C Connor Bedard - Regina Pats, WHL (2023 Draft)
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Procrastinator
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tony d
New poll series coming from me in June
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Just Linda
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His name is one letter off of beard. I bring this up only because we are talking about him before he's able to grow one.
Huck Cheever
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CSSHL is the top program in western Canada and Bedard smoked everyone in goals as a 1st yr bantam.
Bedard is doing things we haven't seen for a while. This man should get exceptional status.
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Savoie didn't get exceptional status can't see the WHL changing it for this guy even though he is very skilled and looks extremely promising.
Breakfast of Champs
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The dub needs to rid themselves of the awful bantam draft and go to midget like a sensible league would.. Why on earth does it make sense to draft players who still can't really suit up (more than a couple games) for another 1.5 years? It doesn't make sense for the teams or players IMO.
fully agree on this point and it would be better for the teams to get a more finished product as well.
although I do love to see how some of the elite guys do when called up at 15.
Huck Cheever
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Alot more factors that you're not aware of (politics with Hockey Canada). Savoie is in Winnipeg as a 15 yr old this year anyway.
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Just to add to this I think Sean Day has f***ed it up for a lot of kids.
Well, not fair to put the blame on him, but rather hockey Canada for not seeing there wasn't a lot there.
Savoie went first overall as expected and he still doesn't have an exemption and will only play a limited number of games under the current rules.
The politics with Hockey Canada are also not a secret.
Huck Cheever
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Savoie is playing all year, they're using a loophole in the rules re: emergency call up.
He is? This is news to me.Will he be able to play every game ? Or is he limited to something like 30 or 40 games?
Huck Cheever
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Can play up to 50 regular season.
Awesome. That’s a heck of a loophole that’s basically a full season. Makes HC look even sillier for not giving him exceptional status in the first place.
There was a lot there as a 14-15 year old, though. His problem was IQ, and that's the hardest thing to see in a 14 year old bantam player who is skating circles around everybody.
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There used to be a requirement that the player who was going for ES would go 1st overall - when John McFarland was denied the reasoning was that GMs didnt peg him as the surefire 1st overall pick so he clearly wasn't exceptional enough.
Apparently that was thrown out the window for Day and we saw 3 teams pass on him. Coincidence he ended up the worst of any play granted? Or maybe he just wasn't on the level of the others.
I'm only generally familiar with the WHL rules on this. Do you have a source?
Huck Cheever
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Gavin Lee wrote an article. "Emergency call ups" loophole is what they'll use. Stankoven played over 5 games with that rule but it's expected Savoie will play 40-50.
Savoie's a January 1 birth, Hockey Canada shouldve made the exception.
I read the article and it's a rumor time will tell I guess.
Matthew Savoie Signs With Winnipeg Ice
I'm kinda peeved though as the Ice don't visit BC so I won't get a chance to see him live.
Depending on where in BC you are, such as Van, it is probably easier to see him in Everett or Seattle than if he was playing in Vic, Kelowna, Kamloops or Prince George. The only other WHL team closer is obviously the Giants.
What's the greatest number of games in a season an underage kid has played using this rule?
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