After two stints in Nashville and one in Philadelphia, the future for former first round selection Ryan Parent is a questionable one. NHLHS NHL correspondent Bill Kellett gives his thoughts on the situation.
When the Vancouver Canucks lost Aaron Rome and Andrew Alberts to injury it was automatic that they would recall Ryan Parent. After all he has an NHL pedigree and was a former 1st round draft pick.
Not so fast though, instead they chose to call up Chris Tanev who had no previous experience and was relatively unheard of until training camp, he went undrafted mostly because he was not very big.
So this begs the question, What has happened to Parent? He once had a promising career and at one time was even dealt for Peter Forsberg. Not bad for a young kid that had never set foot in the NHL yet. He was drafted 18th overall by Nashville back in 2005 and at the time many people felt that he may have been the steal of the draft. Never an offensive juggernaut his positional play and skat...
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