09-23-2020, 04:36 PMjRuutu Wrote:

09-23-2020, 04:24 PMPremierBromanov Wrote: like it or not, most of us here are in the SHL to belong to a community (exhibit A: how much people care about whats going on in this thread). Having an attitude or opinions that people perceive as negative is actually locker room cancer. It's true in the NHL, it's true in the SHL, it's true at work, it's true at school, it's true in your home: No one wants to spend time with people they dislike.

And still that locker room cancer could be a valuable player on the ice?

compared to anyone else? not really. The margins are thin regarding how good players are relative to their TPE, and as others have mentioned having locker room cancer can be a detriment long term. So sure, maybe you can add talent at the deadline for playoffs. But that's still chipping away at the community inside your LR that you worked so hard to build. In terms of drafting, its pretty easy to avoid toxic players, pretty easy to avoid toxic LRs as a free agent too.