Agreed. I liked it much earlier in the day

Hey mate, Aussie fan here too. Been a fan since 2009 when I watched a SJ vs Flames game in Calgary when I did the traditional Canadian WHP in Banff. I fell in love with the sharks and have been ever since. Regarding the draft, it's much different from the NFL. For example the NFL is a national sport so generating and farming talent is 100% done from the college system in America. They are drafted as a result of their respective college tenures and are more mature (21-23yrs old) when drafted. Undrafted Free Agents from other countries can still sign from their INT'L development program. All prospects are drafted to make the pro 53 man team and development happens through the depth chart. If not, they are waived with the hope of making practice squad to continue developing to be recalled to pro team. There isn't any junior development options at all while drafted under rights. Ice Hockey on the other hand is a Global sport and the NHL has drafting rights from multiple different countries (Russia, Sweden, Swis, Chec, Finland etc) and their respective leagues (Junior, Amateur Professional and Professional). Draft Year eligibility is from the age of 18-20, however, it's based of American School calendar year, so if you are 18 by the 15 of September you are eligible to be drafted that same year, if you are 18 after the 16th of September you have to wait to the following draft year. 16th of September is our 1st of Jan. Drafting is ONLY for rights and the player and team both equally have the choice on your development path. Example: USA NTDP players traditionally go from program to College, USHL players traditionally go from league to College, Russian players go from MHL to CHL or KHL (Juniors, Amateur-Pro, Pro), same as other European leagues. The next thing is, The NHL is much more complicated than the NFL when is comes to developing players. Each Junior league has its own rules which the NHL tries to work with. For instance, depending of the junior path the prospect will take is dependant on how you can enter the NHL. CHL prospects can sign their entry level contract immediately and still play in the CHL if they don't make their respective pro teams after 9 games. The NCAA on the other hand is purely an amateur league and can't sign your Entry Level contract till you go full pro (NHL or AHL) which means you can't go back. So if you are drafted out of CHL (OHL, WHL, QMJHL) the team that drafted you have the decision to choose whether you are NHL ready or not and they can test that for 9 games in the NHL before the Entry Level contract kicks in to affect. If the prospect isn't ready for the NHL they will be sent back down to their respective CHL team they were drafted from. NCAA, Swedish, Russian all have to fully commit to the NHL or AHL if they go pro. Entry level contracts have 2 years of deferment before they have to go into 3 yr effect. So if you sign a player, doesn't develop to the desired timeframe then you can defer till they do. Hope this Helps.

he has a brother that plays for BU as well, defenseman

And surely that BU team won something during the year, right? Like an in-season tournament or regular season title, at least?

@@seansstuff1911 and if not that, at LEAST the beanpot? Had to have…. Right?

Youngest team in the country and a reputable program. Nothing to be ashamed of this past season. Plus Matt Davis was unreal in net for Denver, gotta give it to him.

And we shit on BU’s chest. Stfu

That BU team was special at finishing in 2nd place in every competition. Amazing consistency!

I'm still with the WooSox! Just mixing in a few other Sox games here and there. We're actually in Syracuse for WooSox-Mets all this week. Thanks for the kind words, very nice of you!

@@murroco211 Thanks for writing back Tyler, that’s great to hear. PS…I like the Whalers’ hat in the background.

Gonna be a Calder contender next year 🔥🔥

@@matthewkabel6246 you still think so?

@@TheBruinsboy31 sadly he’s been the second unluckiest shooter in the league but that doesn’t take away from how well he’s played

they prob wont even make it to the frozen four.

Who is Ben Smith? You mean Will Smith. Clueless? His first goal was no snipe. It deflected in off a BU player's skate blade. Did u even watch the game?

Oops. I have a pesky penchant for misnaming young Will; Ben was a predecessor Smith, who played for BC awhile back. He was pretty decent in his own right, and played in the NHL for awhile. ...and yeah, it was Will's 2nd goal that I had in mind; he had so many, I lost track! I'm happy to be corrected, happier still if you're a BU fan. ; )

That'll be the day I am ever a BU fan. Go Eagles. By the way. A Terrier licks it's own balls. Lol.

Conte and lower Campus is in Boston technically, the rest of the campus is not.

He should get the Hobey. (Fowler should be a finalist.)

Him Zegras and Carlsson could be Anaheim’s top line for years.

@@3Degree_Burns my dream is a trade for Necas in the off-season so we can have a Necas-McTavish-Terry second line 😮‍💨🤞

@@matthewkabel6246 damn that would be prime. Not mad about a vatrano Mac Terry second line either. But with necas the ducks could roll a Killorn Strome vatrano third. Wow, dare to dream

@@3Degree_Burns I think Verbeek will completely overhaul the 4th line based on his comments about wanting to get more production out of the bottom 6. I think he could justify keeping Leason since he's had a solid year, but I can't imagine Silf Lundy or Jones returning