Sorry Emp, I was trying to quote someone else but that didn’t show up along with half of my post? Sorry bud, didn’t mean to imply you hated it. I know you and I liked the pick as did a few others, but there was quite a few people here and on the main board who thought Howe was a waste as a2nd rounder.
Most people here were speaking positively of the pick.
I hope he returns and Sullivan is fired so we can actually see this bloke used properly.
I don't think his numbers with the Pats were even that bad when you look at how he did with Bedard on the team, he put up 85pts which yeah is a massive boost playing with a talent like that. Then Bedard leaves and he is the best player on Regina and has 77pts, 25pts more than the next player. Then this year, the Pats are all kinds of rancid. Top player having 28pts levels of bad. He would have been 2nd or 3rd on the Hitmen if he was there all season and that could be up or down depending on his usage and growth on that team but 39pts in 37 games is pretty good given the injury he came off of. How he's stepped up for them in the playoffs is also a big indicator of how good his numbers could have been if he was there all season.
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I think his contract with his current team ends May 31, so, while even though he's leaving for North America, he can't officially sign until then?
