Totally agree at the timing. With the record going in the wrong direction and this now occurring would leave me to believe behind the door situations are occurring.I wonder if there are any locker room issues at play here? His decision to leave the program this point in the season and the school year makes absolutely no sense.
I wonder if there are any locker room issues at play here? His decision to leave the program this point in the season and the school year makes absolutely no sense. I thought grades might have something to do with this but was told otherwise by people close to the program. Yes I'm sure Erie offered him a full ride scholarship package that will pay for the remainder of his schooling but I think that offer was always on the table right from the very beginning...so again why now???? I really hope that we do not see an full on implosion of this team because of behind the scene issues.
Totally agree at the timing. With the record going in the wrong direction and this now occurring would leave me to believe behind the door situations are occurring.
I think they only pay for his school if he doesn't sign a pro contract (ECHL, AHL, etc.) after he's done in Erie. Not sure on the exact rule.
Only 10 games left in the regular season so if we don't have injuries to more than one D-man at a time we should be OK from a numbers standpoint. We have 7 healthy D-men to close out the season.
I think the Lakers will miss his offensive ability, but defensively, he has a ways to go. Forces to many plays and turns the puck over too often. That's just a product of being so young. Definitely improved over last year. Needed another year of junior at a higher level such as the BCHL or USHL, but the Lakers would never have gotten him if they didn't take him a year early. Where the Lakers will really miss him is next year and the year after if he continued to improve as he has this year.
Cole Hults is having a very good year at Madison of the USHL and should be an excellent replacement for Headrick when he comes in next season. Yeah it will take him some time to adjust to the college game, but he's really elevated his play to another level at Madison this season. I think he'll be "over-ready" to play with the Lakers next season, as Damon likes to say. Yeah it hurts to lose Headrick, especially at this point in the season, but assuming Cole Hults comes in as planned next season I think we'll be OK.I think the Lakers will miss his offensive ability, but defensively, he has a ways to go. Forces to many plays and turns the puck over too often. That's just a product of being so young. Definitely improved over last year. Needed another year of junior at a higher level such as the BCHL or USHL, but the Lakers would never have gotten him if they didn't take him a year early. Where the Lakers will really miss him is next year and the year after if he continued to improve as he has this year.
Maybe someday you'll actually be right about a "local" kid making it to the show. 0-30 since I've been keeping track. You may be the worst "Pro Prospect Picker" in the history of Sports, but hey MAN keep on doing what you do I find it entertaining. So for that Thank you MAN
They cannot split points with a last place team but that just occurred. The offer was always there so the only other thing that was changed had to be within the walls of the Laker hockey program.Big weekend again. Lakers cannot lose games at home with only ten games left to go . You hate to lose players like Owen but an offer had to be made to him that he felt was the right way to go.
Erie has been after him since before he became a Laker. Although there may have always been an offer there, they may have sweetened the pot or otherwise have enticed him to leave the Lakers. I don't know what ultimately caused him to change his mind. It doesn't necessarily mean it was something within the program. It might be something as simple as he didn't have the interest and dedication to complete his education at this point in his life even though, as JNACC indicated, he was doing OK academically. He may have looked at it from the viewpoint that he could play hockey for Erie without also worrying about keeping up with academics. It could also be that his family encouraged him to go the college hockey route and he went along with them, but now he's decided he just doesn't want to do college anymore.They cannot split points with a last place team but that just occurred. The offer was always there so the only other thing that was changed had to be within the walls of the Laker hockey program.
He's too young and too small to even be thinking NHL or AHL at this point. I'm sure he will benefit from the much larger OHL schedule, but the timing of his decision is pretty BS in my opinion. He had chances to leave before that wouldn't have impacted his teammates nearly as much as it does now.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=146214
Shayne is also too small to be an effective NHL defenseman I take it?
Did you even read what I wrote? .
Did you even read what I wrote? I said "at this point". If he works hard and develops well he could be in a couple years. Shayne is on a completely different level than Owen right now.
Methinks CKrouth will take Whitten's and the University's talking points every time, man.
There is and will be an effort to pigeonhole Owen as they have with other players who have abandoned the good ship Laker. In Owen's case he is going into a much better situation for his future playing career, development, and a much more professional coaching staff. The scouts know a good prospect when they see one, and more will be seeing him in much much higher quality of play and competition than the likes of Alabama Huntsville or Alaska Anchorage.
