Ezpz
No mad pls
- Apr 16, 2013
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I don't expect anything. I think he's a C+ prospect.There are only a handful of guys drafted after him that will play regularly in the NHL. Not sure what you expect here.
I don't expect anything. I think he's a C+ prospect.There are only a handful of guys drafted after him that will play regularly in the NHL. Not sure what you expect here.
There's no indication he doesn'tHe'd be perfect. I just don't get why he doesn't want to sign.
He's not “demanding” anything that isn't available for him to have.It’s the optics. Who is he to demand anything? What veteran that’s been with you all season are you healthy scratching to make room for a grinder? At least all the guys know who Lane is, he was up for a Hobey Baker before and was breaking records. Tuch is just some average NCAA player.
It's possible Tuch feels that way. But it hasn't stopped American drafted players like Caufield, Harris, Struble, Primeau, and just recently Hutson from signing their ELC's with Habs.
He's not “demanding” anything that isn't available for him to have.
If the Habs don't want to give it to him then they shouldn't and he can risk finding another team who will, which is far from a guarantee.
Reason no. 1 for a team like the Habs (fishbowl, rapacious and unscrupulous media, taxes, weather etc) have to prioritize homegrown talent.
It’s far easier to get them to stay here if they’ve started their careers here.
Not the same ballgame when you’re competing for players who are free to go anywhere they want and typically use us to get a better deal in the sunbelt or other destination of preference.
Given the high success ratio of getting NCAA players to sign here, can’t think of a better way to guarantee incoming talent. You can’t build a successful team by overly relying on trades and free agency — the foregoing ought to be principally complementary strategies, as we’ve seen with the league’s best teams.
That’s all nice, but Quebec hockey development system sucks, even the few homegrown players that have NHL talent are starting to bolt to the US prep & college to develop:Reason no. 1 for a team like the Habs (fishbowl, rapacious and unscrupulous media, taxes, weather etc) have to prioritize homegrown talent.
It’s far easier to get them to stay here if they’ve started their careers here.
Not the same ballgame when you’re competing for players who are free to go anywhere they want and typically use us to get a better deal in the sunbelt or other destination of preference.
Given the high success ratio of getting NCAA players to sign here, can’t think of a better way to guarantee incoming talent. You can’t build a successful team by overly relying on trades and free agency — the foregoing ought to be principally complementary strategies, as we’ve seen with the league’s best teams.
That’s all nice, but Quebec hockey development system sucks, even the few homegrown players that have NHL talent are starting to bolt to the US prep & college to develop:
Alex Kilorn, Chiasson, Matheson, Levi
so fewer & fewer homegrown are even making NHL and more & more are opting for USA hockey as development path to NHL
That’s all nice, but Quebec hockey development system sucks, even the few homegrown players that have NHL talent are starting to bolt to the US prep & college to develop:
Alex Kilorn, Chiasson, Matheson, Levi
so fewer & fewer homegrown are even making NHL and more & more of those few are opting for USA hockey as development path to NHL