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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
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.
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Its not just his weight though, its his overall maturity and being able to catch up with his growth spurt of 8" in the last 18 months....that is an incredible change at a very young age, and will just take some time to get used to. Better to do so against similar aged guys in JR rather than against some seriously big men at the NCAA level.
No idea if the guy pans out or not, but he is quite clearly a ways away from the show, so i have no problem with him taking baby steps in his development rather than jumping into the fire too soon.