Another good pick, good value rhs center with offense to unlock, solid for the fourth round
Used the sim. I took (C) Riley Patterson in round 3, (C) Anthony Romani in round 4, Huge Swedish defenseman (LD) Gabriel Elliason in round 6. However I was very tempted to take Miroslav Satan Jr. Then I took a (LW) Nanaimo kid Jamie Heslop with the other 6th. Finally a (RD) Jack Bodin 6'4 211 and 12 points in 46 games with Orebro Jr. Surprised that Romani was there in round 4. His stats are jumping out at me.
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I think it's less "small market" and more "somewhat undesirable" Canadian cities, and organizations that like to slow cook their prospects.It's honestly riskier for small market teams to draft NCAA Americans than it is Russians at this point.
McGroarty is the latest example in a long line.
I think it's less "small market" and more "somewhat undesirable" Canadian cities, and organizations that like to slow cook their prospects.
Gauthier (Philly) and McGroarty both wanted guaranteed NHL roster spots. Winnipeg and Philly don't do that. They slow cook their prospects and readily send them to the AHL if they feel they need to go there.
If an organization values AHL development time and doesn't do "guaranteed" NHL roster spots, they probably shouldn't draft NCAA players in the first round, at least for the time being.
If more Canadian players start taking the NCAA route, either through choosing to play in the BCHL/AJHL/USHL etc or through CHL players being allowed to play in the NCAA, I can almost guarantee this will start happening with them too.American college athletes from wealthy families are perhaps the most entitled people in the entire world
Not sure how much you've traveled, but the entitlement wealth brings is pretty common across all cultures. Generally speaking, those with strong systems of hierarchies tend to be the worst.American college athletes from wealthy families are perhaps the most entitled people in the entire world
He’s only an overage by two Months, and absolutely exploded this seasonOne overager down, two to go.
Having no picks in thefirst 2 roundsfifth roundalmostalways makes a draft worthless. I can't stand it.