Tinordi Signs with London
by WCHBlog on Aug 11, 2010 1:16 PM PDT
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PrintNotre Dame has lost another player late in the summer, as incoming freshman Jarred Tinordi chose to sign with the London Knights of the OHL.
It's tough to classify Tinordi as too big of a loss, since he had yet to actually play in a game, but his departure does make Notre Dame that much thinner on defense, and it certainly must be frustrating to have a person go back on their word mere weeks before the start of the fall semester of school, but some people are like that.
There's a couple issues at play here. First, I don't think you can understate the relationship between the Hunters in London with Tinordi's father, Mark.
Second, is the greater flexibility this gives Tinordi's NHL team, the Montreal Canadiens. It may benefit the Canadiens, but it doesn't seem to benefit Tinordi much. It's no coincidence that NCAA players tend to get better bonuses on their first NHL contract. One of the basic rules of negotiating in hockey--or any sort of negotiation; cue Don Draper's "They want me, but they can't have me,"--is to give yourself other options for leverage, all the way back to when Hod Stuart threatened to return to working at his gravel pit if he wasn't given more money at the turn of the 20th century. Tinordi will have nowhere near the negotiating power that say, Ryan McDonagh did, when McDonagh dealt with the Rangers this summer.
Finally, just when you thought this stuff was over. From the London Free Press:
Tinordi said at the NHL draft last month he saw Notre Dame as a place to help him get to Montreal "in two or three years" if he continues to improve.
Dale Hunter believes the Knights program could help Tinordi get to the pros within a year.
Let's put 365 days up on the clock, aaaaaaaand go!
Like I mentioned last week, five out of the six first round draft picks from the 2009 NHL Draft had the option of signing an NHL contract after just one year of college hockey, and since then, news has come out that 2009 sixth round draft pick Jerry D'Amigo signed an NHL contract too. Any advantage, which based on this evidence, it looks like there isn't any, in the CHL getting players to the pros quicker, is mitigated by the fact that the players that went to college actually got a year of education under their belts, and could have had more if they didn't feel like they were guaranteed an NHL deal they liked. Tinordi on the other hand, is near guaranteed to never get any sort of education paid for, aside from a few classes taken between bus trips, because as a first round pick, even in the worst case scenario, he's going to stick with hockey long enough to play in the minors long enough to void his education package.
I'd be willing to take odds that Tinordi playing in the NHL next year will end up exactly like that slander lawsuit against Jeff Jackson that is coming any day now, David Branch's "Fairness Czar"--which they don't really need anymore now that they've figured out a perfect system where a team that can't sign first round draft picks gets more first round draft picks--and Cam Fowler's now-voided education package. They all share a common theme of being something that looks good in print for one day, and then is never spoken of again, lest reality get in the way.
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Tinordi’s signing is just the latest example of the drubbing the NCAA is taking at the hands of the CHL.
FYI,,, NOBODY care’s about the debate of CHL and NCAA. Nobody period… It’s like 2 kids fight over who gets the front seat in the car. Quit, nobody cares.
Ps Pepsi is better than Coke
If nobody cares, then why did College Hockey Inc. hire Paul Kelly?
A creep from the cradle, but a hero's what I want to be
yeah sure nobody cares….that’s why there’s close to 80 responses about Czarnik “choosing” the USHL over the OHL. That’s why the author of this blog has an extreme hard-on against the CHL and tries to paint the league in the most negative light possible….cause he don’t care…….riiiiiight!
The reality is the NCAA cares very deeply. That is why they launced College Hockey Inc, with a million dollar plus budget. They are trying to stem ever increasing losses, but to no avail. The NCAA is getting its clock cleaned in the battle for elite prospects and things will only get worse….
So do you plan on getting a raging hard-on everytime the CHL gets a player?
If Tinordi makes the NHL next year, great, if he doesn’t….
The big screw job here is when he was plucked by London and I’m sorry if I wonder just how the Hunter’s sweetned the deal this close to school (ka-ching!)
by The Rabid One on Aug 11, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
The thing I don’t understand about defections to the CHL is when kids leave? I feel as if you’re good enough to play in the CHL when you’re 16 then it’s a great option as you’ll be playing against older more mature players. I feel as if you’d get better playing in that league than you would in MN hs or AAA hockey. But i don’t get the jump when you’re 18 or 19….when you’re that old you’re in the upper limits of the age regs. It seems like players would be better off playing against older competition in the NCAA’s if that’s the case. Is a 16 year old rookie D-man in the CHL better than playing against Ryan McDonougah? Or look at Sam Lofquest, he was in and out of the line up for an (as much as it pains me) average Minnesota team last year. He went to Guelph and scored .75 points a game. Did he get better instantly with the coaching at Guelph or was it because he was playing against younger/weaker competition?
I feel like it’s beneficial for those who chose to age out in USA hockey to go to the college route, if you’re going to go north then, in order to get the most benifit, go to the CHL young….
Lets be real people if you want to make it you have to go to Minnesota. No place on earth produces more players each year.
Players leave because the CHL offers a better pro style environment….game resembles the NHL more, much more games, more time on the ice, generally better coaching and playing with and against some of the best young talent in the world.
Are you daft? Does Minnesota even produce more talent than Michigan??? I mean are you totally clueless? Where do you come up with this crap?
OMG
Here’s the problem with SOME people from MN. MN people never leave MN and see the rest of the hockey world and therefore perpetuate an ethnocentrism in regards to their hockey culture. The people who really know hockey in MN recognize that there is hockey beyond its borders. …And Michigan has produced the most NHL players in recent years, not MN. MN’s numbers in this facet have been on the decline since the invention of the indoor rink.
Percent per-capita of Canadians drafted in 2010 .00000297195
Percent per-capita of Minnesotans drafted in 2010 .00000332812
Here’s the problem with SOME people from Canada. Canada people never leave Canada and see the rest of the hockey world and therefore perpetuate an ethnocentrism in regards to their hockey culture. The people who really know hockey in Canada recognize that there is hockey beyond its borders.
There were what, 14 born Minnesota players taken in the 2010 entry draft (please don’t include out of state players who may have played at a prep school like Shattuck because then a league like the OHL can claim American born players as belonging to the Canadian system of development)??? Out of a population of what, 5.266 million….that only makes a per capita basis of .0000026……wrong again but nothing new there eh sb24.
Wickedsmart is right…..you need to get out more often.
Did u really think I just made the numbers up?
Derek Forbort, Nick Bjugstad, Brock Nelson, Tyler Pitlick, Justin Faulk, Mark Alt, Justin Holl, Max Gardiner, Jason Clark, Max Gaede, Joe Faust, Tanner Lane, Zane Gothberg, Nick Mattson, Benjamin Marshall, Christian Isackson, Caleb Herbert. I know the schooling in a canada is lacking, but u hAVE to be able to count to 17? eh
Alt was born in Kansas and isn’t Gothberg originally from North Dakota??? Nick Mattson is also listed as being born in Oregon….so 14 Minny boys.
Really irrelevant though because if you are going to look at producing talent, do not just look at the entry draft, where the vast majority of players picked after the 3rd round will never get a whiff of the NHL but to the players that actually make the NHL…..and there it would seem Minnesota is lacking.
The schooling in Canada is just fine though thank you very much!
Again, the U.S. has made gains but Canada is still the dominant power and the CHL is now widening the gap that it has always enjoyed over its smaller cousin….the NCAA!
Boy you really do need to continue to measure yourself don’t you. If you hate the college game, do us all a favor, go away.
by The Rabid One on Aug 13, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
All three played all their hockey in minnesota. Also the “fine” schooling is not that fine. http://aeer.cctpu.edu.ru/winn/conf05_nov/MaslakMeasurement.pdf
Who gives a crap if they played in Minny for the past few years….there have been many American born players who have been playing in Ontario for the past few seasons as well, should Canada count them???
Nice joke of a study by the way….we Canadians will enjoy our better economy, less national debt, abundance of natural resources, vibrant and slum free cities, much lower crime rate…shit I can go on forever….and of course being the number 1 hockey nation, by a wide margin, in the world!!!
They have all plaayed in Minnesota for 12 years or more. Also Canada would be nothing if not for its big brother watching out for it. Also what part of the study did u think was a joke?
You know, you seem to think with the CHL you get the best of it all right? Well a CHL beat writer seems to disagree with you.
by The Rabid One on Aug 14, 2010 2:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Old and discredited article and it sure hasn’t made any impact in the growing number of high end Americans choosing the CHL over the NCAA now has it. Keep sinking your money into College Hockey Inc there boys……we’ll just keep taking your better players.
Oh and by the way Rabid, how many players actually graduate from a school like Minnesota….please spare me the NCAA’s Bull Sh*t formula on determining good academic standing, I’m asking how many graduate??
According to this article, from a very pro Gopher paper, not nearly enough
Link http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/30980634.html?elr.KArksi8cyaiUjc
And you call my article old? How about you find the numbers from last year and get back to me troll boy.
by The Rabid One on Aug 15, 2010 1:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Like I said, you want the numbers, you go find them considering you’re the one harping on them. I’m not a Minnesota fan so I don’t pay attention to their numbers. My squad graduated their entire class the past few seasons which is fine by me.
by The Rabid One on Aug 15, 2010 6:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Point is that we always here about how great D-1 players do in the classroom but I suspect that the at the elite schools, the numbers are not so flattering at all and this article proved that…hence why do these kids even bother going that route?!
Great proof, one article from 2 years ago about that season, yeah ya sold me there.
Do you honestly know how to prove anything except that you are a troll?
by The Rabid One on Aug 15, 2010 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
And what have you proved to date Rabid??
That’s right, nothing other than the fact that you are a bitter NCAA fan.
I’m not the one trying to prove so hard how great my league is without actually doing anything to do it. There are advantages to both routes and there are weaknesses to both routes. My big problem is your insistance that if you don’t go CHL, you don’t matter. I mean I gotta keep asking, if you hate the NCAA so much, why the hell are you on an NCAA blog? Who exactly do you think you are going to convince by being a jackass everytime you post?
by The Rabid One on Aug 16, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
For the most part I’m just responding to the morons who feel that the CHL is always the wrong decision when it comes to both development and education…..when for the most part it tends to be the right decision.
You are no better than those “morons” with your take that the NCAA offers no advantages to the CHL, so you’re acting just like they are. For the most part, it tends to be a personal decision, whether it’s right or not depends on the player and the situation, not some BS dick fight on which league is better,
by The Rabid One on Aug 17, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Barriball, Jay yes
Carman, Mike yes
Fischer, David yes
Flynn, Ryan yes
Johnson, Erik no
Lucia, Tony yes
O’Brien, Jim no but he would have if he would have just stayed put. and he would be on his way to the ahl.
Schack, Brian yes
Okposo, Kyle no
Link that explicity states that these players have obtained their degree and not just your conjecture please.
More games, significant more time on the ice for development (pre season camps open in August and season may run all the way to May…much more practice time), play with and against some of the top players in the world at that age level, face more consistant competition, pro style game that mirrors the NHL better, ability to attend and practice with pro players at NHL camps…..many advantages that the NCAA just cannot offer.
More games. yes
Much more practice time. no, Not sure how that could be?
Play with some of the top players in the world. Same thing in NCAA.
ConsistEnt competition? I would say the very opposite Due to the 16 year olds vs 21 year olds.
Pro style game. yes
So i would say more games. and a NHL style game. for the chl
NCAA play against bigger players
More time to get your body into nhl shape.
Oh and a Free college degree at an american university.
Both are great. But plz tell me again how the chl is the place to be?
Much more practice time because the season is much longer. The CHL players are practicing in August through April.
There are no “Michigan Tech’s” in the CHL…meaning all teams possess a certain level of talent that will provide you consistent competion. In the NCAA, there are many teams completely devoid of any talent what so ever,
Actually CHL players tend to be bigger, on average, than your NCAA player.
You can also get a free college tuition by going the CHL route
There are no “Michigan Techs” in the CHL. Are you serious look at the worst teams in each league. Sarnia was god awful this season, no consistency there for their opponents.
Also colleges get more practice time during the during their season then CHL teams do.
NCAA players are more physically mature, they may not be bigger on average but are old and are not still growing into their bodies.
Going to the NCAA gets you free tuition and board. The CHL does not pay for you board.
Correct….there are NO Michigan Techs in the CHL…..while Sarnia may have been a bottom end team in the OHL, they were much more able to compete in the league than Tech was in the WCHA. Consider that Tech only won a paltry FOUR league games while Sarnia managed to garner 17 wins.
There is also no comparison in terms of talent between the two organizations as Sarnia is clearly head and shoulders above a team like Michigan Tech.
Tech can only dream of possessing a player like a Bryon Ritchie. Two of Sarnia’s graduates (who were no means elite level players) at least got a cup of coffee in the AHL while Tech’s grads could only crack the ECHL.
Your trying to make it seem like both teams played the same amount of games. Tech played less than half as many games as Sarina. Also, college hockey is about recruiting. Players aren’t just given to teams with terrible record through a draft. Coaches have to work to bring them into their program.
As for the consistancy of competition due you really think that any average team goes into Sarnia or Michigan Tech and doesn’t see a drop in level of play. Both teams were terrible. Just because Sarnia has Brett Richie (his name is Brett not Bryon) doesn’t mean that they were any less of a doormat.
Sarnia still would have won twice as many games as Tech did even if you cut their number of wins in half!
While Sarnia was certainly a doormat in the OHL, it still provided a stiffer test than Tech did to its opponents in the WCHA.
Recruiting is a large reason why the elite talent in the NCAA is concentrated in the hands of 10 or so programs and that is why there is less competition.
And the OHL isnt concentrated? Last time I checked most of the players who leave the NCAA go to London, Kitchener or Windsor. These teams are always on or near the top. And the reason is the same as the NCAA, recruiting. These teams are better at convincing players to come.
And also the bottom feeder teams like Sarnia play alot of 16 and 17 year old players while NCAA teams are filled with players in their 20’s. They physical differences between 16 and 20 years is much greater making Sarnia alot easier to play against.
No, the OHL is not nearly as concentrated as the NCAA. While Windsor, Kitchener, London and to a lesser extent Plymouth do in fact do an excellent job in convincing NCAA bound players to join them, other teams are still able to attract top line talent through the draft.
Case in point, a team like the Lake Superior State Lakers would give its left lung, leg and part of its heart to aquire players like Jacob Muzzin, Brock Beukeboom, Archibald and Robin Lehner. The Soo Greyhounds (certainly never considered an elite team during the past decade) drafted all those players.
Yes Sarnia’s players were younger but much more talented than anything that Tech could throw out there.
To my knowledge none of those SOO players had NCAA commitments that they broke and most were probably committed to the OHL before they were even drafted. And just because Sarnia’s players younger players are more talented still doesn’t mean that they were any more challenging to their opponents.
The point here is not that the Soo players had no NCAA aspirations but that the Soo was able to acquire such talented players. If the OHL were like the NCAA, then in all likelihood the Soo Greyhounds would have a very difficult time in recruiting the likes of a Muzzin. Fortunately the OHL has a draft and that allows teams like the Soo to have a fighting chance of attracting top flight talent.
Lake Superior State and Michigan Tech have no such chance!
Talent always equates to better competition….just another fact!
Actually Ohl Vs Wcha.
Average ht Ohl 72.30
WCHA 72.21
OHL lbs 182
WCHA lbs 191
LOL u mean U just MAKE THIS STUFF UP?!?! And here I was thinking everything u said was the truth!!
Sarnia was a Michigan Tech last year. So was Brampton. So was Niagara. Hell, even teams like Belleville, Saginaw, Erie, Owen Sound, Kingston and Sudbury were Michigan Techs last year.
There’s more of a cycle in the CHL than there is in the NCAA, but just because Michigan Tech is a Michigan Tech every year doesn’t mean that the CHL doesn’t have absolute doormats to whoop on every season.
Since Tinordi was born in MN he’s a Minnesotan through and through? That makes Taylor Hall and Albertian (not sure the correct term)…Right??
Sure, according to some posters here.
As for the practice time issue…the CHL season is longer and their players receive more practice time than the NCAA players because of it.
Teams that go deep into the playoff get more practice time because of it. CHL teams will start training camp at the end of August, NCAA teams will likely start practicing soon after the start of school and being playing games in October. CHL team play until mid March while NCAA school play until the beginning of March. Using Hockey East as an example all team make the playoff and four are eliminated around the same time that the OHL regular season ends. As NCAA teams play less games and practice more during the regular season it seems to me that college hockey gives more practice time as well as more time for players to spend on off ice conditioning.
Nope, first off NCAA teams are not allowed on the ice for full practices with coaching staff until the very last week of September. OHL teams have already been on the ice for a full month. Secondly, NCAA are only allowed on the ice for a set amount of time and even have to take a week off (bye week) during the regular season.
OHL players receive much more ice time than NCAA players.
So obviously you know what the set amount of time an NCAA team is allowed to practice a week and that is less than the CHL. CHL players receive more game time but more practice time I doubt because of all the travel the team has to do. Also during that bye week the players are no doubt working on their off ice conditioning. CHL players spend much less time in the gym than NCAA players.
There is no mandate that NCAA teams take a week off of practice during the season. They do have weeks where they don’t play games, but they still practice regularly.
That said, it can’t be argued that OHL players get more ice time than NCAA players. The length of their schedule makes this an impossible fight for the NCAA.
Then again, they shouldn’t be fighting it. This isn’t about being better than the CHL. It’s about being different from the CHL, so you can still attract top players who might not see the CHL as their only or best option.
Gotta say I agree with uofmfan. Heres some facts that matter:
NCAA-Not going away even if players leave
CHL: Not gonna get every kid they want either but will continue to exist.
Nothing is going to change. Both leagues develop pros, both leagues play hockey and both leagues play good hockey. There is tons of talent in both leagues and getting into pissing contests is childish. If a kid wants to forgo a full ride for bus trips in canada that should be his choice. Maybe he wants to play 60 games a year while not going to school rather than 30.
And KTF yes you have bludgeoned the NCAA beyond repair, I mean Patrick Kane was bad but Tinordi. Well now we have no reason to go on.
by spartanhockey89 on Aug 12, 2010 7:50 AM PDT reply actions
A big reason for people making switches is the ability to go to training camp. If the NCAA allowed kids to go to training camp, I think it’d cut down a lot on the number that choose this way over the other.
Of course, in that 5 of 6 NCAA players that had the option of signing a NHL contract, how many were so they’d attend camp and then go and play for a junior team? We know Louis Leblanc was for that reason, he already has his Montreal Juniors uniform and has been promoted as the centrepiece of what they hope is a Memorial Cup appearance.
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chl v. ncaa … blah blah blah …. blah blah blah … get a life !!
by voices of reason on Aug 12, 2010 12:55 PM PDT reply actions
I am so confused about why this fight has to happen, outside of the fact that the CHL side has a worthless troll who has nothing better to do than post incendiary stuff on this site whenever Chris mentions the CHL.
The CHL is — in most cases — a great option for kids under 19. They get to play with a lot of older and more mature (physically and mentally) players, and they get to go to NHL training camps with no penalty.
The NCAA is — in most cases — a great option for kids 19 and up. They also get to play with a lot of older and more mature (physically and mentally) players, and they get a largely paid-for education while playing in a highly-competitive environment.
There are plenty of positives and some negatives for both, depending on a kid’s individual situation.
The only thing I wish was that we weren’t allowing kids with signed letters of intent to be poached. If the CHL had such a system, I’d feel the same way about kids who have committed to play there. Once someone makes up their mind, move on with your life.
The fact that London did whatever they had to do to get Tinordi to walk away from a signed commitment to play at Notre Dame doesn’t make it right.
That said, good luck to the kid. I hope to see him in the NHL soon.
Players, especially young players, should be given the latitude of changing their minds on what path to take. The problem of course is the NCAA with their rigid and archaic rules. If a players chooses the CHL route and realizes that he does not like his current team, he can request a trade and be given a new slate. In the NCAA you are locked in like a serf! If you do not like the coach or the environment is not what you expected, to stinkin bad cause you are stuck like a rat in a trap. The only way out is to leave school and sit for an entire year before being “granted” your eligibility back,
I laugh that you people cannot see how heavily slanted this battle over recruits is in the CHL’s favor because of the stupidity of the NCAA. Ten years ago, more and more high end Canadian players (not the elite NHL bound players but those that could be good college or OHL players) began turning their back on the NCAA. I talked to many college recruiters who have all but given up on spending much time in Canada because of how difficult it is in attracting quality players. The kids are aware of the positivers and negatives of both routes but in the NCAA’s case, the negatives out weigh the positives when compared to the CHL.
The same thing that happened in Canada over a decade ago is strating to happen in the U.S. More and more Americans are being exposed to the CHL and are finding it an increasingly attractive option. Yes Minnesota and Boston kids will by and large choose the college route, but now the NCAA is in a thick battle with the CHL in Michigan, Penn., N.Y and even some New England states.
This wil all end in time though folks, because a growing number of college coaches are becoming very frustrated and no longer are willing to support the old cadre of Minnesota powerplayers who pushed for the banning of CHL players way back in the late 70’s.
Very well said KTF. I agree and all though I want the most talented players in the NCAA I have to be honest and say I love some of the stories that the NCAA provides for kids that wouldn’t make the CHL. I believe that a kid should be able to play a year in the CHL and still be eligible for NCAA play. The rule that a talented player can’t go to training camp will forever hold the NCAA back.
It is often publicized on this site that the CHL has a dark under side. I totally agree with Chris that the education package is bunk, and that many kids are deceived by the CHL recruiters. However the NCAA is not exactly a clean and wholesome organization. They go after football programs for practicing too much while sitting back and letting agents give players hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is alot like you said a serfdom by the NCAA. These kids get a great free education but they often live a life that no other college student has to. They aren’t sallowed to work so unless your parents can afford to pay for all your expenses outside of tuition these guys miss out on many parts of the college experience.
by spartanhockey89 on Aug 13, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Fact is KTF you spend an awful lot of time commenting on an NCAA blog when you obviously have no respect for the league. If you don’t like the way Chris writes then don’t read him its a simple solution. People here want to talk about the NCAA, you want to talk about the CHL. Thats fine there are CHL blogs out there that share your belief about the CHL. And for the record I’m canadian and a fan of both routes.
Fact is I’m merely presenting another side to this blogger’s over the top rants against the CHL. Some people here actually believe the mindless dribble coming from this bloggers brain and I’m just trying to bring some knowledge and facts to the table in order for them to see that the CHL is not the “evil empire”.
Apparantly I’m doing a hell of good job at it considering the number of replies generated!!!!!
Most of us actually read things other than this site so don’t try and say we are getting our CHL knowledge only from here. But you should be noticing that most of the replies here are either arguing your bias for the CHL, pointing out your falacies about the NCAA, or flat out telling you to shut up. You aren’t educating anyone, you’re acting like the league you root for is superior when, as you have been told SEVERAL times now, it’s not. It’s different and a different option, but not always the superior option for players as each player’s case is different. Is any of that getting through? You can tout your draft status, number of players who leave for the CHL from the NCAA, whatever. It doesn’t make you or the league you root for any better, it means the player made a choice. Whether it’s the right one or not remains to be seen for dozens of them, many of which won’t even sniff the NHL.
by The Rabid One on Aug 19, 2010 3:39 AM PDT up reply actions
What exactly do you consider mindless dribble? Most of what Chris said was based on Fact.
Fact: More 19 years old players are leaving college hockey and bypassing junior.
Fact: The OHL really does have a “Fairness Czar” making sure teams play by the rules
Fact: Cam Fowler education package is in fact void
Chris presents his facts with a hint of sarcasm but he isn’t lying. And if you think that his slant on stories is bad read the London Free Press or Windsor Star and you’ll see what biased writing really is
More 19 year olds may be bypassing college but not junior….can you name any players thus far?
Sure Cam’s package is now null and void but of Chris doesn’t want to mention that Fowler now has millions and no longer needs the support of an education package…..and of course his NCAA scholarship would be null and void had he signed a NHL contract while playing for Notre Dame would it not?
Chris is an idiot.
Kyle Palmeri
Nick Leddy
Jerry D’Amigo
Anaheim plans on playing Palmeri in the AHL and told the Guelph so. Leddy and D’Amigo are also likely AHL bound.
The point about Fowler education package was now it is void. Thats it. He now has millions of dollars good for him.
And the writer is such an idiot why do flock to his blog to post comments that no one here agrees with.
You have no idea where Palmeri, Leddy or D’Amigo will end up this year. My bet is that both Leddy and D’Amigo both end up in the CHL because they are not really yet ready for a full year in the AHL. I can only see Palmeri skicking in the AHL….nut anyway no 19 year old player (other than Kessler) has bypassed Major A out of college so far!!!!!
I like to amuse myself with the crap this blogger writes about the CHL and I enjoy educating the likes of people like you to the reality of the situation.
^ Use the reply button
All three will most likely play in the AHL. D’Amigo seems to have no interest in going to Kitchener and because of the Leafs lack of depth at his position. Playing in the AHL will give him the opportunity to be a call up for the Leafs. I haven’t even heard who owns Leddy’s rights which leads me to believe that he will play in Rockford.
People like me eh. People who believe that both the CHL and the NCAA prepare players for the NHL? People who think that every player has to decide which route fits them? I’m not the one who needs educating. Its someone like you who can’t even accept that both leagues have produce great hockey players and will continue to due so. Before you go and “educate people” you should probably learn a few things yourself.
All three will most likely NOT play in the AHL all season and find themselves in the CHL for the better part of the year.
Both systems “DO” produce hockey players but the CHL produces better ones…just another fact!
Alright I give up. You say that all three players will play in the CHL so it must be true. Who am I to question the wisdom of a random internet troll.
Ok now back to reality, they will play in the AHL because that will give their NHL teams the ability to call them up for opportunities with the big club. If they went to the CHL they would only be able to play in the NHL in an emergency call up. It makes more sense for them to play in the AHL
Actually it would make more sense from a NHL standpoint for them to play in the CHL if they are not ready for NHL action so as to not burn up a year of their contracts.
You claim that they will play in the AHL , an opinion that I am challenging….we will see who is correct, this “internet troll” or you.
I can’t believe how much Jonny Toews sucks. He is an embarrassment to the NCAA. How humiliating for UND to have produced such a terrible player. Ugh, that Mason Raymond, too. He is a disaster. The NCAA is a farce of a league!
by Runninwiththedogs on Aug 20, 2010 3:40 PM PDT reply actions
