Robertson is gonna be a 1st round NHLer, Jones a 2nd round NHLer. That joins SDA as a 3rd rounder, Gallant as a 4th rounder, Chisholm, Fraser and Kirk who are also NHL drafted. Merk's a 1st round NHLer. Osmanski and Paquette were NHL drafted. This team is just rife with NHL talent and scouts eyes all over them.
Sounds like Cuyll's parents are just looking for the path of least resistance where their kid doesn't have to overcome any sort of adversity or face any challenges, after the reports in Windsor have come out. No idea what McTavish is thinking. Could he have a nicer facility in another city? Yeah. It's not like Owen Sound or North Bay or Mississauga is THAT much nicer than PMC. I mean there's some gorgeous arenas in this league with more modern facilities but there's probably 5 that fit into that category. There's teams that have done worse over the last five year stretch than us. There's teams with worse coaches than us. There's teams with more off ice drama than us. There's teams with worse attendance than us.
If McTavish wants to play in the NHL, we can make that happen as well as any team in the league. It might not be as easy as with some other super-franchises like Oshawa/London but if he's good enough, he'll be drafted. That's why I've changed my opinion from we should have just taken the next kid in line that said he'll report, to **** Mason McTavish. Suit up and play or **** off. If he doesn't want to play for Peterborough than he can sit out a year or go play in Switzerland and we'll take the 2nd round comp pick, or deal his ass where we choose in January for a star player. We're not a perfect franchise but we're better than this Cuyll/McTavish bull****. You're a 16 year old kid, prove something before you act like a diva. Everyone says Merkley and his parents are the biggest primadonnas in the league, yet here they are in Peterborough. If it's good enough for a signed, NHL 1st round draft pick, it's good enough for some 16 year old kid.
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