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Originally Posted by Poe969
The journey of making it to the NHL is much like going to school to become a professional of any sorts. There is no guarantee that you'll make it. There are countless examples of people who go to medical school and don't finish for some reason. Or people who go to school for something and graduate only to take a job in another field because there aren't jobs available. Life is full of risks, banking on becoming an NHL player is a much bigger risk than most but people know that.
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Kinda. Having a degree in any field is a real asset to a job hunter. An education opens so many more doors, one who wants to pursue a career as an accountant may not end up as a CPA but can have many other opprtunitties along the way and many doors open outside of a CPA. Should you wish to play in the NHL, the only fall back is moving to Europe to play, or using the notoriety in your home town, or to land a sales/ promotions job. Being a broken down 23 yr old former junior hockey star does not provide the same opprotunitties as a 23yr old University graduate, even if your major is Political Science.
Given where we live many, just like any young single guy end up in the oilfield, so with that to fall back on the risk is different, but AB and SK would be the exceptions. "...****ing Chrysler plant, here I come."