Is There A Father Son Possibility in the NHL?

[jbeck5]

I'm not a basketball fan, but everything suggests Bronny sucks.

He's like Brodeur drafting his son in the 7th round, but they're going to force Bronny to play.

Not the same, but gives me Brad Peltz vibes lol.

 

[agent082]

Is there any under 23 player who has a kid?

 

[Felidae]

I'm sure Jagr has some kids out there somewhere.

Who knows, he may have already played with a son in the NHL

 

[BruinLVGA]

It’s 2024: how about some mom and son playing in the NHL. Break that glass ceiling…

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Most professional athletes have kids a tad later. Lebron had Bronny young and has played at an elite level for a long time.

On top of that NBA players have a ton of influence and he essentially forced the Lakers to draft him.

He had incredibly poor Stats in College and probably needed 1 or 2 more years with good health for a chance to be drafted. We will wait and see but this was sports nepotism.

 

[Whalers Fan]

Keith gonna come out of retirement to play with Mathhew and Brady one day. He's only about a month out from game shape.

Maybe a month as measured on the planet Neptune.

 

[Oneiro]

Most great players with long careers are pretty smart - Pavelski, St. Louis, etc.

And having a kid when you're 19-20 is not viewed as smart these days. Not a judgment, it's just generally how this generation views young parenthood.

Think it's very unlikely.

 

[Jared Dunn]

I'm not a basketball fan, but everything suggests Bronny sucks.

He's like Brodeur drafting his son in the 7th round, but they're going to force Bronny to play.

Bronny's stat line this year is gonna be like 25 MPG and 0.7-1-1, JJ Redick already fighting for his life

Ziggy Palffy had a son as a 20 years old and they both played in the Slovak league at the same time for a couple of seasons. Not the same team and Ziggy didn’t ackowledge him as a son back then (he later did). Not NHL, but shows it can happen.

Did his son earn his respect through his game so he finally claimed him?

 

[NyQuil]

 

[jigglysquishy]

Chris Chelios' son was the right age to play in the NHL in 2009-10 if he was good enough, but that was the season after Chelios retired.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

Chelios could have played with his grandkids!

 

[AvroArrow]

Lebrons son has absolutely no business whatsoever being in the NBA. Not shitting on the kid, seems like a very genuine human, but he's trash at basketball and literally was only drafted because of his dad. It's embarassing.

It's very rare for a father and son to both be elite level talents at the same time, so I'll go ahead and say no. Also hockey players really aren't having children at such a young age, I don't think there's anyone that could play until 45-50 in the modern NHL.

 

[Toby91ca]

I'm sure Jagr has some kids out there somewhere.

Jagr isn’t in the NHL though

 

[Sasha Orlov]

The Oilers and Kings have played each other in the first round three consecutive years

 

[Jive Pawnbroker]

I saw a TV commercial during the playoffs where it looked like Stamkos' kid was NHL-ready lol.

 

[DaveG]

Chris Chelios' son was the right age to play in the NHL in 2009-10 if he was good enough, but that was the season after Chelios retired.

decent chance he would have been able to play in the A with Jake if he had wanted to after his Freshman year if Jake had wanted to turn pro immediately. About as close as it would have gotten unfortunately.

 

[miscs75]

Sebastian Aho and Matt Murray are the closest we’ll get. Both have people who stole their identities in the league.

 

[SmytheKing]

It's funny that people who have never watched Bronny play are making judgements on his ability. He was mocked to go top-20 before his heart condition happened. Then he played a season and he was mocked to go in the mid to late 2nd (exactly where he ended up going). Y'all have no idea what sort of player he is and you think NBA 2nd rounders are like NHL second rounders. They aren't. They usually don't do much of anything.

It's unlikely that this happens in the NHL though. Or in any North American sport just because of the difficulty in making it to the pros. Add in the longevity factor and it's even more difficult. The dad, at the very least, needs to be close to a HOF level player and have the luck of staying healthy. You're talking about an Ovechkin or Crosby type career where they have a kid around 20 who then turns into a pro player. Very, very unlikely.

 

[DaveG]

Lebrons son has absolutely no business whatsoever being in the NBA. Not shitting on the kid, seems like a very genuine human, but he's trash at basketball and literally was only drafted because of his dad. It's embarassing.

It's very rare for a father and son to both be elite level talents at the same time, so I'll go ahead and say no. Also hockey players really aren't having children at such a young age, I don't think there's anyone that could play until 45-50 in the modern NHL.

I think Burns is probably the closest we have right now with his son playing (and playing quite well) with the U-13 Canes, but that's still a good 5 more years he'll have to play, I have a hard time seeing him going beyond another 2-3 and that's only if he's absolutely pushing for the iron man record (currently at 843 compared to Phil the Thrill's 1064).

 

[Jozay]

Bruins, Leafs

 

[StreetHawk]

Very difficult to accomplish. Having a kid by like age 20 and also needing that kid to be good enough to make the NHL either after they just got draft or a year later is hard. Like maybe a handful accomplish that as teens. Then the father needing to be both healthy and productive enough to be in the NHL at 38 and older.

Oldest skater next season could be Giorando, who would have been a 2002 draft pick. But he has not signed yet. If not him, then in it Burns and Perry who have deals for next season. Waiting on if Suter signs somewhere as well. These guys are 39 in 2024.

A lot of things need to happen for a Father/Son situation in the NHL at the same time.

 

[JAK]

You guys all saying having a kid at age 20 isn't thinking outside the box.

We need a player who can play, to have a kid at 15, and be so good that the fact he had a kid at 15 does not drive away teams from drafting him.

And all we need is for the baby to be good enough as well.

 

[HBK27]

I'm not a basketball fan, but everything suggests Bronny sucks.

He's like Brodeur drafting his son in the 7th round, but they're going to force Bronny to play.

That was a cool moment with the draft being in New Jersey and Marty being a franchise icon that would eventually have his own statue put up outside the arena. Anthony Brodeur was the 4th to last pick in the draft and the 3 guys selected after him didn't do much of anything for their teams either. Yeah, it was technically a "waste" of a pick, but one that had such low value to begin with.

With LeBron, didn't he flat out say or at least imply that he wanted to play with his son and would go to whichever team drafted him?

 

[Toby91ca]

Ziggy Palffy had a son as a 20 years old and they both played in the Slovak league at the same time for a couple of seasons. Not the same team and Ziggy didn’t ackowledge him as a son back then (he later did). Not NHL, but shows it can happen.

We’ll, it’s already happened with the Howes, so we know it’s possible already but super extremely unlikely.

The example of Palffy shows is nothing about whether it’s possible other than having both be good hockey players at the appropriate age…that pretty much exists all the time. The missing piece there…are either good enough for the NHL?

 

[blankall]

Ziggy Palffy had a son as a 20 years old and they both played in the Slovak league at the same time for a couple of seasons. Not the same team and Ziggy didn’t ackowledge him as a son back then (he later did). Not NHL, but shows it can happen.

That must have made for some awkward/emotionally charged games. Is there a link for this story somewhere, it's not on his wiki page.