Picard-Hooper wants.....

[chsb]

To be traded to an Eastern team to learn English...

Partisans du Drakkar, vous devrez faire votre deuil d'Alexandre Picard-Hooper. Pour l'attaquant de 20 ans, l'un des meilleurs marqueurs de l'équipe lors des trois dernières saisons, l'aventure à Baie-Comeau est terminée. Il est même prêt à faire une croix sur sa carrière Junior Majeur.

"Je ne veux pas m'étendre sur les raisons, mais c'est sûr que je ne reviendrai pas à Baie-Comeau, a lancé Picard-Hooper lorsque joint hier par Le Soleil dans la région Montréalaise. Si je demeure dans la LHJMQ, j'aimerais bien me retrouver dans les Maritimes. Ça me permettrait d'apprendre l'anglais."

Le "si" de Picard-Hooper a toute son importance, car pour lui, il y a de l'avenir en dehors de la LHJMQ. Son excellent dossier scolaire (il a été choisi joueur-étudiant de l'année dans la ligue l'an dernier) lui ouvre toutes grandes les portes du réseau universitaire. "McGill m'a offert une bourse complète pour jouer là-bas. Je suis très intéressé car c'est l'une des meilleures Universités au pays, a-t-il poursuivi. Je me donne jusqu'à la date limite des échanges (lundi prochain) pour prendre ma décision."

Quant à l'entraîneur-chef et directeur général adjoint du Drakkar, il soutient que l,équipe fait tout pour accomoder Picard-Hooper, mais il faudra que ce dernier y mette du sien. "On a bien tenté de l'échanger à cinq ou six endroits, mais la réponse du clan Picard a toujours été non jusqu'ici, a indiqué Éric Dubois. À titre d'exemple, Chicoutimi s'était montré intéressée, mais Picard était réticent à y aller. Plutôt que d'attendre après, ils (les Sags) se sont tournés vers Shawinigan pour obtenir Francis Paré.

Dubois a souligné que les Remparts ont aussi manifesté de l'intérêt à l'endroit de PIcard-Hooper. "Québec nous a approchés et on leur a fait deux propositions, mais ils ne nous ont pas rappelés encore, a-t-il enchaîné. C'est sûr qu'on ne fera pas de cadeau gratuit, on joue quand même 10 matchs contre Québec dans une saison."

Ceci dit, ça ne veut pas dire que le Drakkar refuserait de troquer l'attaquant à une équipe de son ancienne division. Si le prix offert est intéressant, l,échange se fera, quelle que soit la formation, assure Dubois. "On est prêt à l,échanger n'importe où, mais l'offre en retour devra être raisonnable. On a vu ce que Chicoutimi a payé pour Paré et Picard-Hooper vaut au moins autant que lui, sinon plus. Je préfère le perdre pour rien plutôt que le donner pour rien."

Finalement, le pilote du Drakkar estime que Picard-Hooper fait baisser sa valeur en restant chez lui plutôt que de venir engranger de nombreux points sur la glace du Centre Henry-Leonard. Il s'explique mal sa décision de bouder la Côte-Nord. "Pourtant, je pense que l'organisation l'a très bien traité pendant ses trois saisons ici", conclut-il. (Le Soleil today)

Picard-Hooper is an OA who could help teams like Halifax,Lewiston or PEI in upgrading their OAs........

He has been offered a complete education package to play gor McGill University but wants to play a last season in the Q in the East.

No doubt that this is the most high profile OA actually on the market.

[Score]

Wouldn't this topic be better discussed on the main Q page, as it involves all teams in this division?

[chillywack]

admin said:

Wouldn't this topic be better discussed on the main Q page, as it involves all teams in this division?

Yes. But look who posted it. He still has his Titan glasses on, and is convincd it's only the Titan that are in the running.

But isn't Bathurst a largely populated french area? If Picard-Hooper wanted to learn english, wouldn't he be better off in St. John's, Saint John, Halifax, Cape Breton, Lewiston or Moncton?

[chsb]

admin said:

Wouldn't this topic be better discussed on the main Q page, as it involves all teams in this division?

If you don't want to comment on this topic on this Board, it is up to you to start a topic on the other Board.
I will not stand that type of argument every time I bring a topic to this Board.

[chsb]

chillywack said:

admin said:

Wouldn't this topic be better discussed on the main Q page, as it involves all teams in this division?

Yes. But look who posted it. He still has his Titan glasses on, and is convincd it's only the Titan that are in the running.

But isn't Bathurst a largely populated french area? If Picard-Hooper wanted to learn english, wouldn't he be better off in St. John's, Saint John, Halifax, Cape Breton, Lewiston or Moncton?

Are we supposed to change fan allegiance because you opened a Maritime board?
Take our input the way we bring it forward!

[faceoff]

chillywack said:

admin said:

Wouldn't this topic be better discussed on the main Q page, as it involves all teams in this division?

Yes. But look who posted it. He still has his Titan glasses on, and is convincd it's only the Titan that are in the running.

But isn't Bathurst a largely populated french area? If Picard-Hooper wanted to learn english, wouldn't he be better off in St. John's, Saint John, Halifax, Cape Breton, Lewiston or Moncton?

If you read the last part of his post,in english,that is exactly what he said! He didn't mention Bathurst at all!!

[chillywack]

faceoff said:

chillywack said:

Yes. But look who posted it. He still has his Titan glasses on, and is convincd it's only the Titan that are in the running.

But isn't Bathurst a largely populated french area? If Picard-Hooper wanted to learn english, wouldn't he be better off in St. John's, Saint John, Halifax, Cape Breton, Lewiston or Moncton?

If you read the last part of his post,in english,that is exactly what he said!

I usually don't read his posts, they're known to be garbage.

If that's what he said, then why did he bother posting it on the Titan board?

[Jack Bauer]

chsb said:

chillywack said:

Yes. But look who posted it. He still has his Titan glasses on, and is convincd it's only the Titan that are in the running.

But isn't Bathurst a largely populated french area? If Picard-Hooper wanted to learn english, wouldn't he be better off in St. John's, Saint John, Halifax, Cape Breton, Lewiston or Moncton?

Are we supposed to change fan allegiance because you opened a Maritime board?
Take our input the way we bring it forward!

Ugh will you let go of this Bathurst vs the world mission you're on.

Picard-Hooper wanting to play in the East is a QMJHL issue much more then a Titan issue which is why it should be put in the main Q section(how many English universities are in Bathurst exactly?)

[faceoff]

chillywack said:

faceoff said:

If you read the last part of his post,in english,that is exactly what he said!

I usually don't read his posts, they're known to be garbage.

If that's what he said, then why did he bother posting it on the Titan board?

I think he has that chioce,doesn't he???

[chsb]

chillywack said:

faceoff said:

If you read the last part of his post,in english,that is exactly what he said!

I usually don't read his posts, they're known to be garbage.

If that's what he said, then why did he bother posting it on the Titan board?

You are actually the one turning this topic into a garbage one....

Have you ever done recycling?

[Score]

chsb said:

admin said:

Wouldn't this topic be better discussed on the main Q page, as it involves all teams in this division?

If you don't want to comment on this topic on this Board, it is up to you to start a topic on the other Board.
I will not stand that type of argument every time I bring a topic to this Board.

One of the benifits of this QMJHL board is that we can have better discussion on overall topics like this one, instead of having multiple threads on the same topic.......Reason whay you should have posted this on the main board, as it relates to the Q and not the Titan.

[seahawk]

why do you give a shit where he posts it. Jesus, he is a Titan supporter and might feel more at home posting on "His" teams board.

[SteveUL]

admin said:

Wouldn't this topic be better discussed on the main Q page, as it involves all teams in this division?

That type of thing should be open for discussion on any board if it concerns the team in question .... he certainly could help the Titan but it comes at the expense of an existing 20 ... Clendenning (if he returns), Labrie and Svoboda (is he in camp yet ?). If one of Clendenning or Svoboda followed another option for this season then Picard-Hooper would be an upgrade on either of them.

The main Q page seems to be reserved for "My Favourite" polls and has very little real hockey substance on it. Those polls seem to detract from the board. Clean that crap off that board and maybe more people will start real discussions instead of puckbunny chatter.

[chsb]

Paré costed a player, Tremblay who is a 2006 2nd round pick plus a first round pick to the Sags.
IMPO Picard-Hooper is better and would be worth at least that even if there are character issues....

He is dedicated long term to his studies and ended up the Scholastic player of the Year for the Q...
Personally I find that commandable if anything and he would be a nice fit with Perreault as he is a pure sniper

[CrazyJoeDavola]

steveul said:

admin said:

Wouldn't this topic be better discussed on the main Q page, as it involves all teams in this division?

That type of thing should be open for discussion on any board if it concerns the team in question .... he certainly could help the Titan but it comes at the expense of an existing 20 ... Clendenning (if he returns), Labrie and Svoboda (is he in camp yet ?). If one of Clendenning or Svoboda followed another option for this season then Picard-Hooper would be an upgrade on either of them.

The main Q page seems to be reserved for "My Favourite" polls and has very little real hockey substance on it. Those polls seem to detract from the board. Clean that crap off that board and maybe more people will start real discussions instead of puckbunny chatter.

Its a "General" board... and until this week, there have been no games or even training camps to talk about. What else is there to talk about at this point?