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Dunny

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  1. Probably harsh on Shesterkin. As far as Panarin goes, we have entered the period where everyone has forgotten that he will almost assuredly disappear in a puff of smoke when the going gets tough, and the going will get tough. I don't know how anyone can any faith in this guy. It's going to be a boatload of TO's on backhanded passes from the half wall. Take it to the bank.
  2. We'll be out in 5 if we get either Leafs or Lightning. Really, I don't think we get out of 1st round unless we get a real puffball like Detroit or Washington. I'm not buying any of this until we see what Panarin and Shesterkin do in R1. History says, probably not much.
  3. Definitely a good time to spend those Bonvoy points. I hit our fibre connection with a string trimmer, and we left for three days last summer lol.
  4. Thanks.. does that include meals/books/lodging, or just tuition?
  5. That's almost certainly accurate, and a great synopsis, but it would be sweet to have the skull crusher crushing skulls.
  6. He didn't even fight that much. Neither did Belak or Boogaard. All fought at different points in their careers. Simon's full record is particularly benign. Probert fought a ton, but he also did massive amounts of cocaine. All the guys that don't make it have massive substance abuse issues. They're drug addicts. They all remind me of John Kordic. Why? My dumb guess is that it's fueled by $$$$ and opportunity that comes from the NHL. They are, generally, rough and tumble people from a young age. There are hundreds of guys that fought their way through the IHL, AHL, ECHL, etc, over the past 30 years. They fought wayyyy more. Anecdotally, it's hard to find one that isn't alive.
  7. It's too bad we don't have a player that can step in and cause opposing teams to lose focus, get distracted, go off the rails a little bit. Ah well. Thought Brodzinski was really gonna make a difference tonight.
  8. I'm just disappointed that Laviolette is going to make me resent Johnny Brodzinksi.
  9. A lot of good points, there. Access is probably a much bigger issue for a lot of Americans not in Minnesota. I have 23 rinks within a very easy 30 minute drive. Not 23 pads, 23 stand alone rinks lol. Costs for entry in to hockey here are incredibly low, and even if you flat out don't have the resources to put your kid through hockey, we'll do it for you. From my time on the board of our org, of the 225ish kids in the program, there's always a couple we're paying for. It's all good. So, I can't really speak to much of the US. I can only assume from what I see in the NHL, that in much of the US hockey is a upper middle class sport, there. I also agree that they'll all end up in the same place, but there are exceptions akin to winning the lottery. Our neighbors kid is a u15 that is 100% going to be drafted, likely in the 1st round, of the OHL priority draft *if* he continues his development curve for one more year. That will be, by far, the highest OHL pick from my town of 8,000, ever. We've never had a NHL player from our town. Never. 125 years. (We do have a recent Yale captain to our name fuck yeah). What people over look, or don't care to acknowledge, are the lessons playing sport at a high-ish youth level teach you, the bonds it forges, and the arms length opportunities it will present you later in life. I don't know many local guys that played PJHL or OJHL here that didn't get a step up at age 20 over others. *wink wink nudge nudge* Anyways, my reasons for pushing this kid are both selfish and benevolent. I have a 15 yo that wanted to play House League, and was only good enough to play House League. Cool. It's fun. Not my thing, but sure, lol. Now, I have a kid that is very good, but also very young. He will get run down by much better athletes (Sorry, son, my bad) very quickly unless he outworks them. He gets that, and he wants it. Wants it bad. Until that changes, I gotta support that shit.
  10. Very good question. I think it Depends. Forward? Goalie? D man? What level of talent? A local rep team or NHL aspirations? A PJHL player is a very talented hockey player, and they'll never even sniff the ECHL. You would be very fortunate to develop in to even a PJHL level player. Goalies follow really crazy development curves. Just look at Logan Thompson. I probably say it's much earlier than others would, but there are also always surprises. I don't buy in to "He'll burn out by pee wee" mantra that's so popular. That was never my experience. All the best players I played with when I was 7 were still very good players at 19. All the best kids that played with my 15 yo at age 7 are still the best, they've just been joined by other later bloomers. If you're talking NHL talent? I think if your kid is really struggling at the U8 or U9 level, it's probably not in the cards, but pure old fashioned hard work can close a lot of gaps.
  11. I don't even think they hand out many full rides? Not in my experience, anyways. US college just seems like a class competition. Probably better off leveraging the relationships and lessons you make playing sport to set you up for a great start in life, college or not. I know I'd rather take a 5k paycheque from a junior C team, and have the handshake trades job that'll pay you 75k at age 18. Many of those success stories where I live. Not many NHL players.
  12. Don't be bitter. Our goal is to just be the goalie on the Local "A" team. The rest is gravy.
  13. Well, we're a wrap on the season. U8 was pretty awful, but we found a way to make.the most of it, lots of unsanctioned 3v3 tournaments, but also lots of work on the side. I'm pretty happy with development. He would be even further along if he listened to me, but that's the way it goes. We made the team on our #1 spring hockey choice, which was nice, and we're starting some work with former Ranger property, and Benoit Allaire disciple Jason Missiaen this weekend. Pure goalie power skating. One more year of fake hockey then the real fun starts. Any other '16 kids attached the to board, let me know, you never know where they'll meet.
  14. Sorry, that was from my bros house last time we went. 7 hours and 22 minutes on Google Maps from St Catherine's. I'd be more like 9.
  15. I live in Southern Ontario, like a 8 hour drive from MSG. You literally mailed a bunch of shitty Russian beer to my house
  16. I'm watching guys like Justin Falk just completely bail on dump ins, saying nah, fuck this shit take the puck, and people want to change that? You can't have one, without the other.
  17. I can't wait until this guy calms down and starts playing like Mark Jankowski.
  18. Grow into what? He's the most effective he's ever going to be, RIGHT NOW.
  19. I spend 36 hours of my 40 office hours researching U8 hockey teams, and planning appropriate activities for a 7 year old goalie
  20. Adjustments will likely lead to reduced effectiveness. Both are inevitable with this type of player. I'm just going to enjoy the ride, as I dint think it's going to be a long one. Personally, he doesn't play in R1 unless you need to shift momentum. I just keep him in my back pocket until you think you need to shift a series, then he's in the lineup and told to play exactly how he has been. Full bore. Hold nothing back. If you want a neutered version of Rempe, just play Edstrom.
  21. All the best Jimmy. Was hoping we'd see an update so thanks for that. It's going to be fun as we all get old together, here.
  22. Deep in the Everglades, Bridget Wolf has a fancy compressor set up.
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