LGR4GM Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 We've taken the youngest guy in the draft before.....back in 2000. His name was Gerard Dicaire and he was a 2nd round pick too. He hasn't played a single NHL game yet but, hey, maybe there's still time. Drafting a guy because he would have been in next year's draft had he been born a day later doesn't guarantee anything. You are right it doesn't. However dooming him before he has turned 18 is basically doing the same thing. I am willing to give the kid a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robviously Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 You are right it doesn't. However dooming him before he has turned 18 is basically doing the same thing. I am willing to give the kid a chance. I'm not dooming him, but I'm looking at who was drafted afterwards and I'm thinking there were a bunch of guys I would have rather had there. http://www.mynhldraft.com/2013-NHL-draft-results/round-2 Carrier, Dauphin, Hagg, Bowey, Arnesson, Dahlstrom, Santini, etc. We also could have taken Fucale at #35 and had Compher or one of the above at #38. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 http://www.mynhldraft.com/2013/NHL-Draft-Profiles/Connor-Hurley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Amerk Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 C-Swagg has some awesome tweets with "Ye" and "JT makes da sickest beatz" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 So he'll be in high school next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 So he'll be in high school next year? IIRC, It's the USHL and then off to U of ND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 IIRC, It's the USHL and then off to U of ND. He's not heading off the ND without graduating High School. So he's gonna finish high school while playing in the USHL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 He's not heading off the ND without graduating High School. So he's gonna finish high school while playing in the USHL? True enough....Not sure how he'll get his HS sheepskin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 He's not heading off the ND without graduating High School. So he's gonna finish high school while playing in the USHL? There's a "fake girlfriend, so why not a fake degree?" joke to be made here :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chileanseabass Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 He's not heading off the ND without graduating High School. So he's gonna finish high school while playing in the USHL? Yep. He'll finish high school while playing for Muskegeon, and then head to ND for fall 2014-15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 He's not heading off the ND without graduating High School. So he's gonna finish high school while playing in the USHL? I'm not sure how the laws go from state to state, but you need to remember that in most cases, kids in the US are required by law to go to school up until 17 or 18. So of course these USHL kids are enrolled in high school while playing in that league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 I'm not sure how the laws go from state to state, but you need to remember that in most cases, kids in the US are required by law to go to school up until 17 or 18. So of course these USHL kids are enrolled in high school while playing in that league. Right, but if he's going to ND, he's not just enrolled, he's graduating, with 4 full years of humanities and pre-calculus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Crotch Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 I'm not sure who the analyst was from Hockey Prospects on SiriusXM NHL radio, but when asked about the best picks of Round 2, Hurley was one of the names that came up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulFuture Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 He's an offensive power house, great skater, tenacious defender, physical pest, and he double shifts as the equipment manager. :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Right, but if he's going to ND, he's not just enrolled, he's graduating, with 4 full years of humanities and pre-calculus. I'm somewhat surprised that I haven't seen anything about him accelerating his graduation so he can be at Notre Dame this year. I have no idea if they do that often for Notre Dame recruits of if they even need him right now, but it seems to happen a lot with these higher rated recruits. He might be a bit too young though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 I'm somewhat surprised that I haven't seen anything about him accelerating his graduation so he can be at Notre Dame this year. I have no idea if they do that often for Notre Dame recruits of if they even need him right now, but it seems to happen a lot with these higher rated recruits. He might be a bit too young though. Maybe you are right and he can't do that because he won't be 18 til september? I have tried to read up a lot on Hurley over the last couple days, I like him. He has some filling out to do but at 6'1" 181lbs and only 17... he has time. His game looks solid and his USHL tape (highlights) show that he does have good puck control and battle. His skating his quite nice and I think he has some good speed and defintely is strong on his skates. His shot is accurate but looks a little soft. I think the NHL goalie would catch up to it (obviously a small gripe as he won't see an NHL GT for years) but he can add more power. Now he also looks to have some really calm nerves and good puck possession skills. Granted AGAIN he is playing against hs kids in some of his tape so take it for what it is. Basically I really like him. His potential is uncertain but I think if he is as hard working as it sounds than we may have a really good 2nd round kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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