beastintheeast
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I'm just wondering then how kids end up in the East Coast universities. There must be some sort of agreement. LOLThe deal is done. He will have to negotiate an OA contract. What he can negotiate, Idk.
From what I understand, the standard ohl education package is paid at the rates of tuiton and books at the university nearest the home adress for up to fours years towards an (undergraduate?) degree. Players are not getting a masters or better degree covered without getting school, government, ...bursaries.
But the $ amount accrued could conceivably cover costs in addition to books and tuition if the player managed enough university courses covered by the team while playing to graduate in less than four years. It would be wise for a NB kid to take advantage of university courses covered by the ohl team while playing if intent on going to McGill.
Anyway, from my perspective, I really do not see a reason that a player who does not fit into a team's future would play a year OA unless they get some assistance from the university during that year.
Agreed, the mistake we made last year was that we looked at how well the team is performing and thought they could maintain after the deadline when a lot of other teams added more and got better as their rookies started to understand the game.The 67’s are a smaller speedy team with solid structure and overall, solid puck movement. That will always make them competitive. From a regular season success perspective, it will come down to whether they have enough scoring. They also generally have strong goaltending and decent defence.
The way the 67’s play favours them in the early season. DC always has them properly prepared. They are also very well conditioned.
There are many reasons why Ottawa is presenting as a strong team right now. The question is whether it can be maintained AND whether that strength can be measured against the top teams they need to compete with. That answer won’t likely come about for another couple months.
Hopefuly we will not make that mistake this year.