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heard them talking about this on the radio and thought it was interesting ... Czechs and Slovaks made a powerpoint presentation on the decline of junior player development all over europe ... startling numbers ... looks like they read Malcolm Gladwells book Outliers (10000 hour rule)
Lener laid out Europe’s concerns very clearly. By the end of his 45 minutes, Lener’s power-point thumb had to be size of a baseball. His lecture was loaded with facts and figures. Since 1973, over 900 Europeans have played in the National Hockey League. Since 1980, when Stefan Persson and Anders Kallur skated for the New York Islanders, every Stanley Cup champion has had at least one European-born player on its roster. In 2009-10, 23.8% of NHL players were European. At this point, every single one of the 300 delegates on the ACC floor, and about 50 members of the media, was listening intently.
Then, Lener’s talk turned very serious. Since 1997, 840 teenage Europeans have left their home countries to play in the CHL. Lener said some player agents lead European juniors down a garden path, telling them that “CHL exposure is the best way to get drafted into the NHL.” The problem with that agent logic is that more than 50% of Europeans coming to the CHL do not get drafted
Chicago’s Marián Hossa (Portland Winterhawks, 1997-98) is one of just 22 European juniors who’ve played in the CHL and gone on to play in over 400 NHL games. Conversely, Lener pointed out, exactly 22 players who stayed in Europe to be trained have reached over 1,000 NHL games. One of those players, Daniel Alfredsson, was in the room. The number of CHL-trained European jrs. who’ve reached 1,000 NHL games – ZERO.
Lener’s point was that it’s crucial for European players to learn, train, practice and play in Europe until they are NHL ready. Edmonton’s Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson is a perfect example of that. He received over 10,000 hours of training in Europe – a benchmark number, according to Lener.
Tommy Boustedt, the Director of Hockey Development for the Swedish Ice Hockey Association agreed with Lener, putting his stamp on some very pointed suggestions – only one foreign-born player should be allowed on any CHL team (currently, two are allowed) and that one player must be 18-or-older.
The amount of information presented was absolutely overwhelming, and the point was perfectly clear. Junior hockey programs in Europe are being raped by the Canadian Hockey League. All panellists agreed that the NHL should be the ultimate goal of all elite players around the world…but how they reach that goal is still, clearly, up for debate.
Lener laid out Europe’s concerns very clearly. By the end of his 45 minutes, Lener’s power-point thumb had to be size of a baseball. His lecture was loaded with facts and figures. Since 1973, over 900 Europeans have played in the National Hockey League. Since 1980, when Stefan Persson and Anders Kallur skated for the New York Islanders, every Stanley Cup champion has had at least one European-born player on its roster. In 2009-10, 23.8% of NHL players were European. At this point, every single one of the 300 delegates on the ACC floor, and about 50 members of the media, was listening intently.
Then, Lener’s talk turned very serious. Since 1997, 840 teenage Europeans have left their home countries to play in the CHL. Lener said some player agents lead European juniors down a garden path, telling them that “CHL exposure is the best way to get drafted into the NHL.” The problem with that agent logic is that more than 50% of Europeans coming to the CHL do not get drafted
Chicago’s Marián Hossa (Portland Winterhawks, 1997-98) is one of just 22 European juniors who’ve played in the CHL and gone on to play in over 400 NHL games. Conversely, Lener pointed out, exactly 22 players who stayed in Europe to be trained have reached over 1,000 NHL games. One of those players, Daniel Alfredsson, was in the room. The number of CHL-trained European jrs. who’ve reached 1,000 NHL games – ZERO.
Lener’s point was that it’s crucial for European players to learn, train, practice and play in Europe until they are NHL ready. Edmonton’s Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson is a perfect example of that. He received over 10,000 hours of training in Europe – a benchmark number, according to Lener.
Tommy Boustedt, the Director of Hockey Development for the Swedish Ice Hockey Association agreed with Lener, putting his stamp on some very pointed suggestions – only one foreign-born player should be allowed on any CHL team (currently, two are allowed) and that one player must be 18-or-older.
The amount of information presented was absolutely overwhelming, and the point was perfectly clear. Junior hockey programs in Europe are being raped by the Canadian Hockey League. All panellists agreed that the NHL should be the ultimate goal of all elite players around the world…but how they reach that goal is still, clearly, up for debate.
