Almost to the league: A draftee’s perspective

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This week, with the current season winding down, we were curious as to what the thoughts of our young recruits are while entering the new season. To perfectly gather the thoughts of what’s going on through the almost-rookie’s brain, we spoke this week with Joe Nixon, an up-and-coming minor league goalie prospect out of Pittsburgh, PA.

 

We asked Joe what it’s like to know he’s being looked at ahead of this new season and he replied bluntly, “It’s fantastic, there’s not much else I can say.” He thought for a moment before actually thinking of something else to say, noting “The opportunity is amazing, to go out and do what I love for a career? That’s what every kid dreams of. And my dreams are of standing in front of that net and making sure none of those [redacted] pucks get past me.”

 

Nixon, being elated at the news that he was being scouted for the future, couldn’t help himself but to show his emotions in the form of language. He replied “Sorry, I’m just excited, ya know. It might be cliché but this is what I’ve been waiting for my entire life.”

 

Nixon, as we let him get back to his team, couldn’t help but just thank us for the time we spent talking to him. He said, “as a kid, just these chances to sit down and have what I’m saying being written down in your articles… This is part of the dream itself. Thank you”

 

And I think that sums it up well. Big thanks to Nixon for speaking with us! The young kid’s perspective is always an interesting one.

[Beaviss 4,957]

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