The talent gap between Robert Thomas and Dylan Larkin is wide enough you can build a city block with two zip codes in it…
Boston fans are so starved for ‘something’ that they’d give up anything with a “name” attached to it
That’s it, that’s the difference…you hear Dylan Larkin’s name far more than you hear Robert Thomas’ name — so naturally you gravitate to the known commodity and distance yourself from the ‘unknown’
By the way, here’s another example of human psychology— Most of you would take Larkin over Elias Pettersson, which is another crazy thought
But your brain has been conditioned to focus on the contract and not the (talent), which again, the gap is there
Dylan Larkin is one of my favorite hockey players but I’m not numb to the fact that on a good team he’s an excellent #2 center…not a #1
From a skillset perspective, the speed and the ability to score goals — he fits the profile for what Boston is looking to inject in the lineup — as a pure playmaking pivot? He’s not that
Dylan Larkin would be your #1 C because your standard right now is pretty low — hence, the Vincent Trocheck rumors
Just throwing caution into the wind.
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