Anyone who has been the “new kid in class”, the newest
employee at work, or the long lost relative at a family reunion knows one
thing: sometimes it can be very hard to make friends. The same can be said for pro
athletes, waltzing into a dressing room for the first time, and trying to prove
themselves to their teammates.
Nick Holden is one of those athletes. Exiled from the
Avs without a contract renewal, many Avs fans were shocked to find the Rangers
offered him a contract. Following the initial shock, Avs fans were struck
catatonic when they found out it was a 3 year deal paying him $1.65M per year.
That is quite a chunk of change and faith for a player who was often subpar on
the 3rd pairing for the Avs.
So how have things been going for Nick Holden in his
first few games for the Rangers? We’ll let the Rangers fans of Twitter fill you
in on his progress:
Needless to say, Nick Holden is not making any friends in New York. In a city of over 8 million people. No friends.
It seems like only yesterday Avs fans were taking to Twitter, lambasting Holden for his shaky play, lack of physicality, and overall ineptitude at his position. How good does it feel to be reading these tweets instead of writing them?
So morale of the story: If Fedor Tyutin, Patrick Wiercioch,
or Eric Gelinas, mess up a couple times this year just remember. It could be
worse. We could have Nick Holden, and even *shudder* Nate Guenin.
Nick Holden, never change.
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