How many Quebecois did we draft that succeeded? Maybe ban them tooI don’t know how to carry quotes forward. On the last thread 417 said:
“I know I don't want anything to do with players from Manitoba...
Especially if they're from Flin Flon.
Edit - throw in the state of Idaho too...nothing good but potatoes comes out of Idaho.”
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Thats a silly comparison to a player from russia. There are clear cultural gaps that are at play. Notably language. How many Finns or Swedes come over not speaking any english? Or retire with choppy English? And how many players from Idaho head home to play profession hockey in their primes?
Players from anywhere can fail but players from Russia offer unique challenges. So ya, I would take consensus pick Russian, or gamble in later rounds, but I’d be hesitant to draft a Russian player if I had a comparable player from another region on my list. Ymmv but I doubt any scout lasts long that favours drafting from Russia, lots of high profile busts.
Just for fun looks at the Preds draft history.
They have taken around 20 Russan players in their history and only one really turned out, Radulov, and he peeled back to Russia lol. They didn’t draft another one for like 8 years (took two last draft). Think about that, 18 years in the league and one Russian player shows promise and bails.
I was being sarcastic...I thought that was obvious lol.I don’t know how to carry quotes forward. On the last thread 417 said:
“I know I don't want anything to do with players from Manitoba...
Especially if they're from Flin Flon.
Edit - throw in the state of Idaho too...nothing good but potatoes comes out of Idaho.”
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Thats a silly comparison to a player from russia. There are clear cultural gaps that are at play. Notably language. How many Finns or Swedes come over not speaking any english? Or retire with choppy English? And how many players from Idaho head home to play profession hockey in their primes?
Players from anywhere can fail but players from Russia offer unique challenges. So ya, I would take consensus pick Russian, or gamble in later rounds, but I’d be hesitant to draft a Russian player if I had a comparable player from another region on my list. Ymmv but I doubt any scout lasts long that favours drafting from Russia, lots of high profile busts.
Just for fun looks at the Preds draft history.
They have taken around 20 Russan players in their history and only one really turned out, Radulov, and he peeled back to Russia lol. They didn’t draft another one for like 8 years (took two last draft). Think about that, 18 years in the league and one Russian player shows promise and bails.
I don’t know how to carry quotes forward. O
Some of the people that think that Russians are evil are also the same people that clamour and bang drums that we do not draft enough local talent from the Q. So double standard like! Welcome to hf habs. The same people that accuse me of being a bigot for my harsh criticism of Drouin are the first ones to call Radulov a mercenary! This needs to change.I was being sarcastic...I thought that was obvious lol.
But for the record, I think having internal policies that exclude players based on where they're born, is ridiculous (if not downright shameful).
But it's hockey...as I said earlier in that thread, xenophobia kinda comes with the territory.
P.s. - I'm sure if you scoured through the Preds draft history, you'll notice they drafted plenty of good Canadian boys who flopped too.
If you're a team who avoids drafting Russian players because of fears with their signability...that's one thing.
But if you're not drafting Russians and have internal policies excluding Russians based purely on the fact they're Russian...
Then that's a whole other (disturbing) thing.
I was being sarcastic...I thought that was obvious lol.
But for the record, I think having internal policies that exclude players based on where they're born, is ridiculous (if not downright shameful).
But it's hockey...as I said earlier in that thread, xenophobia kinda comes with the territory.
P.s. - I'm sure if you scoured through the Preds draft history, you'll notice they drafted plenty of good Canadian boys who flopped too.
If you're a team who avoids drafting Russian players because of fears with their signability...that's one thing.
But if you're not drafting Russians and have internal policies excluding Russians based purely on the fact they're Russian...
Then that's a whole other (disturbing) thing.
If you want a linked quote on a closed thread, you can bookmark the post, then go to your account's bookmark list, there you will find the post's unique ID.
Like your present post:
quote=japhi, post: 163493485, member: 231705
Some of the people that think that Russians are evil are also the same people that clamour and bang drums that we do not draft enough local talent from the Q. So double standard like! Welcome to hf habs. The same people that accuse me of being a bigot for my harsh criticism of Drouin are the first ones to call Radulov a mercenary! This needs to change.
https://nypost.com/2019/07/27/why-kevin-shattenkirk-will-soon-be-rangers-salary-cap-casualty/
Larry Brooks saying Shattenkirk will be bought out next week LOL
Shattenkirk and Brendan Smith, two terrible contracts given by Jeff Gorton.
Do you think some team trades for either of them in exchange for a prospect and/or pick /Rags eating some salary or does Gorton buy both out?
They should leave the multi-quote function active even for closed threads. It’s a real pain to have to recreate a post from a closed thread into an active thread, esp. when you have several.
Or at least a quote option/command in the bookmark list.
From what Brooks indicates, Shattenkirk most likely will be bought out. If that is true, I see them holding onto Smith instead. Maybe he will be traded with a compensation attached to it. I would be surprised if they buy both out. And I'd also be surprised that they trade both because I doubt they'd want to make two trades where they are forced to attach picks and/or prospects in order to get rid of them.
Brendan Smith was given the Alzner treatment a year ago when he was sent to the minors. Last year, however, he played all of his games in the NHL.
Brooks is very well connected. I guess Shatty gets bought out then.
They should leave the multi-quote function active even for closed threads. It’s a real pain to have to recreate a post from a closed thread into an active thread, esp. when you have several.
This usually happens in repeating threads i.e. The out of town thread.I'm taking good note of this suggestions and see what we could do.
This usually happens in repeating threads i.e. The out of town thread.
How about when a thread is closed, a link is created to the new thread so that when you reply in a closed thread, it automatically goes to the new one. Is that doable?
Man, really sad how Shattenkirk's stock plummeted over the last two years. He's only 30! What happened to him?
I was being sarcastic...I thought that was obvious lol.
But for the record, I think having internal policies that exclude players based on where they're born, is ridiculous (if not downright shameful).
But it's hockey...as I said earlier in that thread, xenophobia kinda comes with the territory.
P.s. - I'm sure if you scoured through the Preds draft history, you'll notice they drafted plenty of good Canadian boys who flopped too.
If you're a team who avoids drafting Russian players because of fears with their signability...that's one thing.
But if you're not drafting Russians and have internal policies excluding Russians based purely on the fact they're Russian...
Then that's a whole other (disturbing) thing.
I think teams are savvy enough to have come up with specified criteria that also entails the geographical history of the player they scout. It's not enough to say, "Well, they're from Russia, so no." It's more like "Well, they're from (insert country/state/province/league), so let's look at the checklist."