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How do the goalies in this draft look past Rodrigue and Gravel?
Mandolese went ahead of Gravel
How do the goalies in this draft look past Rodrigue and Gravel?
Mandolese went ahead of Gravel
Walhstrom was picked by Cape Breton, and there was rumblings he may report to some teams.I think the least surprising thing is Moncton trading out of the first round. They haven't made a pick in round 1 for the last 4 or 5 years.
Expect them to take Walsh, Wahlstrom or Wise with one of their picks even though they will never report.
Walhstrom was picked by Cape Breton, and there was rumblings he may report to some teams.
Ok Halifax is actually stacked for the future.... Like wow.
Saint John with a good pick in Bowers..
BLB should be thrilled, Bucheler and Laferriere are great picks who will excel there.
The Mooseheads are building a nasty team though. Wish they had of taken Fortier.
many US players drafted. some U.S. schools/teams had more players drafted than some midget AAA teams in Quebec
on players that will never play in Canada
makes you ask questions
We got havlena too. He was solid for the lions in the playoffs. I enjoyed watching him play. Are you suggesting bucheler would report to Q?
LOL!!!! Tigers had a much stronger D...
Also, the player drafted was probably the "smartest" D on the team, and he was the only one called up to AAA last year...
What do you say of their 4th scorer as the only draft pick?
We got havlena too. He was solid for the lions in the playoffs. I enjoyed watching him play. Are you suggesting bucheler would report to Q?
No where near having a better D core. No one including the kid that got drafted know how to move the puck. They can carry it ala Bobby Orr but can't move the puck if their life depended on it. -- Just my opinion.
Kid in question was -3 on his first shift, and never saw the ice again. If he does stay on and make the team for next season, I think he will get the Feldman treatment unless he vastly improves on gap, pivoting, and speed.
For the 4th scorer, it's no secret. Eric played for Gatineau and these 2 players got drafted by Gatineau in the late rounds. It's obvious what happened here but the real question is, why dis any of the top 3 D man and top 3 scorers be left out. Parents are not happy and some are starting to think that there is a conflict of interest as Eric is now a player agent with the Octagon and these 2 are his clients. I wouldnt be surprised if this hurts the Preds registration for Espoir.
When I spoke to the dad awhile back its was going to be the sons choice and they weren't pro anything.
...... Holly smokes, the notes above warrant a discussion and a head scratching about Lacombe,........
Yeah apparently it's true. Pictures of Eric are surfacing with his clients while they were at PEI.
This makes him have a major conflict of interest since he is the coach and was promoting his clients which happen to be from another school, not even from John Rennie.
Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.
Talk around school is that a few kids will not be returning back to the Rennie program becuase of all this.
Wow Lions Hockey are you kidding me say that the Tigers had better D, what D did the Tigers have no offence but they had 2nd years players who should be ashamed of themselves because they did ZERO , they should of not wasted there parents money . They would be better off playing in MAA and for the record what kind of Kool Aid are you drinking , Holly smokes, the notes above warrant a discussion and a head scratching about Lacombe, however lets go further why draft US players when they are not even go to show up, the players drafted overall weight around 160 PDS and less , is this the QMJL or are talking about the league that was.
If you look at what was drafted except for a few acceptations , the rest were favours and agents / family advisors and certain organizations pulling favours that's it , Quick question they were about 1000 people in attendance at the draft . Tells me a lot about what everyone thought
Why would a midget espoir coach who may or may not be working with an agency have any impact and why a kid may or may not get drafted?
One client is the 4th leading scorer on the team and the other client is the 6th dman.
They both got drafted by his old team - Gatineau. Both clients do not even go to Rennie.
Both clients were the first wave of key situations while the top 3 forwards and the other Dmen sat out.
When Q teams ask his opinion on one of his players that ARE NOT his client, he can give a bad review and then push his client onto that scout.
He can showcase his clients every game.
He can put his clients against the weak kids of the other team to make them look good.
There are many reasons.
At the end of the day, no one will care what is said. It's all about the perception that current and potential clients are getting and apparently it is not good. You cannot promote kids ONLY from another school, it just doesn't look good.
You are giving scouts very little credit and putting way too much emphasis on an impact that a coach can have to who a junior team will draft. Does not work that way. Also having dealt with Eric over the last few years I know that he would and has done as much as possible to promote his own players as well as give an honest assesement of players from other teams if asked. I do think that the players who were drafted or in one case signed as a free agent from his team this year were the correct ones. i do not think there was anyone missed from his team.
.....Also having dealt with Eric over the last few years I know that he would and has done as much as possible to promote his own players as well as give an honest assesement of players from other teams if asked. .....
Just so I am clear, So with a few exceptions all of the players drafted were done as a favour to an agent or an organization?
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