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Originally Posted by Stay Golden
its hard to relate to not liking to play hockey in the NHL when that is the ultimate goal of every hockey player.
Hopefully he never regrets this decision looking back later on in life.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Actually it sucks for Howse. I don't know if his family is well off and maybe he doesn't have to worry about a career but if he doesn't have that to fall back on he's going to go through times where he will realize he let the chance of a lifetime slip through his fingers to make six figures or higher annually to play a sport. Oh well hope he finds happiness after hockey.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Today it doesn't but he will probably look back like many of us have as a poor decision we made in our youth.
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Tough for a lot of us to imagine, but even hockey can become just a dull job. A grind. Especially if it's been the focus of your life since you were 8 or 9. Week in, week out. Training. Practice. Barking coaches. For 15 years already by the time you're an AHLer trying to make the NHL.
The burnout among young hockey players in Canada is well documented. It's going to happen to more and more. Get used to it. Kids who are serious about hockey these days do almost nothing but hockey for the entirety of their childhood and youth. Some of them eat up every minute of it and never lose the passion. For a great many, even a great many of the elite players, that's not the case. And there are lots of guys who do make to the NHL and have long careers who are just there for a paycheque.
Frankly, I respect someone who decides it isn't for him at 22 and finds something else to do with his life more than someone who has a 12 year career in the NHL out of mercenary motives.
And if we're all supposed to regret any decision we make that impacts our future earnings, then I guess all those 19 and 20 year olds in Canada who aren't getting a welding ticket will end up regretting not being able to make $130,000 a year in Fort Mac. Or maybe they'll be okay doing something they actually like and earning $50,000.