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Post by canbeer on Aug 26, 2010 11:22:44 GMT -4
im not sayig to put all the kids on the team. i know thats silly. but Amyot we dont need. Grant we do need. he just hasnt played well. I just don't agree. Amyot is a vet in this league with over 250 games played and lead the D last year... outside of Clarke the other 5 D have only played a combined 190 games or so. Amyot's experience is good for the team. Just because the Moose have 7 "returning" D doesn't mean it's still not a young squad.
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Post by crash on Aug 31, 2010 18:00:46 GMT -4
Dimi is going to Dal, for school only. Dal coach wasn't interested in picking him up. John Moore has posted he will be playing for the Bridgewater Lumberjacks this coming season, along with Matt Stoddard.
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Post by hokeyfan101 on Sept 5, 2010 16:36:09 GMT -4
It is time for Dimitruk to give up the ghost and move on. He made a huge mistake coming to Q in first place as he was never an elite dman. Saw an article up here saying he starred at Phillips Exeter before Q/Moncton. He did not star there and was avg at best. Left because he saw the handwriting on the wall. To play at this level you need to be able to think the game and he never has and never will. He is not going to Dal, coach passed on that one.
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Post by MikeC on Sept 5, 2010 16:50:43 GMT -4
It is time for Dimitruk to give up the ghost and move on. He made a huge mistake coming to Q in first place as he was never an elite dman. Saw an article up here saying he starred at Phillips Exeter before Q/Moncton. He did not star there and was avg at best. Left because he saw the handwriting on the wall. To play at this level you need to be able to think the game and he never has and never will. He is not going to Dal, coach passed on that one. Give up and move on to what? He's still got a year of Jr eligibility left so why not play it out. Plenty of players move on to the CIS from Jr A, and he's got a couple of years of education money from the Q plus whatever Moncton and Halifax topped up for him.
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Post by hokeyfan101 on Sept 5, 2010 20:02:51 GMT -4
Move on from thinking hockey is a future. Played for and left many teams before coming to Q 3 different high school teams alone. Even the whole Moncton thing was creepy with the leaving out of a window in the middle of the night without telling anyone first year. It has been a strange carear to watch up in the Q and if playing U hockey in Canada was his dream, he hid it pretty well. All that running around and to get cut your last year?
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Post by MikeC on Sept 5, 2010 20:10:49 GMT -4
What does all of this: Played for and left many teams before coming to Q 3 different high school teams alone. Even the whole Moncton thing was creepy with the leaving out of a window in the middle of the night without telling anyone first year. All that running around and to get cut your last year? Have to do with this, at this point in time, right now: Move on from thinking hockey is a future. Sure, in hindsight, maybe all his moving around didn't get him where he wanted to go. But quitting hockey now, and 'moving on' doesn't change anything.
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Post by hokeyfan101 on Sept 6, 2010 11:28:20 GMT -4
It has to do with everything. Playing for about 10 teams in 7 years and having strange instances, such as,
When he left his massachusetts prep school, this was written The Latest to Go Major Junior
"Phillips Exeter 6’1†RD Paul Dimitruk, who would have been an 11th grader this season at Phillips Exeter Academy, has gone major junior instead, joining the Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL). Dimitruk, a ’90 birthdate from Andover, Mass., was drafted by Moncton in the 7th round of June’s QMJHL draft. Let us try to word this kindly: he's not what you would call a high-end prospect. However, he made his major junior debut in last night’s exhibition game vs. the Saint John’s Sea Dogs. Dimitruk picked up an assist in the game, won by Moncton, 6-5, in a shootout.
Pretty rare for Exeter kids to go major junior, but there you have it. Dimitruk was doing fine academically."
Dont you remember the articles written when he literally left in the middle of the night, out a window and didnt even tell Moncton??
The problem with the Q taking kids from mass is they get the wrong ones.
The year he was drafted, they took Richard Greer, Travis Busch and PD in that order. Not one college coach had those 3 top 50 in mass. Those 3 all came back and could barely play in the empire league, which is below the EJ, which is tier 4.
The Wildats looked stupid in the hole process and they never forgot it.
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Post by MikeC on Sept 6, 2010 14:16:12 GMT -4
It has to do with everything. Playing for about 10 teams in 7 years and having strange instances, such as, When he left his massachusetts prep school, this was written The Latest to Go Major Junior "Phillips Exeter 6’1†RD Paul Dimitruk, who would have been an 11th grader this season at Phillips Exeter Academy, has gone major junior instead, joining the Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL). Dimitruk, a ’90 birthdate from Andover, Mass., was drafted by Moncton in the 7th round of June’s QMJHL draft. Let us try to word this kindly: he's not what you would call a high-end prospect. However, he made his major junior debut in last night’s exhibition game vs. the Saint John’s Sea Dogs. Dimitruk picked up an assist in the game, won by Moncton, 6-5, in a shootout. Pretty rare for Exeter kids to go major junior, but there you have it. Dimitruk was doing fine academically." Dont you remember the articles written when he literally left in the middle of the night, out a window and didnt even tell Moncton?? The problem with the Q taking kids from mass is they get the wrong ones. The year he was drafted, they took Richard Greer, Travis Busch and PD in that order. Not one college coach had those 3 top 50 in mass. Those 3 all came back and could barely play in the empire league, which is below the EJ, which is tier 4. The Wildats looked stupid in the hole process and they never forgot it. Again, what does that have to do with you wanting Dimitruk to 'move on'? All you've written is things from the past. What does 'moving on' do to change any of that? And how does that even remotely relate to these two sentences? Seems to me you just want to slag him for not being a superstar.
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Post by hokeyfan101 on Sept 6, 2010 14:49:40 GMT -4
"superstar". Thats one word never used with his play. Not one college in the US had any interest and that is why he landed up there. Greer, Bush and Dimitruk all came back. Greer and Busch couldnt even make teams.
Maybe he shouldnt move on, maybe should go play for a college in Canada. I am sure that was his dream when he went up there. He really showed everyone back in mass that they were wrong, which was his objective
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Post by CrazyJoeDavola on Sept 6, 2010 14:58:25 GMT -4
"superstar". Thats one word never used with his play. Not one college in the US had any interest and that is why he landed up there. Greer, Bush and Dimitruk all came back. Greer and Busch couldnt even make teams. Maybe he shouldnt move on, maybe should go play for a college in Canada. I am sure that was his dream when he went up there. He really showed everyone back in mass that they were wrong, which was his objective It appears hokeyfan101 didn`t get the date she wanted with Dimitruk. Some deep angry feelings here, and I don`t think its purely based on his ability as a hockey player lol
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Post by lalalaprise on Sept 6, 2010 15:02:37 GMT -4
Yeah seriously...what was the point of all of this...thread should be deleted and poster should be banned.
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Post by MikeC on Sept 6, 2010 15:25:50 GMT -4
"superstar". Thats one word never used with his play. Not one college in the US had any interest and that is why he landed up there. Greer, Bush and Dimitruk all came back. Greer and Busch couldnt even make teams. Maybe he shouldnt move on, maybe should go play for a college in Canada. I am sure that was his dream when he went up there. He really showed everyone back in mass that they were wrong, which was his objective You're all over the map here. What exactly is your point in all this? In your first post you said coming to the Q was a mistake. Now, no US college teams were interested. Are you saying he should have just hung up the skates at 17 and never played again? Nobody's 'dream' is to play CIS hockey when they go the CHL route. They all hope things come together and they get drafted and sign that big NHL contract when they're 20. Well, that doesn't happen for about 1400 of the 1500 CHL players every year. It doesn't mean they all should never have even tried. “You tried your best and failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.” Thank you Homer Simpson.
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Post by hokeyfan101 on Sept 6, 2010 16:39:09 GMT -4
Than I guess he is all set and will continue his dream!!! The point is this ended up being a train wreck because of over the top parents and absurd decisions. He changed teams and schools like some people do a pair of sneakers all to show everyone they were wrong. If he had just relaxed and stayed at Exeter, he might have been able to play at a D 1 school and if not, gone to an Ivy league or D 3 school. His next 4 years coulod be starting now, where all the fun for American kids starts. But becausae of his parents and their insane moves, it has hit the wall. Cut at 20 and going to a Canadian school vs a US one. Good luck getting hired in Massachusetts with that degree. it aint happening. He and Richard Greer are the poster boys for what not to do.
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Post by MikeC on Sept 6, 2010 16:48:25 GMT -4
Than I guess he is all set and will continue his dream!!! The point is this ended up being a train wreck because of over the top parents and absurd decisions. He changed teams and schools like some people do a pair of sneakers all to show everyone they were wrong. If he had just relaxed and stayed at Exeter, he might have been able to play at a D 1 school and if not, gone to an Ivy league or D 3 school. His next 4 years coulod be starting now, where all the fun for American kids starts. But becausae of his parents and their insane moves, it has hit the wall. Cut at 20 and going to a Canadian school vs a US one. Good luck getting hired in Massachusetts with that degree. it aint happening. He and Richard Greer are the poster boys for what not to do. They're might be some valid points in there, even if some contradict what you've already said, and not including the swipe at Canadian Universities. And they still don't have anything to do with your first statement: "It is time for Dimitruk to give up the ghost and move on."
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Post by Hfx2012 on Sept 6, 2010 17:10:37 GMT -4
Than I guess he is all set and will continue his dream!!! The point is this ended up being a train wreck because of over the top parents and absurd decisions. He changed teams and schools like some people do a pair of sneakers all to show everyone they were wrong. If he had just relaxed and stayed at Exeter, he might have been able to play at a D 1 school and if not, gone to an Ivy league or D 3 school. His next 4 years coulod be starting now, where all the fun for American kids starts. But becausae of his parents and their insane moves, it has hit the wall. Cut at 20 and going to a Canadian school vs a US one. Good luck getting hired in Massachusetts with that degree. it aint happening. He and Richard Greer are the poster boys for what not to do. Do you even know one of these guys? You make this out as some sort of "death sentence". He made decisions and apparently is moving on with his life. People make life decisions everyday and yet critics, such as you, feel it necessary to slam them for reasons unknown by most. Why? Give it up. You've slammed him, his parents, Greer, the Canadian University system. Get a life. How this even became a "Slam Dimitruk" post is absolutely B@#$S%^&. By the way, and it appears you have ZERO KNOWLEDGE" regarding this, Canadian University degrees are widely accepted in the U.S, including Massachusetts. I speak from first hand knowledge.
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