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Post by bois on Nov 25, 2007 11:21:38 GMT -4
wow maybe they can replace him with Bruno
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Post by Score on Nov 26, 2007 23:33:36 GMT -4
MacLean should definitly be on this team........no doubt.
Kid has skill, and IMO should be getting more ice time then what he;s getting now.
His skating was what had people worried about him, but so far from what I've seen, it's not much of an issue.
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Post by Score on Nov 28, 2007 9:28:46 GMT -4
Former scout, Rocket differ on story
Kenny MacDougall resigns from post with the QMJHL?team after being questioned about Team Atlantic under-17 roster selections
CHARLES REID
The Guardian
Sometimes a difference of opinion is just that; other times it means more.
This time it’s meant the resignation of P.E.I. Rocket scout Kenny MacDougall, who was the P.E.I. scout for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League club.
MacDougall said he quit on Nov. 21 after president and governor Serge Savard Jr. questioned why no Rocket players make the roster for Team Atlantic, which will play at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in London, Ont., next month.
MacDougall is head coach of the Atlantic squad and he said Savard called him Nov. 20, the day the roster was released.
“(He said) as a Rocket scout, I owed them to take a Rocket player. Serge felt I was basically embarrassing their organization,” MacDougall told The Guardian on Tuesday. “I was told I could no longer work with them in a professional manner.”
Three Rocket players —goaltender Jon Waye and forwards Brandon Street and Brandon MacLean, fifth-, second- and first-round selections in 2007 respectively —were invited to the Atlantic team camp in July in Wolfville, N.S.
None of them made the final roster but three Island midget AAA players — Brandon Gormley of Murray River, Morgan Ellis of Ellerslie and Alaska’s Jordan Costello — all did.
MacDougall said his integrity was being questioned and wrote a letter of resignation before head scout Charles Marier could fire him.
“That’s what disappointed me. I can’t select people for Team Atlantic based on what a major junior team wants,” said MacDougall, a Stratford resident.
Savard said although he understands MacDougall’s view, they differ greatly.
“We felt our number one pick should have been easily selected,” said Savard. “(It) sends a message the Rocket made a mistake at the draft. “I see (his point) absolutely, but, I’m sorry, Kenny’s on my payroll. I have the right to call.”
Savard said with a struggling team, the Rocket is 10-14-1, his first-round pick wasn’t seeing much ice time, which limited his exposure and development.
It’s standard practice for most Q teams, unless the squad is high in the standings or has little choice.
“There are not a lot of 16-year-olds that play regularly. It depends on your situation,” Savard said.
He said he’s protecting his player, similar to when he called the QMJHL head office demanding to know why Charlottetown’s Chris Doyle wasn’t picked to replace injured Baie-Comeau forward Benjamin Breault on the league’s team for the recent ADT Canada-Russia challenge.
Doyle (29 points) is tied for 24th on the scoring list with six other players, including St. John’s Jean-Simon Allard, who took Breault’s spot.
Breault is 10 points behind the grouping.
MacDougall, who’s assistant general manager and director of player development for the MJAHL’s Summerside Western Capitals, said he will now concentrate on Team Atlantic.
Meanwhile, Savard has no plans to fill the vacant position (it’s been removed from the Rocket website) and said he will rely on his Nova Scotia and New Brunswick scouts.
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Post by bumblebee on Dec 11, 2007 20:18:37 GMT -4
Taken from another site....interesting to say the least...
I heard that MacLean was asked during the interview in Acadia where he thought he would be on the team and he said on the top two lines. Also heard that the head coach for the U17 team was having problems within the Rocket organization and used his position to try and embarrass the team. Very blatant move to can both MacLean and Street...a lot of the players on the U17 team would be very hesitant to even go in near the corner with MacLean. Ryan looked after Noseworthy and Crowell went to bat for Walker. Short et al looked after Subway bunch...and so the political scene goes...good luck at the tourney boys and as you say, time will tell....and the higher you move up, politics will always be there...even Lala has made reference to his angst regarding the political game.....
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