Roger Chiasson

@Callicleez @BCHL_Alberta He's smart and gets lost in coverage - like many elite scorers. QU is a great program to continue his development. If many/majority of best 18/19 are in NCAA, it begs the question how much development remaining CHL 18/19's will have as it will be a very different league.

@Roger_Chiasson @BCHL_Alberta Every highlight or video package of him I've seen he's constantly sitting alone in acres of space in the slot it's nuts

Remember when Western Hockey Scout MBA, CFA had some strange axe to grind with Quinnipiac’s coach (over hiding kids in the BCHL or something) and that somehow transformed into him confidently declaring Ethan Wyttenbach wasn’t coming back to Quinnipiac? Never deleting this app.

@Callicleez @BCHL_Alberta ECAC is 4th in conf hierarchy but QU had a decent non-conf schedule collegehockeyinc.com/teams/quinnipi… and won the NCAA champ recently. Your sentiment though, of having players against less time and space opponents, is exactly what NHL teams are thinking urging CHL->NCAA for 18/19 yo's.

@BCHL_Alberta He should go to a better conference, though, see if he can replicate the results against teams that give him less time and space in the o-zone

@CJames_FJB @gtconway3d Cult member alert!

They're starting to turn on him in a way we've never seen before.

@GoSharksGo9696 @yolo_pinyato pbs.twimg.com/media/HErc7_ra… saw this today, explains a lot. Dubas has evolved, Tree is rooted to the ground looking backwards in face of the wind.

@Roger_Chiasson @yolo_pinyato Oh I got it and I agree with you, but Dubas made a bunch of errors that cant go unsaid as well..

@GoSharksGo9696 @yolo_pinyato typos galore but you get the point *diminishing value *aging/skills mismatch

@GoSharksGo9696 @yolo_pinyato CGY blunders are arguably worse. Guy is clueless as to where the game is trending, no handle on analytics or valuing players now or incorporating demising value via ge/skills mismatch to evolving game. Might have traded for Griffin Reinhart in a few days.

@KMFilipowski @FrescaEE @BCHL_Alberta @MarkSeidel @FernieHockey16 Easy. Never full disclosure of the books and gimmicky accounting. It's been happening in the NCAA for decades.

@FrescaEE @BCHL_Alberta @MarkSeidel @FernieHockey16 How is a business that looses money every year worth $20 million?

I agree Chris. When smart people people are lined up to buy CHL Teams for north of $20 million, I’m pretty sure that shows that the future is bright for the CHL. I’m REALLY impressed with all 3 League Commissioners (Crawford, Near & Cecchini) & Dan MacKenzie has been great & although the landscape may change a bit, it will still be the best Development League in the World and the #1 feeder to the NHL.

@NathanPStrauss Interesting and factual but also somewhat misleading. The % of NFL and NBA players from the NCAA route is much larger than the NHL @ ~30% per CHI. NCAA FB/MBB also have 2-5x the number of D1 hockey schools that skew comparison as all 3 pro leagues have 30-32 teams.

A couple of notable points here: college hockey has always fit better into the pro ecosystem than any other sport. ~50% of all players will play some pro hockey, and hockey players are almost 2x as likely to make the NHL compared to any other NCAA sport --> their pro sport.

@Mavpuck @jamespatrick101 Why not make even bigger and bigger straw men? Omg stop whining and moving the goal posts like a toddler. Each game is winner take all at higher seed culminating in a marquee event at predetermined location . Guess which league does it better than anyone else? Yeah the NFL.

I don’t think it’s a good idea at all. But if the goal is a “better atmosphere” and “a better product for TV” (both things that Mr. Carle has stated the past 24 months are “improved” by home games in the NCAA tourney), why stop there? Because for all the fans saying we need home sites, there are just as many fans don’t like the seeding the NPI (or Pairwise before it) results in. Again, I don’t want to change it. And I also don’t necessarily think the tournament needs to go to campus sites.

I think we need to hear from *all* interests involved before making a major structural shift like this. The “loudest proponents” so far have been the coaches, players, media, and fans of schools that, historically, are likely to host 1st round games (at minimum). Makes sense. Much more affordable and convenient to play at home — for those schools and their fans. But what about the schools that would be “perennial” road teams? What about the fact that (depending on the structure) you could see the entire tournament last more than two weekends (as it is structured now). And since the spin on this is that home games provide a “more exciting” atmosphere, couldn’t we also make the argument that “scrapping” the NPI and letting humans determine things — so the matchups are “more exciting for TV” — be the next step?

@kfk222 @MaidenCanadian @BCHL_Alberta Heard that too as well as rumors of NHL, USAH, HC, CHL, USHL, NCAA etc summit to sort out the new and ever evolving landscape. Hopefully player development rules the day going forward.

@Roger_Chiasson @MaidenCanadian @BCHL_Alberta There’s even talk I understand of some sort of relationship between the CHL and USHL.

CHL had a good run.

@bergie9er Higher seeds have hosted non Frozen Four games/rounds historically. Just like the NFL. I think Coach Carle's approach - which seems to have near universal support - makes complete sense. Maybe think of it as game 7s where the higher seeds host. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Divi…

David…first of all congratulations. Another unbelievable job by you and your staff. Let’s look at who would have hosted and will host moving forward since and after the Transfer portal, NIL, CHL changes.

@kfk222 @MaidenCanadian @BCHL_Alberta I think there will be jockeying b/w the USHL and CHL but my guess is both do well even IF the majority of the best 18/19 are in NCAA or NHL. If 30-50% of NCAA freshmen are CHLers, I agree all junior leagues below these two have to rethink things.

@Roger_Chiasson @MaidenCanadian @BCHL_Alberta The rule change also brought us Hurlbert to Kamloops. Jr A leagues will pay the most.

@kfk222 @MaidenCanadian @BCHL_Alberta also ~350 CHLers have committed and many will play U20 seasons (18/19) in NCAA per collegehockeyinc.com/college-commit… We are early days in seeing impact on all involved parties of the CHL->NCAA option being available, along with knock-on effects of traditional NCAA feeder leagues.

@kfk222 @MaidenCanadian @BCHL_Alberta MSL's oldest went USHL(NTDP)->NCAA-> USHL->NCAA; same could apply to CHL in certain cases. And the USHL has had players leave at 18/19 forever and manage fine - CHL will too. But the landscape has changed forever because players have choices now.

@mikemichiganfan @pdashow he won’t answer your question directly. Many top players will do both; CHL for 16/17/18 and then to NCAA at 17/18/19 as is there choice. It’s a new world and he is certain the world is flat.

@pdashow You are clearly not okay with it. All your posts say you know better than McKenna, his agent and every Scout and GM in the hockey world when it comes to his development.

Gavin McKenna's season is over before April. Medicine Hat might still be playing for another 2-3 months. Weird.

@kfk222 @MaidenCanadian @BCHL_Alberta Or realize it’s a jump for most and view year 1 in NCAA as equivalent to 16 yo junior year all while acclimating to a higher level of play and competing for ice time.

@MaidenCanadian @BCHL_Alberta There’s players that need another league at 19 for sure. It’s going to take a bit to sort it all out.

@chnews @KKurzNHL @pdashow exhibit A for the CHL —> NCAA path. Seems viable, no?

Flyers GM Danny Briere on today's Porter Martone signing and how his year in the NCAA helped. h/t @KKurzNHL

@pdashow @jbaraldi11 @TPS_Guy I have said playing in both is certainly viable via the CHL—>NCAA path taken by the CAN WJC. You just can’t seem to acknowledge that reality eventhough NHL GMs, scouts, player agents and players themselves most certainly have.

@Roger_Chiasson @jbaraldi11 @TPS_Guy The only people I think making a mistake are ones who blindly argue one route is better for development than the other because that is the league they pay attention to.

@pdashow @jbaraldi11 @TPS_Guy Again what about both, CHL-> NCAA --> pro? Did the CAN WJC NCAA players/agents/NHL teams all make a mistake going? By your logic they all did. FYI ~350 more CHL-> NCAA commits (and yes some/many age out of jr) collegehockeyinc.com/college-commit… Any of the U20 kids making mistakes?

@Roger_Chiasson @jbaraldi11 @TPS_Guy And when Guy posts that it’s weird that McKenna’s season is done while MH could play for 2 more months, well, it IS weird

@pdashow @jbaraldi11 @TPS_Guy Not imho. Are you gonna answer I posed?

@Roger_Chiasson @jbaraldi11 @TPS_Guy Then you were paraphrasing very poorly my friend. Having more opportunity to play is not “not competing”