Never heard of the bolded, but it checks out in regards to my WoW play time since 2007
Ditto my friend!Never heard of the bolded, but it checks out in regards to my WoW play time since 2007
As for the topic, I hope Bedard gets drafted into the right situation and powerplay, would be good for the game and any franchise that drafts him if he cracks 100 which I think is absolutely possible although unlikely.
Never heard of the bolded, but it checks out in regards to my WoW play time since 2007
As for the topic, I hope Bedard gets drafted into the right situation and powerplay, would be good for the game and any franchise that drafts him if he cracks 100 which I think is absolutely possible although unlikely.
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Are you sure that Crosby hyper fame is not the impact of the lockout season? Every hockey fans had to watch junior or europe hockey during the lockout of 2005. Why do you think Yakopov has so populare even today? The 2012 lock put lof of media on him.
It played a role for sure, but even at 16 Crosby was a national phenomenon, the media really took that Gretzky quote of him being able to break his records and ran with it, then the Lacrosse goal early in his 16 yo season, that really put him on the map even further since that move was extremely rare in those times. Don Cherry was complaining about it, which put his name even more in the spotlight. I think today there is a lot more exposure on a lot of players but back then if you had a clip go "viral" in a sense like that clip did, it was a massive deal. By seasons end, he was CHL POY which basically vaulted him to best prospect since Lindros without a second thought. He was the "golden child" of the NHL's future too, it was well known that hockey was getting a bit stale in terms of Gretzky having retired, Lemieux in his late 30s, Lindros was banged up and his time as being the league's marquee player was over, the NHL needed a "face" badly. All the media was saying "this guy is the next Gretzky, the next face of the sport" etc even when he was 16. With Crosby still being a superstar and McDavid in his prime, there is no pressure for Bedard to come in and carry the league or be the face of hockey, if he does that's great , but its not what people are banking on for the sake of the league like they did for Crosby.
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There hadn't been a prospect on Crosby's level in junior since Lemieux, Lindros was the closest thing since 1984 and the sport was dying for offense.
Well, Gretzky and McDavid both aren't really natural athletes so I would say the practice is much more important than natural born talent.It takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to achieve mastery of complex skills and materials, like playing the violin or getting as good as Bill Gates at computer programming. That's essentially Gladwell's theory.
I don't entirely buy his theory because he disregards natural-born talent. I mean I would probably never be as good as Bedard if I practised as much as he did. However, all my hours spent makes me an elite HfBoarder.
I undestand that. But with the lock out and no NHL games. The media has on him 24h/7days. Let not forget the lockout draft lottery. It has a huge deal.
