanahan says "there's a history here" regarding Kadri. "Incidents like this won't be tolerated."

 

[herman]

Management has Horachek's back.

It's a pretty telling move. You don't discipline a player you don't want to keep/develop to this extent.

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

He was arguably their best all-round player this year and he's an RFA this Summer.

Good luck with that.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

He was arguably their best all-round player this year and he's an RFA this Summer.

Good luck with that.

What do you mean?

 

[Kin]

It's not like Shanahan to draw such insane conclusions.