Dylan Olsen to leave Duluth

MNHockey75 · Post by **MNHockey75** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 6:39 pm

Dylan Olsen is currently playing for Team Canada at the World Juniors and he won’t be returning to Minnesota-Duluth for the second half of the season.

Olsen will sign a three-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks, Duluth News Tribune’s Kevin Pates reports. Olsen was a first-round pick of the Hawks.

While this will probably draw some comparisons to the Kyle Okposo situation from a few years ago, when Okposo left Minnesota midway through the season to sign an NHL contract. But sources say that Olsen would have been academically ineligible for the second semester at Duluth.

The Bulldogs will get defenseman Justin Faulk back from Team USA next week, but will have to replace one of their top point-producing blue liners in Olsen.

Post by **east hockey** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:06 pm

On top of a stretch where the Dogs hadn't been playing particularly well (1-3-1 in their last five), this is bad news. Way to pay attention to your studies, Dylan.

Lee

EHSHack · Post by **EHSHack** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:09 am

What a back stabbing quitter.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:33 am

east hockey wrote:On top of a stretch where the Dogs hadn't been playing particularly well (1-3-1 in their last five), this is bad news. Way to pay attention to your studies, Dylan.

Lee

I also wonder how much this might have hurt his negotiating position. I assume the Blackhawks knew about his academic problems...

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:08 pm

MNHockeyFan wrote:
east hockey wrote:On top of a stretch where the Dogs hadn't been playing particularly well (1-3-1 in their last five), this is bad news. Way to pay attention to your studies, Dylan.

Lee
I also wonder how much this might have hurt his negotiating position. I assume the Blackhawks knew about his academic problems...

I doubt it will have any impact. They'll sign him, shake hands, and boot him to the AHL until he is ready for the NHL. The only thing hurt is his future if things don't pan out in his pro career; what would he do then?

observer · Post by **observer** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:28 pm

Maybe UMD should forfeit all their games as he was likely playing while the coaches and school knew he wasn't doing the school work. Nice little warm-up for his Canadian team tourney. Maybe they should have sat him earlier. Remember, we call these players, student athletes. That would require they pay attention to the student part. Shame on the coaching staff and school for losing focus of their purpose.

breakout · Post by **breakout** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:02 am

east hockey wrote:On top of a stretch where the Dogs hadn't been playing particularly well (1-3-1 in their last five), this is bad news. Way to pay attention to your studies, Dylan.

Lee

You hit it on the head. Additionally, the academic issues cost him on his contract because he didn't have many places to turn. Obviously leverage wasn't as potent as it could have been.

Big let down for UMD.