norskipaul wrote:

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I've been out of touch for a while, now I'm back and I've been going through  the last few weeks post. The impression I get is that almost all of y'all are pleased with Samsonov, and the jury is still out on Johnson. Kind of I'm not sure, we'll just have to wait and see. As for Ribs, I feel this sense of bewilderment bordering on utter terror desceding on Habdom at the thought of him becoming our nr. one centre. Having said that there have been a lot of friendlier posts about him of late. Maybe it's just because we're stuck with him. Personally I remember sitting at the Bell watching Ribs get the puck in ths neutral zone, passing to Kovy who moved in on goal and roofed it. It was just like nil pictured it in a recent post. Anyway they both made it look so damn easy!The thought that springs to mind is why don't they do it more often!?! Maybe deep down inside we've all got the belief(or hope) that if Ribs just grows up a little he can turn into a player who can do a job for us...Having said nice things about him-he'll probably be traded tomorrow LOL!  

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Paul- well my impression is that teh reason he was bashed so much more last season was because most of us were under the impression that he was on his way out and would not be back this year. But he is back and as you said, we are "stuck with him". So I think we are just gonna hope for the best and be positive. But his play last year did nothing to indicate that he has turned the corner yet.