Engelbert Cumberbatch

Certified intellectual

[Engelbert Cumberbatch @ECumberbatch69]

@slcpuck You cannot possibly be complaining about a hockey player skating “too fast” that’s this dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. It’s a fast game shit happens

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@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 All of those players played in the NCAA this season

[Engelbert Cumberbatch @ECumberbatch69]

@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 I’d much rather see a top 17 or 18 year old prospect playing NCAA where they still play against 18-19 year olds future stars and the rest of the lineup is filled out with grown men. CHL rosters have a few 18-19 year olds that are future stars but the rest of the roster is boys

[Engelbert Cumberbatch @ECumberbatch69]

@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 This conversation is about an 18 year old Gavin McKenna though not a 15 year old, and the typical physical difference between a 15 year old and an 18 year old is much smaller than an 18 year old and a 24 year old

[Engelbert Cumberbatch @ECumberbatch69]

@Cxltures___ @JAySkates5 @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 I think it would be cool for the NCAA to adopt some of the top USports teams to grow the college game in Canada more but the NCAA would never do something like that

[Engelbert Cumberbatch @ECumberbatch69]

@Cxltures___ @JAySkates5 @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 That’s true, and now the pipelines have aligned where young Canadian players and American players both have options to play wherever they want for juniors then move up to play in the NCAA to continue their development

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@Cxltures___ @JAySkates5 @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 Most of those guys end up playing USports which is a a worse version of the NCAA where you actually have no chance of going pro

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@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 Haven’t seen a CHL kid get eliminated from playoffs then join his NHL team and play playoffs games. But I’ve seen plenty of NCAA players do it in recent years

[Engelbert Cumberbatch @ECumberbatch69]

@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 He turned 22 in his final year of college. And there’s a reason players are able to jump right into nhl games when their NCAA season ends and CHL kids don’t get that time at the end of the year. NCAA kids are better prepared.

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@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 If you’re playing in one of the premier NCAA divisions almost every game you are facing 10+ nhl draft picks and several first rounders

[Engelbert Cumberbatch @ECumberbatch69]

@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 So you’re telling me martone, hagens, verhoeff, have, lindstrom, eiserman, mckenna, and Augustine aren’t future stars

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@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 Jacob Slavin playing in the NCAA by the way

[Engelbert Cumberbatch @ECumberbatch69]

@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 For the grind that college hockey is a most players who don’t still want to make it to the league that bad just quit or transfer to play d3 or club

[Engelbert Cumberbatch @ECumberbatch69]

@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 Well your initial point was that 22 year olds are playing for a 9-5 which I simply don’t believe to be true. The amount of guys I know that play college hockey that know they probably won’t make it and will need that 9-5 still work their bag off with that sliver of hope

[Engelbert Cumberbatch @ECumberbatch69]

@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 Maybe as a northeast guy I’m more exposed to the hype cuz it’s a huge hockey culture here too, I remember even in mcdavids draft there was a ton of hype around Eichel that year

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@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 Would be interested to see what the hype around NCAA players looks like in a few years with more and more CHL guys choosing to go there

[Engelbert Cumberbatch @ECumberbatch69]

@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 And that number is going to keep growing every year because the NCAA is the best development path for players

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@JAySkates5 @Cxltures___ @thelifeofalvo @AdamFly96727825 @MapleLeaves34 A third of all NHL players played NCAA hockey btw