Howse's contract terminated. Update: 'I don't want to play. My heart's not in it.'

[fatso]

Originally Posted by saXon

So you're the guy who, being part of a group who lays a beating on a guy, claims innocence in the matter while wiping the blood off his shoes.

Take a hike.

aw... sucks to feel personally criticized by people who don't you know, doesn't it? How appropriate...

[Demaeon]

This is my formal thanks to whoever made the "This post is terrible" account for the purpose demonstrated above. We'll done.

[saXon]

Originally Posted by fatso

aw... sucks to feel personally criticized by people who don't you know, doesn't it? How appropriate...

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by saXon

I guess working at McDonalds wasn't panning out.

It is very possible that he had no idea what he was giving up until he did give it up. I am sure the realization that he would be a 9-5 worker the rest of his life hit pretty hard. Maybe that is the wake up he needed.


Hopefully it works out for him.


I believe in second chances, and try not to rejoice in someone else's misfortune (where self-caused or not).

Spoiler!

Except Edmonton, I will always enjoy their No Goodness

[SHOGUN]

Giving up and suffering clinical depression (my guess) are different subjects. I wish him luck.

[kermitology]

He's got a great shot.. but that's about it. Good luck though Ryan.

[edn88]

Originally Posted by Demaeon

This is my formal thanks to whoever made the "This post is terrible" account for the purpose demonstrated above. We'll done.

Man - I wish the Thanks search feature still worked so I could see what posts he has 'thanked' so far...

[Madrox]

Can we give thanks to a "Thanks"?

[BlackWallStreet]

Howse treated the flames organization like trash , not replying to management, not showing up for camp etc. it puzzles me to see flames fans defending the guy.. =S

[Drury18]

I'm no fan of Howse's, however I have a friend whose also a friend of his on Facebook and you would always see him posting pictures of himself playing hockey or in a Flames jersey or making comments about hockey posts so it was pretty obvious he had some love for the game and pride of being a hockey player.

Hopefully he sees this as a second chance and puts more focus into his training and nutrition as that seem to be what ended his first go around. As well as whatever other off the ice issues he may have had that led to the contract termination. I doubt we will see him in the NHL, but he is still fairly young (almost 23) and could see making himself a respectable career either in the AHL here or perhaps overseas in a European League (German/Czech/Swedish) like alot of the other tweener type players. It's not the big money, but from what I hear from guys who have been over there to extend their career just that little bit further they are treated well and almost get a paid European vacation where they get to play hockey. It's not a shabby deal.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Re-starting his pro career:

Darryl Wolski @darrylwolski
Former Calgary Flame prospect Ryan Howse signs with Stockton in the ECHL @NHLFREEAGENTS @fan960boomer @NHLFlames

had nothing better to do after his account here got banned?

[AC]

I hate to rush to any judgements because for all we know Howse may have battled with some depression or something along those lines which made him question all aspects of his life.

I was disappointed he didn't seem to ever get off the ground as a prospect, but I'm not about to hold ill will towards a person who is trying to get his life back on track.

[IgiTang]

I'm throwing out hypothetical here... But what if he turned it around, hit some of his initial potential and was on the brink of a career destined for the NHL? I understand he was signed as a free agent, but would the Flames not hold any sort of rights to him or be compensated in anyway?

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by IgiTang

I'm throwing out hypothetical here... But what if he turned it around, hit some of his initial potential and was on the brink of a career destined for the NHL? I understand he was signed as a free agent, but would the Flames not hold any sort of rights to him or be compensated in anyway?

No when they terminated his contract, he became an UFA.

[Bezer]

It's too bad I really liked Howse and thought he might be a player. Good luck to him on his return.

[dino7c]

likely realized how ####ty the real world can be and that playing a kids game for a living is not such a tough life

Funny how some fans are more passionate for a guy like this to get a second chance when there are tons of guys busting their asses for a shot who wouldn't dream of quitting that will never be mentioned. I wish no ill will nor will I be pulling for the guy, he is LUCKY to get another shot

[getbak]

Originally Posted by edn88

Man - I wish the Thanks search feature still worked so I could see what posts he has 'thanked' so far...

For some reason, my post in the Draft Contest thread. I'm not sure what made it worthy of being "terrible", but I cried a little when I saw it.

"Oh look, my post got thanked...Wait a minute."

[4X4]

Originally Posted by saXon

I guess working at McDonalds wasn't panning out.

Originally Posted by Delgar

So you're the guy who, after everyone else beat him up, decides to kick sand in his face as he's getting up?

This could have gone either way. On a different day, there's have been 40 thanks on the McDicks post. The internet is about as predictable as a woman's mood.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by 4X4

The internet is about as predictable as a woman's mood.

With that in mind, one of my all-time favourite tweets:

Liz Miele @lizmiele · Nov 7
Every month I play a game called "Is this PMS or my new ####ty personality?"

[Point Blank]

Originally Posted by dino7c

likely realized how ####ty the real world can be and that playing a kids game for a living is not such a tough life

Funny how some fans are more passionate for a guy like this to get a second chance when there are tons of guys busting their asses for a shot who wouldn't dream of quitting that will never be mentioned. I wish no ill will nor will I be pulling for the guy, he is LUCKY to get another shot

I totally agree, on top of all that earning more cash on an entry level contract as a teenager than most doctors who spent years for their degrees. But as a professional who freshly graduated a little over a year ago, I learned that adjusting to the real world is tough primarily because a lot of young adults today have a highly idealized version of what the real world is like.

Not to overstretch my speculation but he likely went through what almost every young adult transitioning into the professional world went through. A tough realization that unless we have years of work experience and/or a ton of luck, a lot of doors are closed and we need to slog through a few years mediocre positions to get to where we thought graduating would bring us to.

I think this is a very normal process, sure it's immature thinking but he's only 22 so it's to be expected. I'd cut him a bit of slack.