tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664256183852557388.post3297335518308201947..comments2023-10-17T13:09:24.236-03:00Comments on National Passtime: Adam Proteau... go to the corner.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664256183852557388.post-31783488833860693042009-02-18T15:20:00.000-04:002009-02-18T15:20:00.000-04:00Hi Jenn,A friend of mine pointed out your post. So...Hi Jenn,<BR/><BR/>A friend of mine pointed out your post. So I went to the corner, and now I'm back – and I realize that, in the passion of the OTR argument, I didn't fully explain my reasoning about Brian Campbell.<BR/><BR/>I didn't mean to imply that Campbell was "old" in the sense the word is used in modern athletics; rather, I meant he was too old to be part of the group of 23-year-old players (Brent Burns, Mike Green, Shea Weber and Dion Phaneuf) Steve Yzerman is focusing on to anchor Canada's Olympic team blueline for years to come.<BR/><BR/>Believe it or not, I like Campbell's game. If he'd blossomed a bit earlier in his career, and if he'd had some additional international experience, he would very likely be in the mix for the Vancouver Games.<BR/><BR/>As it stands, though, he doesn't have the all-round game of a Niedermayer or Pronger, he doesn't play as physical a game as Robyn Regehr (another guy I think has to be on that team), and he isn't in that core group of 23-year-olds who'll likely be around for one or two more Olympic Games after that.<BR/><BR/>So that's what I should've said that day on the set. But the science of performing on panel discussions is, alas, at best inexact.<BR/><BR/>Best of luck with your writing career,<BR/><BR/>Adam<BR/><BR/>aproteau@thehockeynews.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com