There were rumors last week that Ferris State recruit Pat Maroon might be thinking of going to the OHL next season, instead of going to Big Rapids.
Maroon is a big forward with excellent hands. He was one of the NAHL's top forwards last season, leading the league in scoring in both the regular season and playoffs.
Maroon cleared things up a little bit in an interview with the London Free Press:
"I am thinking of coming (to London,)" Maroon said. "It all depends if I get drafted and what team drafts me and if that team tells me to go to the OHL or college. I don't have to do it but if I do get drafted and that's what the team tells me, it would be a consideration.Maroon said he could be drafted as early as the third round, but most people see him getting picked somewhere between the 5th and 7th round. I'd think his hometown of St. Louis might be a likely destination. Maroon has participated in the Blues prospect camps in recent years. I'd be nervous is Calgary or Los Angeles picked him though.
"It would be nice to play (in London) but it's really all up for grabs."
The London Free Press throws in this gem:
If Maroon is drafted, there probably aren't a lot of NHL teams that wouldn't recommend he play in the OHL. Even as a 19-year-old, he has two more years of at least 68 games and given the Knights history the last few seasons, it's likely to be closer to 100-game seasons.100-game seasons? Are all of their 7-game playoff series going to 8 games? I don't understand the Metric system.
So yeah, the NHL Draft will be interesting for Ferris State.
In related news, Ferris State recruit Beau Schmitz wasn't at the Plymouth Whalers mini-camp, though another NCAA prospect, Kevin Lynch, was there, and reportedly played very well.
6 comments:
London is like the New York Yankees of junior hockey. They just basically get whoever they want and it gets annoying. They just picked up Tony Romano out of college and he's a pretty solid player. I guess you can do that when you have a bunch of money to throw around.
CHL Clubs play up to 8 Exhibition Games, plus 68 Regular season games, throw in Four Best of Sevens, CHL Showcase/Allstar Games and any Team USA International events(oh ya, strike that, USA hockey rather ignore MJ players and take NCAA players) and you can see where they get that number. Nice crack about the metric system though.
Why are you here again?
ohl exibition=8
regular season=68
canada vs russia=8
all star game=1
prospects game=1
ohl playoffs max=7x4=28
mem cup=max 5
world juniors=?
so theoretically a player could play 120+games.but even a average player that is on on poor team-playoffs will play at least 60 games.some players want to play pro first then school. others the opposite.
In 2004-2005 the Knights played 99 games starting from exibition games right through to winning the Memorial Cup.
The 2006-2007 Plymouth Whalers played 99 games.
Memorial cup semi's...
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