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Originally Posted by transplant99
Right....so in fact he is planning on playing college hockey.
Not sure why it is a bad move to play a year of junior first...he has a LOT of filling out to do and is only 17 years old.
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well, there's a lot of young kids that play in the CHL at his age and even younger.
It's obviously a calculated decision on his part not to go to providence straight away...you can look at it both ways; kid just being smart in his development or a kid that hesitant to engage immediately with a higher level of competition.
confidence is a huge thing with athletes, and if he and his advisors feel that another year of development is best for him, then you just gotta hang tight.
I don't really buy the filling out part as the reason not to make the jump however...there's lots of under weight kids that make the jump to NCAA...of course, that's just my opinion.