Juan
Registered User
Duchene will play for the Central Ontario Wolves Minor Midget AAA team.
Just because he's "verbally committed" this means nothing until he steps on the ice @ MSU.
He's a great player, definately a better skater than Tavares might have better moves but his sniping abilities are not on the same level. That being said he's still an incredible hockey player.
He could very well go number 1 this year in the OHL Draft. I think you'll see him in the O.
Look at some former verbally committed guys like AJ Jenks, Sam Gagner etc.
I think it's up to Duchene and his family to make this decision and I don't think a final decision will be made until the end of this year. This is just a ploy to show that he is taking MSU as an option, good for him.
Saying that Player A isn't sincere in committing to a school because Players B and C changed their minds is specious reasoning.
I would guess that over 90% of the players who commit to a specific school (as opposed to merely saying, "I'm playing college hockey" or "I've narrowed it down to a couple of schools"), INCLUDING high-end Canadian players like Duchene, end up attending that school.
Not picking on you, ktown, as a lot of posters seem to want to liken Duchene to Jenks and Gagne without much to substantiate the comparison, other than they are all good players.