Well at least you can say whatever you want about him, because he probably can’t read.
Sound it out junior.
Joslap
I’d be surprised if the Flames weren’t already aware of this prior to drafting him.
AggravatingEar1465
Damn, whenever I fucked up it was just between me and my academic advisor and a few other folks. Can’t imagine having that stuff aired out to everyone.
Riened
Is this a big deal? Seems like he was more focused on hockey than his grades
OrganicRaspberry530
The kid doesn’t need a degree to rip pucks bardownski
Proper-Shelter9429
Who needs Pythagoreans theorem when you can go bardownski
Armchair-Gm-Podcast
Not worried about it. Having great grades in an American college while not speaking fantastic English probably isn’t easy, and he’s a great hockey player. Hockey IQ is fairly high on this kid, at least offensively.
superbear19
We got our own Scottie Barnes here
Help-me-name-my-pup
We drafted the smartest player with the 9th pick, had to balance it out by drafting the dumbest one at 28th.
/s
TBNSK74
English isn’t his first language studying in a english speaking university when you aren’t native to the language is hard he shouldn’t be ashamed because of this and take the opportunity to prove himself in the Q
Captain_Holtom
Ray Edwards was on 960 this morning and literally said that they would all make a decision on where he was playing next year after the CHL import draft (also today), even though he was already committed to Michigan, so it sounds like the flames were very aware that the CHL was the likely route
tristan1616
All good as long as he’s smarter than Corey and Trevor. Those two are fucked
Troflecopter
This kid is burning the boats.
When they interviewed him he was talking about winning the Stanley Cup.
They asked him if it was his dream to play in the NHL. He said no, making the NHL was his goal, and now he has achieved it, but his dream was winning the Stanley Cup.
itoadaso1
Imagine being 18 years old already being disappointed with your grades and then having to see this infographic with your face on it being shared on social media mentioning it too. Poor kid. Hope he crushes it in the Q.
Allankton
Thats a tough headline to have written about ya. Hope the kid is successful in the Q.
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SmokeyXIII
I really wish I didn’t read this, it’s way more personal than I’m comfortable with.
Dazzling-Park4501
Dion phaneuf pretty much just practiced his signature in school and said school didn’t matter because he was gonna be in the NhL.
jad35
This is a whole lot of I don’t care.
IwillFallLow
It’s too bad he isn’t going to the Hitmen to get familiar with Calgary before transitioning to the wranglers.
stinkybunger
I wonder if theres anyway they can get him on the hitmen
zombicuus
Weird they left out the fact He went first over all in the CHL entry draft.
tilldeathdoiparty
After hearing his interviews after the draft, he made it clear US College wasn’t the primary focus, he made the decision once he was here and getting offers. Most kids in the US whole K-12 system is aimed at getting you into college.
He most likely didn’t understand what it actually takes to not only get into, but stay in college. Part of the blame would go to his caretakers but in reality, it’s a direction he wasn’t planning for, so playing JR A isn’t the worst thing to happen.
riko77can
On one hand, good on Michigan for maintaining academic standards, on the other hand that is one cruel press release.
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Brother is acoustic
Well at least you can say whatever you want about him, because he probably can’t read.
Sound it out junior.
I’d be surprised if the Flames weren’t already aware of this prior to drafting him.
Damn, whenever I fucked up it was just between me and my academic advisor and a few other folks. Can’t imagine having that stuff aired out to everyone.
Is this a big deal? Seems like he was more focused on hockey than his grades
The kid doesn’t need a degree to rip pucks bardownski
Who needs Pythagoreans theorem when you can go bardownski
Not worried about it. Having great grades in an American college while not speaking fantastic English probably isn’t easy, and he’s a great hockey player. Hockey IQ is fairly high on this kid, at least offensively.
We got our own Scottie Barnes here
We drafted the smartest player with the 9th pick, had to balance it out by drafting the dumbest one at 28th.
/s
English isn’t his first language studying in a english speaking university when you aren’t native to the language is hard he shouldn’t be ashamed because of this and take the opportunity to prove himself in the Q
Ray Edwards was on 960 this morning and literally said that they would all make a decision on where he was playing next year after the CHL import draft (also today), even though he was already committed to Michigan, so it sounds like the flames were very aware that the CHL was the likely route
All good as long as he’s smarter than Corey and Trevor. Those two are fucked
This kid is burning the boats.
When they interviewed him he was talking about winning the Stanley Cup.
They asked him if it was his dream to play in the NHL. He said no, making the NHL was his goal, and now he has achieved it, but his dream was winning the Stanley Cup.
Imagine being 18 years old already being disappointed with your grades and then having to see this infographic with your face on it being shared on social media mentioning it too. Poor kid. Hope he crushes it in the Q.
Thats a tough headline to have written about ya. Hope the kid is successful in the Q.
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I really wish I didn’t read this, it’s way more personal than I’m comfortable with.
Dion phaneuf pretty much just practiced his signature in school and said school didn’t matter because he was gonna be in the NhL.
This is a whole lot of I don’t care.
It’s too bad he isn’t going to the Hitmen to get familiar with Calgary before transitioning to the wranglers.
I wonder if theres anyway they can get him on the hitmen
Weird they left out the fact He went first over all in the CHL entry draft.
After hearing his interviews after the draft, he made it clear US College wasn’t the primary focus, he made the decision once he was here and getting offers. Most kids in the US whole K-12 system is aimed at getting you into college.
He most likely didn’t understand what it actually takes to not only get into, but stay in college. Part of the blame would go to his caretakers but in reality, it’s a direction he wasn’t planning for, so playing JR A isn’t the worst thing to happen.
On one hand, good on Michigan for maintaining academic standards, on the other hand that is one cruel press release.