by Guest » Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:48 am
Guest wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 8:49 pm
Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:46 pm
And some desperate parent will blame corruption for their kid not being the 299th pick.
General Manager Dave Drinkill: "So Cruz Ferguson is a highly skilled player, one that needs to develop a little bit off the ice as he's a little bit undersized, but he's a late birthday. I know he puts in the work, he trains hard, he's from my hometown of Barrie, Ontario, and I know his family. He has a lot of skill and I know he will keep developing physically as a player."
The likelihood of the last pick ever making the team is extremely low, no matter who the kid is. So if a GM wants to use his last pick to claim the rights of a kid whom he is familiar with, its his right to do so.
Teams in the league have a responsibility to uphold the standard, the reputation and the strength of the league. They do not have the ‘right’ to profiteer or to use league resources to do favours for friends. It’s either a professionally conducted and well run league top to bottom, or it isn’t.
1) OHL is a for profit league, so yes the have the "right" to use their resources to generate a profit.
2) The GMs job is to build the team, so he can sign any player he wants, for any reason he see's fit. His job is on the line so he will have to live with the choices he makes.
Two things determine how well the league is run;
1) The number of players graduating to NHL, in which case the draft spots that are the topic of this discussion (299th) have zero impact.
2) Profit, in which case the draft spots that are the topic of discussion (299th) may have an impact in the form of sponsorships or donations or ownership.
Bottom line - your kid wasn't good enough to land one of the 250 spots that were up for grabs...stop whining about the remaining 50 that club owners reserve for themselves.
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https://ontariohockeyleague.com/prospects/2023/96747865
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And some desperate parent will blame corruption for their kid not being the 299th pick. :lol:
[i]General Manager Dave Drinkill: "So Cruz Ferguson is a highly skilled player, one that needs to develop a little bit off the ice as he's a little bit undersized, but he's a late birthday. I know he puts in the work, he trains hard, he's from my hometown of Barrie, Ontario, and I know his family. He has a lot of skill and I know he will keep developing physically as a player."[/I]
The likelihood of the last pick ever making the team is extremely low, no matter who the kid is. So if a GM wants to use his last pick to claim the rights of a kid whom he is familiar with, its his right to do so.
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Teams in the league have a responsibility to uphold the standard, the reputation and the strength of the league. They do not have the ‘right’ to profiteer or to use league resources to do favours for friends. It’s either a professionally conducted and well run league top to bottom, or it isn’t.
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1) OHL is a for profit league, so yes the have the "right" to use their resources to generate a profit.
2) The GMs job is to build the team, so he can sign any player he wants, for any reason he see's fit. His job is on the line so he will have to live with the choices he makes.
Two things determine how well the league is run;
1) The number of players graduating to NHL, in which case the draft spots that are the topic of this discussion (299th) have zero impact.
2) Profit, in which case the draft spots that are the topic of discussion (299th) may have an impact in the form of sponsorships or donations or ownership.
Bottom line - your kid wasn't good enough to land one of the 250 spots that were up for grabs...stop whining about the remaining 50 that club owners reserve for themselves.