That sounds totally stupid to me. Someone will have to explain me why that is. In soccer, the pro clubs tend to suck up all the local talent first. But of course they have big youth departments. I suppose NHL don’t have that since they draft kids rather than develop them since they are kids.
Soccer dont have draft system so they have youth programs in which they can grow their own players from young age and it is always based locally.
So good for growth and accessibility for the sport for communities instead of the wealthy.
It is a double edged sword. The downside is lack of parity and enormous adventage of big market clubs.
This is the big reason why soccer can never be that appealing to me.
I said something similar a little while back. I considered him one of our underrated and not talked about a lot guys who’s been fairly productive and developing. I thought this was going to be a big year for him having a lot of talent surround him. Could’ve used him as a needle mover in a possible trade. But man. What a disappointment. You’d think now that if he’s playing lower in the lineup against lesser competition he’d be doing at least the same as years past but not even close.
That's what happens when you go to prime dominant schools like BC. They get ridiculous freshmen classes every year, which reduces the roll of other players on the team. That is pretty much what happened to Ambrosio. He was on the 2nd line a couple of seasons ago and now he's on the 4th line from what I've seen this season.
Talent begets talent. With injuries and call ups the Eagles have been lacking in talent. Some is on OO and some on the Eagles.
I don't think last season and the beginning of this year was on the lack of talent. IMO it was mostly on OO.
Yup, but t's also a pretty clear indication he's not even AHL caliber talent. If he can't carve out a role as a senior regardless of the players that gets brought in, he isn't going to go far.
The only saving grace for Ambrosio is perhaps his hockey style isn't useful as a 4th line grinder role. Like, I don't think Duchene would be posting up any good numbers having 13 minutes of ice time per game asking to be a tough forechequer. Colby absolutely has agitator qualities, but his game is more along the lines of Bunting/Jarvis than it is as Matt Martin, Derek Ryan, Nick Cousins style. The problem though is that he most definitely does not have Duchene or any sort of 1st rounder type of talent, meaning he's more likely an ECHLer than AHLer atm.
It's understandable he loses ice time to those trio and Gauthier, and frankly I think the coaching is an excuse. If he can't beat out or even compete for ice-time with guys like Gasseau, Jellvik, and Malone, he's simply not good enough.
Without seeing him play that’d be pretty foolish. He’s a cost controlled asset.
