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C Auston Matthews - USNTDP, USHL (2016 Draft)

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usascout1 said:
He has not graduated high school yet. He is only finishing his junior year - he did not want to accelerate like a lot of kids to get to the NCAA. No idea why he wouldn't have accelerated just to have the high school piece of things out of the way.
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If he never had any intentions of playing in the NCAA and always wanted to go to Europe, there was never any reason for him to finish high school.
 
I wonder how many NHL players dont have their high school diploma. I know the schooling system is different in Canada and I am unfamilar with it.
 
bigdog16 said:
I wonder how many NHL players dont have their high school diploma. I know the schooling system is different in Canada and I am unfamilar with it.
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Probably not very many.

Even in junior players still go to school and it's still stressed as a very important thing. Plenty of players are also enrolled in university classes during their 18-20 year old years after graduating high school.
 
usascout1 said:
He has not graduated high school yet. He is only finishing his junior year - he did not want to accelerate like a lot of kids to get to the NCAA. No idea why he wouldn't have accelerated just to have the high school piece of things out of the way.
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According to several articles I have read he was accelerating his schooling.

"As a September birth date, Matthews wasn’t scheduled to graduate high school until 2016. He’s accelerating that timeline by taking additional classes now, and will graduate in time to play college hockey next fall — if that’s the route he chooses."

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/recruiting/201...as-options-but-hes-in-no-hurry/#ixzz3bpXXoMl5
 
ya its still Europe or WHL it says... that's been the debate for a while

No need to start another thread on this
 
Playing against men when you are already older than every member of your draft class makes sense. I have no doubt this will be a boon to his development. European leagues like Switzerland demand systematic play that you don't see in development leagues. Also, the top Swiss men's league is very underrated. There have been plenty of great Swiss players in the NHL in the last ten years and they have crept into respectable status in International hockey (I place them closer to a Slovakia-level nation than, say, Austria or Denmark).

Plus, this is guaranteed cash and there is a zero percent chance that he doesn't join the NHL next season so it doesn't really matter in the end.
 
Plus, what an opportunity to open up a bank account to hide his investment-millies
 
amnesiac said:
why choose Switzerland over the WHL or Sweden for that matter?
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With regards to Sweden, I forget which reporter tweeted it but he said that some players (ie Thornton/Nash during the lockout) preferred the Swiss league because the travel was less demanding. After road games, players could still sleep in their own beds.

With regards to the WHL, Matthews will have a chance to make six figures as an 18 year old. Matthews did well against NCAA teams in exhibition games with the USNTDP this year, so he maybe was looking to develop his game against older competition rather than dominate players his own age.

This has probably been discussed thoroughly in a previous Matthews thread: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1611595&page=36
 
Siludin said:
Plus, this is guaranteed cash and there is a zero percent chance that he doesn't join the NHL next season so it doesn't really matter in the end.
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If he's not going NCAA he could also sign endorsement deals. McDavid, for example, signed a deal with Reebok when he was 15 and has already earned millions. As did Crosby before he was drafted. With hockey growing in the US, it seems like the time is ripe for superstar US prospects to do the same. Such a deal would probably dwarf whatever ZSC Lions would pay him (so if he could get an endorsement, the money incentive for Europe vs WHL wouldn't be that strong).
 
Also worth noting that he's a 17 year old, about to commit to a super-consuming job for the next 20 years, where he'll almost constantly be living in a North American city not of his choosing. An awesome job, to be sure, but very demanding. This is his last year of semi-freedom in awhile, why not take the opportunity to live in Europe, see the world a bit? Especially when you'll get paid far better than in North America (for that year), and arguably be taking a better development route too (he'll definitely be playing against tougher competition).
 
Semantics said:
If he's not going NCAA he could also sign endorsement deals. McDavid, for example, signed a deal with Reebok when he was 15 and has already earned millions. As did Crosby before he was drafted. With hockey growing in the US, it seems like the time is ripe for superstar US prospects to do the same. Such a deal would probably dwarf whatever ZSC Lions would pay him (so if he could get an endorsement, the money incentive for Europe vs WHL wouldn't be that strong).
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McDavid just joined the CCM/Reebok family this week didn't he? Two days ago?

It's a 2 year 2 million dollar contract.
 
He most certainly won't get a six figure salary (more like 500k to 700k), but i don't see how that really matters to a 17 year old. He'll get his fair share soon enough.

The most important aspect to choose Zürich, beside travel schedule and living standards, might be Marc Crawford. There aren't many opportunities for prospects to be coached by a former NHL coach. Boucher for instance was rumored to go back to the NHL when this all came up.
 
holyprime said:
He most certainly won't get a six figure salary (more like 500k to 700k), but i don't see how that really matters to a 17 year old. He'll get his fair share soon enough.

The most important aspect to choose Zürich, beside travel schedule and living standards, might be Marc Crawford. There aren't many opportunities for prospects to be coached by a former NHL coach. Boucher for instance was rumored to go back to the NHL when this all came up.
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Those are six figure salaries you listed.

As for the decision by Matthews, I like it. I hope it works out well for him. Kinda like a study abroad.
 
holyprime said:
He most certainly won't get a six figure salary (more like 500k to 700k), but i don't see how that really matters to a 17 year old. He'll get his fair share soon enough.

The most important aspect to choose Zürich, beside travel schedule and living standards, might be Marc Crawford. There aren't many opportunities for prospects to be coached by a former NHL coach. Boucher for instance was rumored to go back to the NHL when this all came up.
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Believe me, he's not getting that much.
 
holyprime said:
He most certainly won't get a six figure salary (more like 500k to 700k), but i don't see how that really matters to a 17 year old. He'll get his fair share soon enough.

The most important aspect to choose Zürich, beside travel schedule and living standards, might be Marc Crawford. There aren't many opportunities for prospects to be coached by a former NHL coach. Boucher for instance was rumored to go back to the NHL when this all came up.
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?? those are 6 figure amounts
 
He probably meant 50K to 70K...

What's interesting in that article is the reasoning why Matthews and Brisson are saying the NCAA route has been ruled out. Brisson doesn't appear to like sending his players to the NCAA if they're only going to play one year.
 
Hopefully this sets a new standard. Future stars heading to Europe to avoid the skill-suffocating, 2-way, work ethic idiocy of North American coaching.
 
He'll definetely get a 6 figure amount. Even 3th liners earn that much in Switzerland. I'd say he'll get something between 250 and 400k.
 
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