CC's Top Recruit May Never Show Up On Campus

(left) CC recruit John Moore is weighing an offer to play in the OHL next season with the Kitchener Rangers

Note: The Pipeline Show Blog also speculated that Moore would probably go to the OHL

When Colorado College signed top recruit John Moore to a National Letter of Intent, there was a stunned silence from Pioneer Nation. Moore is considered to be a sure-fire first round draft choice in the NHL this summer, was considered to be one of the top defensemen in the USHL and was named USHL Player of the Year.

Several weeks ago Moore visited the Kitchener Rangers with his father and that sent off alarm bells among NCAA pundits.

Moore, who helped the U.S. Junior Select team capture a gold medal at the World Junior Challenge finished his second year playing for the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League. Moore (Winnetka, Ill.) was fourth among Steel scorers and second in defenseman-scoring.

Today Western College Hockey Blog announced that Moore was taken in the 2nd Round of the Ontario Hockey League draft and may sign with the Kitchener Rangers.

Moore isn't ready to make up his mind.

"It's a good problem to have," he said. "I have two tremendous options, Kitchener or Colorado College.

From WCH Blog

"Round 2 Pick 3 Kitchener: John Moore - I mentioned that Moore was likely to get selected in this draft late in March, but forgot to mention it in my previews. Getting selected by Kitchener is better than London, but not by much. I don't think this changes the panic level at all for Colorado College fans, but it should have been pretty high to begin with. A lot of people are comparing him to John Carlson, which isn't fair since they're two different people, but the situations are certainly similar. Like Carlson last year, we should get a pretty good indication of what he's doing prior to the NHL Draft in June."