[News] Isles Prospect/Brandon Wheat King Ryan Pilon leaves team

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by FBI

This brings back memories of Howse..

And Dan Ryder

[CliffFletcher]

People have been warning about hockey prospect burnout for years. In an era when these guys start playing and training competitively for 12 months a year from about the age of 8, this is going to become more and more common.

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

People have been warning about hockey prospect burnout for years. In an era when these guys start playing and training competitively for 12 months a year from about the age of 8, this is going to become more and more common.

Yeah, the signs are clear that this is on the verge of becoming an epidemic when 1 out of 211 drafted players has already decided to call it quits.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by Finger Cookin

Yeah, the signs are clear that this is on the verge of becoming an epidemic when 1 out of 211 drafted players has already decided to call it quits.

It’s important for children to play other sports, says Gretzky, after a spate of young stars have lost their desire for hockey

But hey, what does Gretzky (or that buffoon Duhatschek who wrote the article) know about it?

[Finger Cookin]

Hand-wringing over fundamental systemic problems with hockey in Canada is like shooting fish in a barrel. I think a player like Pilon deciding to quit now has far less to do with institutional shortcomings than it does with his individual situation. YMMV.