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The London Knights' Patrick Kane is a possible No. 1 pick overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
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he should definitely stay in the o for another season and pickup more hardware.
ideally id like to see him at 180-190.
nevertheless,
great article!
Just throwing a thought out there, but... I wonder if Kane isn't a perfect example of the argument for perhaps allowing each team to assign 1 junior aged player to the minors. Because I'm not sure that playing another season in the OHL will be all that great for his development, particularly if Hunter is still coaching. Well, obviously there are benefits to playing under Hunter too. But if he continued to play 30 minutes a night, get 2 minute shifts, have nothing but green lights on offense... I wonder if that would really help him round out his game or have the stamina left to add some of the strength that he'll ultimately need. Sure, he might put up 200 points or something crazy like that too, but it might ultimately delay his arrival a little bit.
Or not - like I said, it's just a thought thrown out there. But it seems to me like he's really too good for the level he's playing at now, and you'd really like to see him face something more challenging, ideally.