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Originally Posted by robaur
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The selectors and scouts over at Hockey Canada and/or management have little to no credibility left reflecting on performances at the World Juniors over the past 5 years. Despite having the deepest prospect pool to pick from, the results on the ice are embarrassing to say the least.
When it comes to Josh Ho-Sang, the only thing that I can really relate to it is that the culture in Canada is very different from the US. When a prospect speaks our here, he becomes a constant whipping boy from the general public as witnessed by the comments and general consensus based on the replies in this thread. That's just Canada and the way the culture is here. You're supposed to be hush hush and if you feel slighted then you should work harder and then even then if you feel like you were cheated out of something...just turn the other cheek and remain "politically correct". I do a lot of travelling and I don't see this much passiveness anywhere else in the world.
My opinion..which I am rightfully entitled to...is that the player was the leading scorer for his team in his draft year in the OHL....a legitimate league with legitimate competition. AT THE LEAST....he deserves a tryout at a simple summer camp. That's not really much to ask for. The real comparison would be to look at the camp invite list and see how many worse performing players than Josh Ho Sang were invited to the camp.
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Worse performing by what criteria? Points? A poor basis for assessment.
Team Canada is held to an impossible standard but the program still wins most of the critical tournaments. The world juniors is one of the toughest tournaments as it is for the most part best on best - and when you start to isolate to that small a player group from each country - you have a lot of nations that can offer up similar talent levels. It is very competitive.