I didn't follow Donato till before he joined the Sharks. I liked him there though felt that the team was not in the position to give him the best opportunity to succeed. Looks like he started well here with the Kraken and hope he keeps going that way.
I didn't "follow" him per se, my kid played against him growing up and I also used to work for a hockey training company in MA that he trained at. He was always that kid that parents ragged on claiming he "only got where he is because of his father and uncle", literally started at 10 years old in Squirts. It was ridiculous and petty. I'm just happy for him that he really made it, will now forever be a Trivia question and be in the NHL record books - and all those parents STILL think their kid was better than he was and they should've got the opportunities did. LOL
No, obviously he started at about 2-4 like every other hockey playing kid in MA (my own 3 included) LOL What started at squirts/10 years old, was other kids parents complaining about him in the stands, and whining that he was getting more playing time or better linemates or whatever and always with the "if his father wasn't who he was he wouldn't even be on this team", etc., etc. . Hockey parents are pretty brutal and a lot cannot differentiate between complaining about NHL players and ref's and Youth players and youth ref's.
