Rumor: Prospect Matteau Jr article on RDS
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http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/jr...fan-matteau-reportedly-quits-b-034759479.html
lou really wanted this 29th pick lol
lou really wanted this 29th pick lol
hlaverty06
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The coolest of cool, Bjorn Borg, spent his youth being the worst behaving player. I believe it was the same with Federer. Most brats can be taught to behave in the world of sports.
Relax guys.
He's a kid. He's frustrated. He's made a stupid irrational decision in the heat of the moment. No-one here has ever done the same?
Has very little to do with how he'll turn out. Stop pretending like he quit playing hockey or Lou has to trade him now because he has discipline issues.
I'm not that high on the guy (i see his max potential as a solid 2nd line winger) but this has very, very little to do with it.
He's a kid. He's frustrated. He's made a stupid irrational decision in the heat of the moment. No-one here has ever done the same?
Has very little to do with how he'll turn out. Stop pretending like he quit playing hockey or Lou has to trade him now because he has discipline issues.
I'm not that high on the guy (i see his max potential as a solid 2nd line winger) but this has very, very little to do with it.
The fact that his dad is a assistant HC makes this even weirder. If he did drop his team, this is pretty alarming.
MartyOwns
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not after being drafted in the first round of the nhl draft, nope. cant say I have.
I forgot first round draft picks give up their rights to have emotions and must immediately mature beyond their years or else.
Volodya Krutov
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The only relevant point out of this story to me is I wish we'd start calling players strikers and calling our games duels. Especially when playing the rangers.
Kid being a dumb kid. Dad drama overlaid with hockey drama. Not a first.
Kid being a dumb kid. Dad drama overlaid with hockey drama. Not a first.
CerebralGenesis
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Isn't that the point of interviewing players before the draft? Do we skip that process since we are broke now or something?
Unknown Caller
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This. We also had a grown man shoot a puck at a coach and an NHL captain publicly criticize his coach for making him take a road trip with the team. The fact that an 18 (19?) year old kid got pissed at his coach and quit the team (with 2 games left) is essentially a non-issue. It's an emotional game, and he's a young player who doesn't know how to control his emotions yet. No big deal.
Is there any difference between this and a professional player holding out or requesting a trade? Barely.
Kids get drafted at the age of 18 years old. Matteau is 19 right now. You're foolish to think that they're not going to make the same mistakes a typical teenager would. Being drafted doesn't make you wiser than your years nor does it force you to give up the natural development of growing up by making mistake and learning from them.
The point of interviewing players is to make sure they have no emotions and will immediately mature once they're drafted? Seriously?
Getzo5
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Guy started the year in the NHL. Making bank, flying everywhere, dealing with the best of the best in life. And then has to ride the bus in Junior. Damn right he's frustrated.
And I hope he channels that into being the best damn player he can be.
And I hope he channels that into being the best damn player he can be.
CerebralGenesis
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Kids get drafted at the age of 18 years old. Matteau is 19 right now. You're foolish to think that they're not going to make the same mistakes a typical teenager would. Being drafted doesn't make you wiser than your years nor does it force you to give up the natural development of growing up by making mistake and learning from them.
The point of interviewing players is to make sure they have no emotions and will immediately mature once they're drafted? Seriously?
Why aren't other players showing emotion coming out of the draft? I'm confused since everyone is like this.
Not that that is even my point, not sure how I got sucked into that low level argument.
Keeping the pick at all is what irks me still.
Your question should be: Why aren't other players quitting their teams? Because the one you posed is just.. stupid in all honesty.
He made a mistake. Others may not make that mistake. That doesn't mean his mistake is going to be the death of him and his NHL dreams.
Okay with it? Nope. Mostly everyone said it was a mistake.
Just not that big of a deal. Kids make mistakes. Then they learn from them. Sometimes, that makes them a better person. Sometimes, it doesn't and they make the same mistake again. Let's see how Matteau responds to this adversity before we write him off..
I don't get why posters are just brushing this off like it's something that happens often. Quitting on your team who's right in the middle of the playoffs, your teamates and your dad is pretty brutal IMO.
What bothers me the most about his actions is that he quit for a childish ****ing reason. You're going to leave the team because you got benched by your head coach? Is that they type of character this kid has when the going get's tough or because he got a taste at "the good life" in the NHL?
I'm 110% certain that if it were a Rangers prospect, we'd be calling Sather a idiot right about now but since it's the Devils, we'll just be calling it "monday drama". Kabanov pulled the same **** and everyone was calling the kid "brain dead" and was nothing else then a massive bust.
It's funny how quick we look away when stuff happens in our own back yard but are just as quick to laugh at the misfortune of others... And that's one of the main reasons I love this place
What bothers me the most about his actions is that he quit for a childish ****ing reason. You're going to leave the team because you got benched by your head coach? Is that they type of character this kid has when the going get's tough or because he got a taste at "the good life" in the NHL?
I'm 110% certain that if it were a Rangers prospect, we'd be calling Sather a idiot right about now but since it's the Devils, we'll just be calling it "monday drama". Kabanov pulled the same **** and everyone was calling the kid "brain dead" and was nothing else then a massive bust.
It's funny how quick we look away when stuff happens in our own back yard but are just as quick to laugh at the misfortune of others... And that's one of the main reasons I love this place
I don't get why posters are just brushing this off like it's something that happens often. Quitting on your team who's right in the middle of the playoffs, your teamates and your dad is pretty brutal IMO.
What bothers me the most about his actions is that he quit for a childish ****ing reason. You're going to leave the team because you got benched by your head coach? Is that they type of character this kid has when the going get's tough or because he got a taste at "the good life" in the NHL?
I'm 110% certain that if it where a Rangers prospect, we'd be calling Sather a idiot right about now but since it's the Devils, we'll just be calling it "monday drama".
Love this place
You don't even know why he quit and you're calling his reasons childish..
Why don't we wait for him to talk before we indict the guy?
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