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A recent report out of Russia indicates that former New York Islanders top prospect Josh Ho-Sang may be deciding to quit hockey soon. With this in mind, let’s go over his path since being drafted.
Russian Report: https://www.sport-express.ru/hockey/khl/news/v-salavate-yulaeve-zayavili-chto-ho-seng-mozhet-poluchit-rossiyskoe-grazhdanstvo-2106671/
Dobber Prospects: https://dobberprospects.com/player/joshua-ho-sang/
Reddit Thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/NewYorkIslanders/comments/15fbos3/former_islander_josh_hosang_contemplating/
This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
Josh Ho-Sang was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – Florida Panthers, Aaron Ekblad
2nd – Buffalo Sabres, Sam Reinhart
3rd – Edmonton Oilers, Leon Draisaitl
4th – Calgary Flames, Sam Bennett
5th – New York Islanders, Michael Dal Colle
6th – Vancouver Canucks, Jake Virtanen
7th – Carolina Hurricanes, Haydn Fleury
8th – Toronto Maple Leafs, William Nylander
9th – Winnipeg Jets, Nikolaj Ehlers
10th – Anaheim Ducks (from Ottawa Senators), Nick Ritchie
11th – Nashville Predators, Kevin Fiala
12th – Arizona Coyotes, Brendan Perlini
13th – Washington Capitals, Jakub Vrana
14th – Dallas Stars, Julius Honka
15th – Detroit Red Wings, Dylan Larkin
16th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Sonny Milano
17th – Philadelphia Flyers, Travis Sanheim
18th – Minnesota Wild, Alex Tuch
19th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Tony DeAngelo
20th – Chicago Blackhawks (from San Jose Sharks), Nick Schmaltz
21st – St. Louis Blues, Robby Fabbri
22nd – Pittsburgh Penguins, Kasperi Kapanen
23rd – Colorado Avalanche, Conner Bleackley
24th – Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim Ducks), Jared McCann
25th – Boston Bruins, David Pastrnak
26th – Montreal Canadiens, Nikita Scherbak
27th – San Jose Sharks, Nikolay Goldobin
28th – New York Islanders (from New York Rangers via Tampa Bay Lightning), Josh Ho-Sang
29th – Los Angeles Kings, Adrian Kempe
30th – New Jersey Devils, John Quenneville
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The number faux pas is so annoying. I used to see value in revering those numbers, but now i just see it as stupid. Grektzys number is supposedly retired league wide? Come on, it's just a number.
the number crap is soooooo stupid The NHL currently has 179 retired numbers let there be a next 66 and 99
Toronto never gave him a chance. He put up the numbers to be called up and they never did. Blame is on them. They desperately need a forward too. Dumb
Ho-Sang would of been a huge dud in the NHL, A player who can't play a team game,selfish player, topping off lazy and undisciplined there was noway he would last a season in the league.
Being an Asian hockey fan, I wanted to see him play well. The ongoing debate about his attitude has always been a big issue in his game & I do feel that his opportunities were given to him. But a combination of poor attitude and not taking his opportunities seriously may have prevented him from playing longer in the NHL 😢
Did Ho-Sang get a “fair shot” at the NHL?
No. He absolutely did not.
But the NHL is full of players who didn’t get a fair shot at the NHL—some who had it harder because of some bias against them (whether it was skin colour, size, style or play, personality, or some other aspect of their individual identity) and others who were given the NHL on a silver platter. It’s the top league in the sport; damn near every player is an outlier in one aspect or another.
It would not surprise me whatsoever if, one day in the future, we find out something that makes sense of all of this; it would equally not surprise me if we never do.
But every time I hear some hockey insider say that a player is “enigmatic”, alarm bells go off in my head. That’s never about talent, never about coachability, never about effort. “Enigmatic” is about personality, not performance. It’s about the how, not the what.
There is absolutely something else in the Ho-Sang story that we don’t know about yet. I have no idea what it is, but I know that it exists.