whats the possibilities?

[Staalwart]

Most if not all of the guys that made it when they started in their teens are NATURALLY EXTREMELY GIFTED ATHLETES. For most NHLers, they started playing when they were very young, as said before the way the mind learns and processes information is much different when you are very young and its much easier to process and obtain information this applies to physical skills as well. Even so, even the guys who work non-stop from the time that they are young still have some type of natural gift for the sport. Even the guys in the NHL that are checkers or fighters have more talent than any kid with "sick stick handling" that cant stop or skate backwards is ever going to have.

[devilsfan26]

Sorry to come down like a hammer, but it will NOT happen.

People can throw around examples of NHL players who started at 12 or 14 or whatever, but for every one of them, there is at least a million other people who started hockey at that same age and didn't even get close. That is not even an exaggeration either. It will not happen. I am sorry.

[Staalwart]

Originally Posted by devilsfan26

Sorry to come down like a hammer, but it will NOT happen.

People can throw around examples of NHL players who started at 12 or 14 or whatever, but for every one of them, there is at least a million other people who started hockey at that same age and didn't even get close. That is not even an exaggeration either. It will not happen. I am sorry.

The truth hurts.

[Nbr-17]

Originally Posted by devilsfan26

Sorry to come down like a hammer, but it will NOT happen.

People can throw around examples of NHL players who started at 12 or 14 or whatever, but for every one of them, there is at least a million other people who started hockey at that same age and didn't even get close. That is not even an exaggeration either. It will not happen. I am sorry.

That holds true for every kid who ever played hockey, regardless of the age they started at. For each NHL'er that started at age 4 there are tons of kids that dropped out in their teens. If it happens it happens, if not then not.

[FiveThreeEmptyNet]

Originally Posted by devilsfan26

Sorry to come down like a hammer, but it will NOT happen.

People can throw around examples of NHL players who started at 12 or 14 or whatever, but for every one of them, there is at least a million other people who started hockey at that same age and didn't even get close. That is not even an exaggeration either. It will not happen. I am sorry.

It will happen, just not often. I don't know who, but someone will and I'm willing to bet they'll meet many of the criteria I laid out above.

We still don't know why the thread was started. Is some kid at age 14 going to take up the game and wondering if HE'LL make it? If so, obviously a very long shot.

If someone is wondering if, out of the next 1,000 players to make the NHL, there will be one who has a story of a late start I'm willing to bet there will be one.

About two months before Douglas defeated Tyson a magazine - Inside Sports I think - said "Mike Tyson will be beat" and described the type of person. While it didn't attempt to name that person, they described Douglas to a T. Much taller, big right hand, etc...

If I told you a kid moved to Canada from Nigeria and took up the sport at age 14 and became a top junior prospect in three or four years because he hung out at the pond non-stop for two years and then joined the local Midget team at the request of the coach who was intrigued by his 6'4" frame and natural athleticism....

Still say it won't ever happen?

It will. We just can't predict when.

[Ti-girl]

Originally Posted by clawfirst

If you are 6 foot 8, 250 pounds and a great athelete, id say not impossible.
Cory Cross( ill never mension this name again) didnt start untill college, the team coach saw him on campus and put him on skates

That explains so so so much.