Wasn't the general consensus that Patrick Eaves was a better player
than Ben Eaves, despite being much more of a goon?

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 2:04 PM, james acheson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> as a youth hockey coach, I would say that the younger siblings are ALL
> better than the older ones.  They seem to play at the level of the older
> kid, as long as they are only a couple years apart and they seem to be
> equally as tough as the older kid.  I call this younger-sibling syndrome.
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> so at the youth level, it seems that the yonger ones are the "better" ones
> and for the families where only one kid goes on, it might be the younger one
> who does, but...
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> when you compare one college player to another or when you compare one pro
> to another pro, are there any younger ones who outshine the older ones?
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> Gregg Johnson might likely end up a better pro player than Keith (AHL
> compared to ECHL, at least so far) and I think he was better at BU than
> Keith was at Maine... of course it is tough to compare... and Nick is at
> Sacred Heart, so I am guessing he is a step below Keith.
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> The Gretzkys had 3 in the pros and the oldest was a little better than the
> 3rd. (who made it only as far as the AHL and the second who played a bit in
> the NHL).
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> Steve Archer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I played with the older brothers of Derek Damon & Nick Payson, both of whom
> were very good players but not close to the level of their little brothers.
> I think it depends on how established the hockey base is as well. When we
> were playing we were fairly early on in Bangor's hockey development. The
> families learn and little bro gets better playing against older kids. This
> was true with the other brothers I played with as well who didn't go on to
> play D1.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Wayne T Smith
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> Subject: Re: Siblings playing hockey discussion.
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> In the case of the 4 Kariya, I'd say that their parents make better hockey
> players, if you don' mind me turning the question upside down!
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> Cheers, wayne
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