avelanch Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I know his cousin/nephew(Can't recall the correct relation) Justin Rai plays for the BCHL's Prince George Spruce Kings; http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/rosters_profile.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&playerID=938352&teamID=408655&pos=F They're about to enter Round 2 of the BCHL playoffs against the Chilliwack Chiefs, puck drops for game 1 on Friday @ Prospera Center in Chilliwack. first cousin. http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/sports/concussion-couldn-t-stop-rai-1.1027395 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 he's going to be teammates with Ben Hutton next year at Maine. if hutton sticks around, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 He's a Lumberjack now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 He's a Lumberjack now. so he went full johnny canuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC20.0 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Anyone remember the time the website screwed up and said he had something like 116 goals in 20 odd games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totes McGoats Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Could always just google it man. Prab Rai wasn't ever going to make the NHL. A prime example of players we need to stop drafting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyFox Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Last time I seen him he was playing beer league out of langley lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The Great Prabal Burai! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jejejester Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 He's was playing ASHL langley div 1 a year or so ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I always tended to question his work ethic. He asked for more ice time rather than try and earn it. He was more of a perimeter player rather than going to the net. I saw those as warning signs that he wasn't going to make it and never had a lot of faith in him as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCammer Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Correct me if I'm wrong but I remember somebody on CDC saying his family owns a restaurant on 70th and 128th..Hence the joke..If that is true I apologize for questioning your motives and applaud your fine sense of humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 He was never expected to be anything. He was drafted for his speed and that's it. Long shot. Never had any other tools. Only hyped a bit because he was a BC boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Beer leaguer. If you can't make it @ the ECHL.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummer4now Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I remember watching a vid of him on the Canucks website and he was too slow/bad at skating... One of the drills he even fell when they were skating backwards at high speed. I think Gillis only drafted him to appease the brown community... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I remember watching a vid of him on the Canucks website and he was too slow/bad at skating... One of the drills he even fell when they were skating backwards at high speed. I think Gillis only drafted him to appease the brown community... He also drafted Jordan Subban... Not that that was a purely political move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The restaurant mentioned above does make some dam good samosas so that's not the worst backup plan for a 5th round pick lol. Didn't he break his back or have some serious back injury that effectively ended his career? That's what I seem to recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The restaurant mentioned above does make seem dam good samosas so that's not the worst backup plan for a 5th round pick lol. Didn't he break his back or have some serious back injury that effectively ended his career? That's what I seem to recall. Car accident. Never played the same afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Errrr he was never a sure fire nhler. Not even close. Watching him during the training camps back in the day his career was a career minor leager at best. That said a freak car accident screwed up his career. It's quite a sad story. Rai was a 5th round pick. Most 5th rounders never play even a single game in the NHL and only about 10% become legitimate NHL players. (See, for example, http://www.milehighhockey.com/2014/7/23/5931789/draft-percentages.) No 5th rounder is a sure fire NHLer. In fact, on the data, no-one picked below about the #10 overall position can be called a sure-fire NHLer. As we can with the experience we have had with Schroeder, Jensen, Gaunce, and Shinkaruk, even mid-to-low first rounders are far from being sure-fire NHL players. Any of those guys might become a good NHL player, but it is not sure-fire and if two of those four make it as legitimate NHL regulars for a few seasons, that would be as much as we could expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jovocop55 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I think Gillis only drafted him to appease the brown community... i agree... probably PR move... lots of ppl in the community was talking about him after canucks got him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brouhaha Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Was never a fan of that kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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