Kenny Ryan Joins Windsor Spitfires
by PPP on Oct 15, 2009 4:17 PM EDT
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Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd round pick, 50th overall in the 2009 draft has decided to leave Boston College and will now join the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League.
- Leafs247
Kenny Ryan was part of this past summer's draft class and at the draft he was pretty adamant about his intention to go to Boston College and be part of the Eagles. This move comes as a complete surprise to BC's hockey team:
"This came as a complete surprise to us," said head coach Jerry York, whose team opens up regular season play on Sunday at Vermont. "There were no indications at all in advance, but he’s made the decision to go play for Windsor."
He's currently the Leafs' 7th ranked prospect according to Hockey's Future and he'll be joining the defending Memorial Cup Champion Windsor Spitfires where he'll skate along fellow Leafs' draftee Jesse Blacker who was chosen 58th overall in Montreal. Kenny Ryan was also the subject of one of the funniest moments that I experienced at the actual draft this summer when Jerry D'Amigo had no idea who "Ken Ryan" was as Paul Hendrick panicked that he had been given incorrect information.
Update: Norman James says that things will be completed on Monday. There's just some details to iron out with the OHL.
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haha, paul hendricks is hilariously terrible
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 15, 2009 4:24 PM EDT reply actions
You know it… I like how Bowen and Neale(pre Millen) used to browbeat him constantly on the air.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 15, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I like Paul Hendricks just because he seems like he is trying his best but everyone around him is just screwing with him.
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 15, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Like the ‘Truman Show’ except no one cares about him
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 15, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
hendrick is brutal…
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by Matt_Roberts on Oct 16, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
oooooh
/off to check the Abbotsford AHL team schedule
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Not a college.
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Any word on what prompted the decision so close to the NCAA season start?
The OHL season is well under way, so I’m wondering if this is an academic issue or something prompted through discussion with Leafs management?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
According to Boston lore Jeremy Roenick said “fuck this” to NCAA hockey because he couldn’t find the bookstore.
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What good would it have done him even if he did find it?
-Graham-
by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 15, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
The Scout.com page said it was looking into it and the coach, as noted, is absolutely stunned. There were rumblings when he was drafted that the Spitfires were going to do all that they could to convince him to come over and some noted that the Leafs might prefer to have him come to the OHL to develop.
I have some audio with him from the draft that I’ll listen to again tonight and post tomorrow
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well Windsor has one hell of a team this year, he could do worse
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 15, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly
I think that was the idea behind getting him to go. They have become a very professionally run junior club and were very strong.
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Warren Rychel has done an awesome job
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Oct 15, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
good competition for Kadri
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 15, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Also Boston College is douchebag central.
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the Spitfires were going to do all that they could to convince him to come over
What are the parameters of what that could entail?
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
“We were the best junior team in Canada last year. Boston College is for douchebags. Sign on the dotted line.”
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 15, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
we also have cookies and you get to live in canada where you can drink legally sooner
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 15, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Trust me, that doesn’t stop anyone south of the border.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 15, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
doesnt stop anyone anywhere really
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 15, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Good question
I think the implication was calling him, visiting him, giving him the full sales job.
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I like that, if Windsor wanted him that badly, he is obviously a very good player
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 15, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Jesse Blacker
There are reports coming out saying that he asked the Windsor Spitfires GM to be traded due to lack of playing time. One Leaf in, one Leaf out?
well he’s stuck behind two very good defensemen, i dont blame him for wanting more ice time
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 15, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
True
Though I find it kind of a coincidence that when one Leafs prospect joins the Spitfires, another one wants to leave. Maybe he’ll be traded to London to play with Kadri?
i could get behind that, just because i want to see blacker play more
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 15, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
The Petes would be delighted to have him. He could get a head start on playing with Barron Smith……….
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
Barron "Sure I'm a Project, but hey my Dad was an NHL player" Smith?
I’d rather he played with Kadri in London on the PP frankly.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 15, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
don't think I didn't notice the
Kawartha part of your name and all the bias that goes with it!
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Oct 15, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
those damned peterboroughites care only for themselves!
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 15, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s kind of like being a Leafs fan- so much jealousy, so little time……….
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
Peterborough and it’s unparalleled junior hockey team being denigrated at PPP? THIS WILL NOT STAND
Tell em, Joey Joe Joe….
Go Knights Go!
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 15, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Back-to-back, Godd.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
by kidkawartha on Oct 15, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
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