As sports fans, we make light of professional sports cliches more often than not. It's hard for us to take players and coaches seriously when everyone involved is repeating the same message of "getting the puck to the net", "battling harder", etc. Of course with any physical sport comes the overused "toughness" and "grit" that a player is conveniently missing every time they're in a scoring slump. It's tough for us to see these games the same way our favorite players do because in our heart of hearts, we're not experiencing the game in the way they are. We know these adages mean almost nothing in deciding who wins and loses because of our perspective.
Making sense of why the Blackhawks might prefer Andrew Shaw over Teuvo Teravainen
