Yes, I saw White at the Medicine Hat tournament a few weeks ago and he was very good. BTW Benson was named mvp of the tournament.
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Yes, I saw White at the Medicine Hat tournament a few weeks ago and he was very good. BTW Benson was named mvp of the tournament.
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Sick stats. Then you consider the fact that Lemieux was close to that PPG number over an entire season in the Q.
It's certainly fun to follow high scoring phenoms though.
Breakfast of Champs
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Imagine what would the chl single seaon points record be if the NHL locked out 84-85. Very intrigued by Benson as well. It'll be interesting to see if he becomes the whl's 1st exceptional player.
Looking a bit ahead, it will be nice to see how Benson looks at the All-Canadian game against other fellow elite talents.
YEGJuniorFan
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I dont really understand why the WHL and Q dont do this if Ontario has made it official. It's all the CHL, not fair to Benson just because he is from AB
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I dont think there's ever really been the need to.
I know comparing between leagues isn't exactly fair, but at the same age RNH only had 87 points in 36 games in the BCMML.
Yes, it's not fair to compare between leagues/regions, but it's even less fair to compare between different levels.
Those stats would be for midget, while Benson is playing bantam.
RNH had 43-43-86 in 65 during his first year of bantam and 119-95-214 in 66 in his second.
However, comparing players to each other at this level using stats, even if they are in the same league, is somewhat pointless.
Just as RNH put up 87 pts, Matthew Barzal is on pace to put up over 100pts in the same amount of games in the BCMML. Same league, different years, a bit hard to compare still. Can we say Barzal will be better than RNH?
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Whoops.
But I wasn't comparing the two as players, I was more so making the point that even with the rare 1st overall picks to come from the WHL there isn't really situation which call for special exemption into the CHL.
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YEGJuniorFan
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The Q and the WHL don't have the exceptional status rule. In the dub you can play 6 games as a 15 year old I believe
I don't know, I haven't seen Barzal enough to be able to say how good he'll really be.
He has been compared to RNH for a long time because of their similar dominance, paths, and playing style, though.
That's not true.
Exceptional status is awarded by Hockey Canada, not by the leagues.
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That's not true either. Crosby went to hockey Canada to try and get it, Tavares, Ekblad and McDavid went to the OHL.
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, No, Hockey Canada awards Exceptional Status. Hockey Canada is suppose to be the independent arbitrator deciding the the kid's skill set and his level of maturity, whereas a league will be biased and more prone to make a decision based on business. It is not the responsibility of the league to decide exceptional status, it is Hockey Canada.
BondraTime
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http://www.tsn.ca/blogs/bob_mckenzie/?id=389764
Tavares was deemed by the OHL, Ekblad and McDavid by Hockey Canada.
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Back in 2004 the OHL made the decision. That's not the case anymore. It's the responsibility of HC to determine ES.
YEGJuniorFan
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Ok so Benson could potentially apply to Hockey Canada and get it? I am not suggesting he should, but it is an option? Would be cool if Seattle got him and convinced Barzal to come play.
I believe Crosby contacted the QMJHL in hopes of being exempt and was denied.
Tavares applying to the OHL for exceptional status got the ball rolling for the exceptional status clause in the CDM that was introduced in 2005.
Before that, it was a regional decision.
Post 2005, it's Hockey Canada in conjunction with the regional governing body of the player (i.e. Ontario Hockey Federation).
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There is no "exceptional status" rule in WHL!!! Players have to wait until their 16 year old season to play full time. They are allowed to play 6 games as a 15 year old and then can get called up for more games as a 15 year old once their minor hockey season has officially ended. Alot of 15 year old top WHL prospects from each team lots of time get in somewhere between the 6 games up to about 12 games or so.
You're incorrect and posting basically the same thing in two separate threads won't change that.
Exceptional status is Hockey Canada, not the WHL.
You just haven't seen it used before because there hasn't been a player that has impressed enough to warrant it.
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You'd think that someone would inform all of the people talking about it then, including Benson, who has publicly stated that he's thought about having the opportunity, or someone like this:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/2012/12/07/tyler_benson_next_whl_phenom/
You'd think if it really didn't exist in the WHL like you claim, he'd say it flat out.
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