Top 15 smartest players in the NHL
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Being able to successfully balance being a D1 hockey player and the academic load at an Ivy League university is impressive. Only using admittance to those schools and GPAs as proof of intelligence is not.
A 3.5 GPA at Harvard places you in the bottom half of your class.
The most frequently awarded grade is an A with the median GPA at ~3.7.
Back in the early 00s, over 90% of Harvard seniors were graduating with honors.
A 3.5 GPA at Harvard places you in the bottom half of your class.
The most frequently awarded grade is an A with the median GPA at ~3.7.
Back in the early 00s, over 90% of Harvard seniors were graduating with honors.
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Nothing to this article, it makes it seems all that matters to be smart is to have gone to university...ya no. The article is also very poorly written, I am guessing the author is not an english major. What's with all the wrestling on that site?
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ReginKarlssonLehner
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Terrible article, no offense. It's just guys who graduated from ivy league schools with any degree who probably just got in for hockey and may or may have not put in the effort to get actually earn it.
Parros deserves to be there because he actually accomplished something score wise. Greening should be too getting 3.9 GPA is terrific.
LOL.
Not even closeee, I took/am taking both and other fields in an ivy league school and the former subjects are a joke compared to science subjects ainec. Not to discredit those subjects at all but the amount of work/effort one needs to put in is 100 times less than in the sciences. Biology is pure memorization though so that's a bit different, it's identical to socio which is more or less the same. I guess it couldd
depend on the person... ? If we're solely comparing those subjects to biology only then you kinda do have a point but even then multiple choice and memorization in biology so much more detailed and complicated relative to social science/arts counterparts.
Parros deserves to be there because he actually accomplished something score wise. Greening should be too getting 3.9 GPA is terrific.
LOL.
Not even closeee, I took/am taking both and other fields in an ivy league school and the former subjects are a joke compared to science subjects ainec. Not to discredit those subjects at all but the amount of work/effort one needs to put in is 100 times less than in the sciences. Biology is pure memorization though so that's a bit different, it's identical to socio which is more or less the same. I guess it couldd
depend on the person... ? If we're solely comparing those subjects to biology only then you kinda do have a point but even then multiple choice and memorization in biology so much more detailed and complicated relative to social science/arts counterparts.
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...What? That's so off base it's funny. I've taken many poli sci classes and a couple sociology and history ones, and just one biology class and it's not even god damn close. Those are joke majors, you could graduate with a 4.0 while missing half the classes. Sociology are the easiest classes I've ever had. History is rote memorization. Political science you can basically ******** you're way through if you want to. I mean, don't get me wrong, you can get a lot out of these degrees if you choose, but the baseline for graduating with one of them is wayyyyy below any of the hard sciences.
Where did you go to school where sociology is harder than biology? You might as well try and say fine arts is equivalent to mathematics.
ROR will be as soon as he signs a new contract. When he signs for 8 years and 7-8 million that will be the smartest nost cunning thing anyone with his talent has ever done.
David Clarkson is also pretty smart.
A lot of funny jock responses popping up. Trying to slam the degrees or the schools to bring them down a peg or two. Maybe you should get in your truck and do some donuts in the parking lot, blow off some steam. 
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haha, gold.
While we're on the topic, I'd be interested to see a documentary or something about hockey players perspective on who were the the smartest players they played against.
To some degree I'd have to say most NHLers are smart. The ability to read/react to plays at a fraction of a second requires some brains.
TLDR, too many clicks
Isn't Chara a smart guy? Speaks like 7 languages, black belt in something, registered account, real estate agent, Host of Slovakian version of Jeopardy, learns that it is raining before most others... Stuff like that.
Isn't Chara a smart guy? Speaks like 7 languages, black belt in something, registered account, real estate agent, Host of Slovakian version of Jeopardy, learns that it is raining before most others... Stuff like that.
Mrb1p
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This guy is bragging about Parros' 1250 SAT score? They know that's 1250/1600 right?
You know the average was about 1050, right? 1250 was well above average.
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haha, gold.
While we're on the topic, I'd be interested to see a documentary or something about hockey players perspective on who were the the smartest players they played against.
To some degree I'd have to say most NHLers are smart. The ability to read/react to plays at a fraction of a second requires some brains.
Most NHLers aren't all that smart, at least the one's I've met, and I've met and hungout with plenty of them(I was a golf pro/teacher). Most of these guys knew from a young age they'd be playing pro, or at least had an idea that they would be. I'll throw a random number that 95% of these guys barely attended/tried in high school and post-secondary. Being smart has nothing to do with the instincts you're speaking of, a huge number of NFL players read at a grade school level but that doesn't matter so long as they're able to run fast,catch a ball,throw a ball etc. It doesn't take intelligence to be a pro athlete.
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The ones who didn't make the list should become HF Partners, I don't think it requires that much to become one
I agree that there is likely more work and higher standards required in Ivy League institutions, especially when athletics monopolize your time and likely contribute to your attendance in the first place. I think the point some are trying to make though, myself included, is that simply picking out the Ivy Leaguers in the NHL is a poor metric to gauge "intelligence". Simply completing a degree doesn't mean you're one of the smartest players in the league. What do they even mean by "smart"?
Dumb article.
Backes was a EE at U of M Mankato but obviously didn't finish senior year.
You have no business giving an opinion on the difficulty of degree programs. Get that ******** out of here. Unless you have multiple degrees in multiple disciplines....then by all means, enlighten us.
There are WAY too many variables between all degrees and their areas of emphases to ever pass judgment in the fashion you are. I HIGHLY doubt you took more than 1-2 general curriculum poli sci, sociology, history, or biology classes based on the way you're speaking about it. I'm glad your singular experience and anecdotal proof mean so much to you, but it's irrelevant and baseless.
Picking on non-stem degrees and singling out fine arts. Whatever program you followed, they did a bang up job instilling critical thought and reasoning ability. Bravo.
+1. Terrible article.
FYI, most ivy league schools require identical intellectual attributes whether playing sports or not. The only thing being an athlete gets you is entrance compared to an equally qualified candidate.
There is a reason why Ivy league schools don't compete as well in many sports; most students can't meet the criteria to attend, regardless of how great they are at sports.
There is a reason why Ivy league schools don't compete as well in many sports; most students can't meet the criteria to attend, regardless of how great they are at sports.
