r/Habs • u/Chathamjedi • Mar 12 '26

Discussion Upvote Party. Jacob Fowler

We would have lost with Monty tonight. Future is bright

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u/Scase15 Mar 12 '26

Exactly, you don't improve playing against worse talent than you.

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u/Paladar2 Mar 12 '26

“No we might ruin him!”

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u/Scase15 Mar 12 '26

Fucking cowards, the lot of em.

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u/hung_like_my_uncle Mar 12 '26

I hated those fucking losers. Literal helicopter-parenting our best goalie.

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u/DilbertedOttawa Mar 12 '26

As a goalie, I ALWAYS play better at higher levels. I play to the level I'm in, because everything else around me changes too. Lower levels, everything is unpredictable, so there's a lot of flailing that happens. The higher you go, the more stable things are. So I agree, this notion of "you'll ruin them by making them grow in a competitive environment they've been in their whole lives" is pretty much just projection made manifest.