ktownhockey
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I have been looking over statistics and draft positions in the last few years and to me it seems NCAA players are getting too much recognition.
I believe its a more mature offensive brand of hockey, that is very competitive and exciting, but I do not feel that players should be getting drafted out of the NCAA nearly as much as they are.
Here's my reasoning. For example a player such as Martin St Pierre (guelph storm) who put up an incredible amount of points in the OHL in his 4 years in th league was never drafted. Also look at Eric Himmelfarb not highly touted bu OHL standards but signs a free agent deal with Detroit and finishes the season in Grand rapids. Also the biggest example of all Nathan Robinson whom I know personally and is and has always been an amazing player. He led the OHL in scoring in the 2002-2003 season and in years previous he was not given any recognition when draft day came around (he was eligble starting 2000 draft).
My point being that out of these three guys 2 of them played Junior A St.Pierre as a 16 year old and recorded 75 points, and Robinson as a 14/15, and 15/16 year old and he had 35 + goals in his rookie season if I can remember correctly. Either way if these guys would have decided on an NCAA scholarship they would have went to the "big" name schools ie Michigan, Wisconsin, Maine etc and they would have been looked at with scouts from all teams because they are older, and usually NCAA palyers get drafted at a later age due to the old rules.
This makes no sense to me why guys under 5"10 who do very well in the OHL but by no means dominate it are not even getting considered to be drafted to the NHL and I see guys coming out of NCAA getting drafted that couldnt even play in the same rink as these guys growing up.
It just goes to show that a scout wants to see maturity I guess. Lets draft a 20 year old who's 6"1 from the NCAA who has scored 6 goals.
Smaller OHL players should be given a better chance to be drafted to the NHL.
The NCAA is a great league but I feel that so many players playing on even the second lines in the OHL would up their draft status simply if they played in the NCAA... just my opinion (sorry this is so long) lol
thanks ktownhockey
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I believe its a more mature offensive brand of hockey, that is very competitive and exciting, but I do not feel that players should be getting drafted out of the NCAA nearly as much as they are.
Here's my reasoning. For example a player such as Martin St Pierre (guelph storm) who put up an incredible amount of points in the OHL in his 4 years in th league was never drafted. Also look at Eric Himmelfarb not highly touted bu OHL standards but signs a free agent deal with Detroit and finishes the season in Grand rapids. Also the biggest example of all Nathan Robinson whom I know personally and is and has always been an amazing player. He led the OHL in scoring in the 2002-2003 season and in years previous he was not given any recognition when draft day came around (he was eligble starting 2000 draft).
My point being that out of these three guys 2 of them played Junior A St.Pierre as a 16 year old and recorded 75 points, and Robinson as a 14/15, and 15/16 year old and he had 35 + goals in his rookie season if I can remember correctly. Either way if these guys would have decided on an NCAA scholarship they would have went to the "big" name schools ie Michigan, Wisconsin, Maine etc and they would have been looked at with scouts from all teams because they are older, and usually NCAA palyers get drafted at a later age due to the old rules.
This makes no sense to me why guys under 5"10 who do very well in the OHL but by no means dominate it are not even getting considered to be drafted to the NHL and I see guys coming out of NCAA getting drafted that couldnt even play in the same rink as these guys growing up.
It just goes to show that a scout wants to see maturity I guess. Lets draft a 20 year old who's 6"1 from the NCAA who has scored 6 goals.
Smaller OHL players should be given a better chance to be drafted to the NHL.
The NCAA is a great league but I feel that so many players playing on even the second lines in the OHL would up their draft status simply if they played in the NCAA... just my opinion (sorry this is so long) lol
thanks ktownhockey
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