ahmedou
DOU
- Oct 7, 2017
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For all the nationalities of the world, the road to the NHL is hardy. Going through multiples years of hardship.Tell me about it. In my opinion it's always been r eally political from most of the time on all levels my nephew has played the game. It's always who you know, the word of mouth, reputation. And really it's not for low income people. That is why the well of players is so thin.
But it takes a lot of dedication and commitement. You have to really love hockey and be ready to travel a lot and commiting to it during school. My brother in law and his son are both hockey nuts, they are really passionate so that's not an issue for them. But I would never have done this as a player or parent.
If it were me, every boy would play hockey in elementary school in Quebec. You get the free equipement and so forth.
From time to time, politics + prejudices + the hockeyer's entourage (friends,parents,etc) and + and + tips the balance.
Check it out the Trajectoires Hockey (on RDS) series. Some endearing and touching stories. Joé Juneau moved to ECAC. Others famous players were not drafted. Marc-André Bergeron. Dan Boyle. Steve Duchesne. Marc Bureau. Stephan Lebeau. Francis Bouillon.