As Bobby Clarke told Lindros at pre-draft meeting: “not sure who is providing you guidance, but NHL players play for the team who draft them, so learn to STFU, know you’re place and do as you’re told, report to Nordiques”
Before 2018, these situations rarely popped up, Wheeler (2008), Vesey (2013?) & Zach Hyman (2015) only come to mind
To fully understand the appeal of movies from the end of 70ies to mid 80ies like Star Wars, Alien, Aliens, The Thing, Blade Runner ans such you kind of have to have been alive back then. Those movies were so ahead of their time in the visual department that it was like watching something from another world.
You guys realize that it's a 2 way street right?
That’s the whole point…
Point one is quite silly. If you apply at said company for your next dream job and they ghost you, how would you feel? Same as if you're trying to quit a certain job for another opportunity. If your former company tries to coerce you into staying, how would you feel?
I think the CHL agreement is even worse than these two. Having guys like Joshua Roy waste a year in the CHL for no reason aside from greed is just bad. It also opens up more high-end development spots for youngsters and adds youth inside the sport, probably the main driver of development for a sport.
It’s not silly in the least. NCAA players are the only ones who can do this. They can take a franchise hostage and make them burn off a year of eligibility, just out right refuse to sign, demand a trade etc. and the team has zero options other then yielding to their demands. It’s madness. The only thing silly is your assertion that a club is going to “ghost” a prospect. Even if they did that, they could still ask for a trade without coming from the NCAA.
That’s sucks too but not as bad as the two points I made IMO. Yea it sucks to have to have a player stay in the OHL longer then they should be to prop up the league, but the cap subversion and huge bargaining power for NCAA players is far more of an issue, particularly not having any cap in the POs and teams can go tens of millions over cap for a playoff run. Just goes completely against the spirit of the rule and outright unfair to have two separate caps situations.
NCAA players are also unable to sign an ELC without giving up the ability to play in that league, thereby not getting any compensation up front via a signing bonus.
That’s because they can’t sign a professional contract. That shouldn’t allow them to power they can wield over a franchise.
I know the reason why. Just pointing out that there are disadvantages, as well as advantages, for NCAA players.
Seems like you're pretty upset, insulting posters because they have a different opinion
Stick to your pathetic attempts at being funny.
Like a full college scholarship that offsets the delayed bonus. I get it. Just not a good reason to allow them the leverage they have over every other player who gets drafted.
Survival - under Chevaldayoff the org has done a tremendous job drafting & slowly incubating players, which is what they’re doing w Perfetti & want to do w McGroarty.
Let's be honest, I wouldn't even want to play in Winnipeg. Regardless, he's a young guy that needs to prove himself in the big league. These young guys now consider themselves entitled and want everything handed to them on a silver platter. I wouldn't touch this guy. Lindros did the same in the 90s. So, it really depends on the induvidual. The Habs had Galchenyuk, Grabovski and the Kostitsyns, once upon a time. Ribeiro came with his share of problems. Drouin is a recent example.
Man, ppl sell Harris short, after 15, you are looking at plenty of busts in the first round. He’s easy money at a late first. If you get a Harris in the 20’s you take it and run. People don’t seem to be very good with probability on this forum. The magic beans aren’t always better than real players. Most of the time they’re not.
But that’s the thing … Jets have been very successful drafting, trading for, and most importantly retaining mid-west players.
