MrGuyPerson
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- Aug 19, 2020
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I can only speak for myself, but I did not love the pick. I could have been biased though because I was not a fan of Provorov's youth team adding like 7 Russians and 3 canadians. I am pretty sure they were the first and only international team to win the US national tournament. That team had 2 future 1st round picks(Sprong, Provorov), a 6th round pick, and 7th round pick I think.Maybe I am remembering this wrong, but I thought everyone loved that pick when it happened?
The honest reason I was against it is... the word around the youth league was Provorov forged his birth certificate and was a 94 birth year playing at the 97 level. No way to know for sure, but everyone said it. I met one of his former teammates at a junior camp and he told me he not only knew that Provorov forged it, but how he forged it and said he reported it to USA hockey. He was happy to tell anyone that'd listen. He clarified that not every Russian on the team forged their birth certificate, but he was adamant that Provorov specifically did. That doesn't mean it is true, but I and many others certainly believed it
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