Yes it was a dumb argument. They only take players from the NDTP and College. They have been doing it for years. Matthews and Tkachuk were the last guys who weren't from that program or college who played. They had a 3rd string goalie in one of those years in between too who played OHL.
I kind of doubt we can get anything at all unless it's retained. MAYBE a team like Chicago would do something like that, but who knows.
I can't imagine him helping a team win. Even the goal last night. He turns it over at the blueline. He dogs it back. He coasts late into the zone. He then rips a good shot with a nice release. That's his player card all on the same shift.
I just watched the clip again. You're correct, I thought it was Kuzmenko.
So they "only take NDTP/college players", then you name non-NDTP/college players that they have taken. Talk about dumb arguments.
It's like you can't see they haven't done it in more than 8 years. Does Vancouver still operate the same way as the Benning years? That was only 3 years ago. Goodness, use some common sense. Awful, uninformed opinions.
So they would pass up on a player that as you have said "defends like Tanev", while putting up the points he has? That is arguably the best prospect in hockey if that was true. Not a chance. You over-rate him by a lot due to stat watching. The fact is that they had better options, which shows he isn't the calibre of prospect you seem to think he is. Plus it isn't strange at all for them to have a run of U.S. based players, seeing as the vast majority of Americans are playing there. And you talk of common sense..
There's some bad posters here, but you take the cake. Completely and utterly wrong yet so confident in your incorrectness. You should listen to some hockey podcasts. Frank Seravalli directly states in his podcast "USA hockey doesn't take Junior players to support the NDTP." Is he wrong too? Is them not doing it for more than 8 years not enough evidence for you? Do you argue the earth is flat and stop signs are blue?
