Re: Wisconsin Hockey: Vol. XXI - For every dark night, there's a brighter day
Close, but not quite. Again...Wisconsin NHL 1st round talent leaving the state much less ending up in Rodentiapolis is a Haley's comet type event. High end Minnesota talent regularly ends up In Grand Forks, Madison, and other destinations, so seeing a kid leave is not particularly shocking. Parise is not Kessel. While I would take Parise over Kessel for my team any time you gave me the choice, Parise was a notch down on the hype scale for a prospect going into deciding what school they were going to. Kessel was at times projected 1st overall in his draft class, and even with a slide went #5 as opposed to #17. Parise is closer to Ryan McDonagh #12 overall or Jake Gardiner #17 overall then Kessel. All that said, I seem to recall lots of rodent panties in a bundle because of Parise's choice of school...so yes a bit of similarity.
Originally posted by mnstate0fhockey
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