Option 2: This concept of "finding a new gear" and "pushing your game higher" is alien to Simo. Every game matters, from the first time the puck drops on a season to the final whistle, because everything plays into league position and setting the team up for as easy a playoff run as possible - under those conditions, why would you NOT play as if each game were critical? Moreover, as far as Simo is concerned, slacking off against anybody is setting a bad example for the young players who look at him as a grizzled (22-year-old) veteran, because if he starts phoning it in how can he possibly hold the rookies accountable when they do the same thing? 

Of course, next season this isn't going to be the case, Simo will graduate and find himself a fresh-faced rookie. Is that going to stop him? God no. Then it'll be him pushing the pace and forcing the veterans to keep up. No such thing as a day off in Simotown.