Re: RPI Off-Season Thread 2011: There Will be a Title Here Next Season
Turk Man is always on his game even on a holiday. If you check this thread tb and I have been saying that Pat is going to go higher than most think. The kid has a great head on his shoulders and this holds great sway with NHL scouts. The following quote is from Mark Jooris, his coach at Burlington “If you were drafting on character, he’d go first overall,” says Mark Jooris, who coached him on the Burlington Cougars last year.“The character is there,” echoes Rob Kitamura, head of OHL Central Scouting. To my fellow posters, we want Pat to go high because it lends itself to the program getting the props it deserves. Pat knock em dead at combine.
from nhl.com....s it possible that an impressive Combine would help elevate the status of defenseman Patrick Koudys of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute? Koudys just made the cut to participate at the Combine as the No. 76-rated North American skater, according to Central Scouting.
"Where a person can improve or hurt his standing is if he shows great strength in certain areas and a strength and conditioning coach of a certain team says, 'This Patrick Koudys is the type of kid who's unbelievably strong and has the type of game that can translate to the NHL,' " Gregory said. "Then, instead of waiting until the fourth round, that team may take a shot on him knowing that he may not be around that long since he's the type of D-man a team may want to work with. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=563804
Turk Man is always on his game even on a holiday. If you check this thread tb and I have been saying that Pat is going to go higher than most think. The kid has a great head on his shoulders and this holds great sway with NHL scouts. The following quote is from Mark Jooris, his coach at Burlington “If you were drafting on character, he’d go first overall,” says Mark Jooris, who coached him on the Burlington Cougars last year.“The character is there,” echoes Rob Kitamura, head of OHL Central Scouting. To my fellow posters, we want Pat to go high because it lends itself to the program getting the props it deserves. Pat knock em dead at combine.