These attitudes to former players amaze me sometimes. I mean whatever happened to once a Devil always a Devil. Players give their all for the teams they play for and deserve our respect for the time they had with us. Careers are short and not well paid in comparison to other leagues/sports.
Whilst I may have thought it was time to move on from some of them I will still give a round of applause when they line up against us.
So Busch comes back gets kicked out game after game against us, we are supposed to what....clap him off?
They get a clap when they come back first time. After that they get judged by their actions and behaviour.
Once a Devil Always a Devil? Not when they come back and want to take a dump on our ice. Respect is earned, and can be lost in a second.
I have no doubt that Sanford will be a class act, and will score against us a few times this season. But I doubt that he'll mouth off at the fans, or cup his ears.....he's not Vallerand.
End of the day, 90% of players are mercenaries and don't care about the organisation or fans. A few do, and we love those guys. But I'm starting to feel that Once a Devil etc is just as much rubbish as Hockey Family/Family sport stuff, cliche BS.
