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Guest wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 1:31 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:57 pm Hahahaha…dumb Canadian families living a life centred around their little Johnny’s hockey career where little Johnny has a .01% chance of ever earning a living in this sport not let alone playing in the NHL. A complete waste of time and little johnny will end up struggling in his life to make ends meet. Way better off focusing on education and putting hockey a much distant second but the vast majority of folks are dumb and have no idea how to take a step back and see the big picture.

There is a certain segment of wealthy ballers in AAA who do this purely as a hobby. They are business execs and know little Johnny will be secured working at their Fortune 500 company if this fails.

Now… normal working class people chasing this is a different story. I completely agree, kids who do the right thing and study hard and get a great university degree are struggling. Never mind someone who knows nothing but hockey. The best case scenario is they learned to put their head down and work hard from hockey, as the construction field is no joke and that’ll be their new career choice.

It’s nearly impossible going to university when you’ve put in zero academic work for over a decade. Probably as low odds as making the NHL ironically.

This is rubbish. There are many sports that train way more than hockey players, and bang out doctors, lawyers, engineers etc... There is zero reason you cannot do both! I personally put in bare minimum at university undergrad while pursuing my sports career. And followed up with a MBA, top of the class deans list. Don't listen to this guy above you can do anything you put your mind too, he is simple jealous and looking for an advantage where there is none!

Guest wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 1:31 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:57 pm Hahahaha…dumb Canadian families living a life centred around their little Johnny’s hockey career where little Johnny has a .01% chance of ever earning a living in this sport not let alone playing in the NHL. A complete waste of time and little johnny will end up struggling in his life to make ends meet. Way better off focusing on education and putting hockey a much distant second but the vast majority of folks are dumb and have no idea how to take a step back and see the big picture.

There is a certain segment of wealthy ballers in AAA who do this purely as a hobby. They are business execs and know little Johnny will be secured working at their Fortune 500 company if this fails.

Now… normal working class people chasing this is a different story. I completely agree, kids who do the right thing and study hard and get a great university degree are struggling. Never mind someone who knows nothing but hockey. The best case scenario is they learned to put their head down and work hard from hockey, as the construction field is no joke and that’ll be their new career choice.

It’s nearly impossible going to university when you’ve put in zero academic work for over a decade. Probably as low odds as making the NHL ironically.

This is rubbish. There are many sports that train way more than hockey players, and bang out doctors, lawyers, engineers etc... There is zero reason you cannot do both! I personally put in bare minimum at university undergrad while pursuing my sports career. And followed up with a MBA, top of the class deans list. Don't listen to this guy above you can do anything you put your mind too, he is simple jealous and looking for an advantage where there is none!

Guest wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 5:01 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 12:11 pm This weekend is what all these years of anonymous chirping on this site led up to. Now the big day is here and everyone is quiet. Some reality checks perhaps? Jealousy? What’s going on?

I am disappointed in the OHL and CHL.
75 American players drafted, 25%.
Most will never come up here to play.
We are under attack and in a trade war…OHL just put a tariff on hockey players for this draft.
Shame on the OHL.
I will never support the OHL again.

Not many OHL worthy players in this age group.

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Step 2: Focus on the long game, ignore obstacles and dismiss criticism and concerns.
Step 3: Reduce overhead in transition by cutting back operation costs.
Step 4: Allow changes under the guise of equality and inclusion.
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Step 9: Former company secures partial funding from new revenue and advertising streams. New employees to this global company have all costs paid. Stipend system possible. Shareholders benefit.
Step 10: Exec transitions to his new role at Hockey Canada.

Junior hockey landscape in Canada changed forever. Guess what stage we are at? Any independent scout will tell you the 2009 pre draft class in Ontario was very strong. To say the draft was questionable with some teams not even trying hide that fact would be an under statement. Instead of simply working towards eliminating the paid advisors, agents, and scouts which can lead to unethical behaviour and who (as this draft shows) have significant influence on the kids drafted (esp. 4-15) they are going to change the league format as a public solution to this problem. And who benefits in this model? Not the kid$.

Why did GDP from Oak and JS from Halton not get drafted?

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 14, 2025 5:48 am Why did GDP from Oak and JS from Halton not get drafted?

Parent issues is what’s being said amongst some scouts when asked. Can’t be banging on glass like a lunatic all the time.

GDP swapping teams yearly and even during minor midget doesn’t help either. He’s good enough to get drafted but didn’t.

JS is also decent but points in omha clearly means nothing.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 14, 2025 5:48 am Why did GDP from Oak and JS from Halton not get drafted?

Parent issues is what’s being said amongst some scouts when asked. Can’t be banging on glass like a lunatic all the time.

GDP swapping teams yearly and even during minor midget doesn’t help either. He’s good enough to get drafted but didn’t.

JS is also decent but points in omha clearly means nothing.

Hard to believe that not 1 team would take either one of them. Players with 0 points were selected.

Guest wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:51 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 5:01 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 12:11 pm This weekend is what all these years of anonymous chirping on this site led up to. Now the big day is here and everyone is quiet. Some reality checks perhaps? Jealousy? What’s going on?

I am disappointed in the OHL and CHL.
75 American players drafted, 25%.
Most will never come up here to play.
We are under attack and in a trade war…OHL just put a tariff on hockey players for this draft.
Shame on the OHL.
I will never support the OHL again.

Not many OHL worthy players in this age group.

It is great that you feel this way but OHl does not read this so send it to your local jr a team.

Guest wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 9:46 am Anyone else from some small centre, bullshit OMHA and Alliance teams want to argue that if you’re good enough scouts will find you anywhere? You don’t become good with farmer coaches and playing against dogshit players. This was a harsh lesson for you folks. You lost.

Aren’t the hunter brothers from the London knights farmers?