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Originally Posted by albertGQ
Is/was he Yashin's agent ?
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no.
Basically he tried to manipulate the 2014 CHL import draft, failed, and then lashed out.
Sarnia had the 1st overall pick in the CHL import draft. Quebec Remparts had acquired the 2nd overall pick in the CHL import draft and was the host of the upcoming Memorial Cup, meaning any player picked by them would have a guaranteed spot in the Memorial Cup and a guaranteed opportunity to impress in the draft rankings by dominating the tournament. Quebec was also amassing a lot of talent for the Memorial Cup, which meant they were likely going to go deep in the QMJHL playoffs. Sarnia in comparison was a rebuilding team and much weaker.
Sarnia picked Zacha and immediately Walsh took to twitter and ripped apart Sarnia. Called the Sarnia GM a rookie GM and said Sarnia wasted the pick because they had made it clear to Sarnia that Zacha had no interest in playing in the CHL.
However, media that cover the Remparts had sources tell them Zacha was going to be Quebec's pick and had extensive talks with Zacha in coming to North America.
Connecting the dots, Walsh tried to make it so his client would get selected by Quebec to better his draft status, but Sarnia saw through it and called his bluff, and he lost his cool and tried to embarrass Sarnia (maybe in a futile attempt to get Sarnia to trade Zacha's rights to another OHL team?)
A few weeks later Walsh tweeted that Sarnia had convinced Zacha to come over after presenting their plan for them.
edit: I don't really care he tried to game the draft, he was trying to get his client the best opportunity which is his job.. What really bothers me is that he tried to publicly embarrass Sarnia when his plan failed.