Question by John C: Highest a USHL player has gone in the NHL draft?
What ushl player has gone highest in the NHL draft?
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Answer by Brian
Here’s a list of all USHL players to be drafted in the top 10:
Kyle Okposo went 7th overall to the Islanders in 2006.
Brian Lee went 9th overall to the Senators in 2005.
Blake Wheeler went 5th overall to the Coyotes in 2004.
Thomas Vanek went 5th overall to the Sabres in 2003.
Rusty Klesla went 4th overall to the Blue Jackets in 2000.
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Wayne Gretzky went 100th overall from the now defunct USHL Miami Matadors back in 1959. He was team mates with Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe, Gord Downey, And Barack Obama back then. They also use to all hang out and masterbate to pictures of Rosanne Barr together back then. Some say they bum rammed each other for nickles since they didnt get paid that well back then. They use to get paid in pop cans and take them back to the bottle depot so they could buy porno.
horrible thought. There is too much long standing tradition for many of these teams. What needs to be done is to eliminate interleague play. You could then take those games and play them non division opponents. This would be fair since you already play 18 games against division rivals and you are competing against the rest of the league in terms of the WC spot. If you were to eliminate the interleague in the AL you would play each team in your division 18 games and then play 10 games against each non divisional AL team. In the NL it would work the same except the NL East and West would play each non divisional team 8 or 9 games.
Contracting 6 teams will cost you $1.8B……………where do you get the money? The only legal way to contract is to buy out the franchises. The current war chest is FAR less than $1.8B
Most hockey believe that the NHL talent pool is as strong as it hass been since the 60s.
Revenue sharing has absolutely nothing to do with financial stability, nor does it ensure stability. Revenue sharing is simply there to ensure that all teams can pay their bills. The Nashville Predators are far from a stable franchise financially, but never had an issue paying their bills through revenue sharing.
Also, In 2006, Bill Davis, a member of the Winnipeg Jets ownership group did a review of the Winnipeg situation when attempting to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins. He concluded (with a $39MM salary cap) that Winnipeg cannot a team.
What do you know that he
Keep in mind that Winnipeg has one of the lowest household incomes of all municipalities in America with populations greater than 100,000, and that based on the results of the 2006 review, the average ticket price would have to be over $100 ($147) which does not fit into the average Winnipeg budget (and considering that the largest employers in Winnipeg are financial institutions and the recently bankrupt CanWest Corporation, corporate sponsorship is rare).
Finally, NHL By-Law 14.6 states
Any team can claim an indemnity payment from any other team which infringes up its 25 mile radius, 50 mile radius, and radio and television radius.
Kitchener-Waterloo receives Toronto radio and television waves over the air and therefore Toronto would be able to claim payments (and Balsillie acknowledged this in 2007).
keep the 30 teams. I would happily let a team move to Hamilton/KW simply because Phoenix/Nashville/Atlanta would do better there than they will where they are now, but sadly those cities are better than Winnipeg/Saskatoon/Quebec City. The key to a successful city is corporate sponsorship, and Canada sadly lacks in that You could stick a team in Battleford Saskatchewan, and you could sell it out, but all other costs with running a hockey team would put you heavily in debt. The other option (opposed to contraction) is letting teams fail…………like the California Golden Seals/Cleveland Barons in the 70s. Some teams get so far behind in their payments and financial projections that death is a more feasible option than contraction/relocation.
The CBA restricts the schedule to between 80 and 84 games. I would leave the schedule where it is simply so as to not deal with the Players Association.
The one thing you seem to have in your proposals is the Union…..NEVER dismiss the union
– the union is against contraction
– the union is against a decrease in games
On the other hand, that abolishing the salary cap idea – the union would love you forever.
been involved in the National Hockey League for over 50 years (February 1959), and I am very familiar with how it is run and how it operates. I did not miss the point of your question, I just took into account facets of the equation that you were either a) not aware of or b) chose to ignore
There is a lot that goes into running a business be it the phone company, the grocery store, or a professional entity.
Gary Bettman has absolutely no power. He is a spokesperson for 30 different men/organizations who are as different from one another as night is from day. He make the rules, franchise decisions, etc, he get to vote on rules, etc.
like all these people who say "If I was commissioner, there would not have been a lockout"
And the sad fact is, the 30 owners wanted a lockout….if you as commissioner wouldn't be commissioner much longer.
a fantasy world to believe that any one person in Corporate America has that much power.
As the NHL commissioner, your job is to best implement the suggestions your constituents (the owners) want. not what you want (which would be nice if we all got what we wanted).
imagine if he had hiked all that way and forgot to put the in the box