2020 NHL Entry Draft

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I would actually scoop him up and pay all his counselling fees + make a healthy donation to a related cause.

A top 50 pick is worth it

 

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My crazy opinion: Guhle will land in the middle of the Juulsen-Weber (Shea) spectrum.

Remember, most dmen are impossible to project. Lots of really good ones get drafted out of the top 10, including Weber who was drafted 49th overall. You should read the draft reports on Weber

Weber is a tough, physical player who fills the Predators need for a big
defender. Weber
is most noted for his strong skating ability and his no-fear approach to playing
defense. The
6-3 defenseman has the ability to physically dominate opponents and clear out
players in front of the net.
The Predators thought so highly of Weber that they moved defensemen Tomas
Slovak to Colorado to make room for Weber.
Weber needs to add muscle to be successful in the NHL.
Weber was member
of the 2003 WHL Champion Kelowna Rockets this season.


A large defenseman with sound all-round game. Weber possesses one of the toughest and most accurate shots in the NHL, making him a lethal weapon on the man-advantage. A tough veteran with a large frame and the mindset to make the most of it. Worldwide elite in his position. (Matias Strozyk)

 

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Define "the right thing." I'm not convinced at all that they believe they did the right thing at all, just the more convenient thing.

They deserve absolutely no credit whatsoever. Not one bit.

They don't care one bit about what that imbecile did; they care about the PR nightmare they're facing now, which is the only reason they took action. If there was no PR nightmare, Mitch Miller would still be a part of that organization and they would just continue with their lives.

Real change isn't succumbing to the Twitter mob and saying sorry sorry plz forgive us we understand your plight not really but plz forgive us we're so sorry, change is doing real tangible things without the having the eyes of the world on you, pressuring you into doing what you "should" be doing.

The Coyotes did what they believed was the right thing by selecting a player in spite of everything around him. What everyone believes is "the right thing" isn't necessarily a view held by everyone.

agree on the motive

pure speculation but you would think they would have reached out the the player before making this decision - my guess is this was not a rare occurrence for him though - this was just the time he got caught

the easy choice was to get him a shrink, make a donation, get him involved in the community, and force him to apologize to the actual kid

while not drafting him in the first place was the right move - correcting that IMO was still the right move (but likely for the wrong reasons like you say)

and now north dakota gave him the boot as well

 

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I'm of the belief that they thought that they were taking a risk à la Anthony DeAngelo and Ryan Merkley, two other d-men on the smallish side with immense amounts of talent who dropped in the draft because they're insufferable pricks. Their off ice issues were pretty much them being bad teammates, although Twitter thinks DeAngelo's a piece of shit because he's a Republican and not because he's a bad teammate, but I digress. DeAngelo was taken in the first round by Tampa Bay before being traded two years later, nearly day for day, for a second round pick.

Maybe they thought he would have grown-up with some time in school and with some focus on becoming a pro. I don't know.

I'm not a psychologist and I don't know dick except that I have one of my dear friends who has a lot of anxiety/depression issues, but she refuses to seek help. You can point out all of the good it would do for the person and how there are so many examples of it working, but she'll always refuse to go with a laundry list of excuses. It's kind of like an alcoholic; if they're drinking themselves to death and aren't willing to admit they need help, they're just going to continue on that path. You can send Mitch Miller and his ilk to all the counseling sessions available, but if he doesn't care about them and sees them as just a chore or an obstacle, then it's pointless.

Mitch Miller's career isn't over, but if he doesn't put any effort into changing who he is as a human being, then not only is his hockey career good as done, but so are many of his potential professional opportunities down the road. One Google search of his name will give his future employers all the information they'll need about him.

 

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well said