I thought the same thing...I also thought saint john would have nabbed him after he fell...I wonder if he had a bad interview with teams or if he let teams know something about potentially going else where to play?
Several people seemed to have slipped and at least two who were in the top 40 selected to go to the Quebec tournament didn't get drafted at all . Both I think may be going to prep schools next year but certainly deserve to be drafted . A good organization could change the minds of some of these guys who may be on the fence and some talented players are being missed . Is this a form of punishment for not commiting to the Q ?
Most of the NL drafted kids moved up from the CSR list.
Punishment? If you're a top player they will try and get you to change your mind as they drafted Morin and Kilfoil even tough they committed to USHL teams. All other players were probably unfortunately not worth the effort to convince to go the Q route.
i wouldnt say it is a punishment for not getting drafted...when i was scouting we did extensive calls and research on players we where looking at taking even at the draft table when we drafted Maxime Clermont to call his NCAA school to see if he actually enrolled and he was, we still took him 1st round though because our goaltending coach was his summer coach and was convinced he could persuade hiou wm...you would still think though in the late rounds that players would get taken on the incase factor...I do not think teams are in the punishment ways though...because not every team would think the same...but i have no explenation for guys being missed....who was missed that you thought should have gotten drafted?
Definitely not punishment. Teams make the best choice they can for their team based on the information they have. They draft based on what they think kids project towards. Sometimes teams also just make bad ill informed picks as well. Many kids who are drafted will not play meaningful games. It can be blessing outside of hockey to not get drafted in some kids cases.
They definitely missed out on William Stonehouse and Noah Boland . William was on the Nova Scotia Canada Games Team so he was one of the two best goalies in the province and he was the winning goalie in the overtime game against NB . Boland as I recall , played on a line with Lane Sim and Luke Sinclair in the top prospects game in Moncton and he scored the only goal for the blue team . Also he had a goal in the Q Cup in Sheerbroke . How do you get selected to those teams and NOT get drafted .
I know from being a scout in the QMJHL for a long time that Quebec based scouts put a lot of stock in the Quebec based tournaments for drafting Maritimers...some teams do not even have maritime scouts and only see these guys at these tournaments.
I certainly hope a player's chances of getting drafted would not be decided on a one weekend tournament . The week long Canada Winter Games tournament should have been a much more potent sign of what a kid can be as a player . A tournament in which you play against the BEST kids your own age in this country should tell you a lot more than a weekend tournament. Several maritime kids didn't do well in this tournament and apparently it didn't matter as they had good positioning in the draft . Others had great success and didn't fare off so well . Hard to understand for sure !!! There must be many other hidden factors that we are not aware of or else this drafting system is terribly flawed !!!
the scouts at the monctonian are not just Maritime based scouts...tons of scouts from quebec come to the monctonian and ice jam and are limited to maritimers in just tournaments like that
trust me i been in the league a long time...the drafting system is VERY flawed...not a lot of maritme scouts compared to quebec based scouts...i remember being in talks with our team when some scouts wanted to trade the pick away because there was not many good french players at that position...some lower budget QMJHL teams only see maritime teams at big tournaments like monctonian, ice jam, the few that go to Quebec and this year they had the canada games...you have teams that tell players to play NCAA route until they step up...so ya the drafting is flawed...
That, I agree with. Just saying the maritimes players are seen by all teams at all events, not just at one event at the end of the year
