Pats Make Offer To Former Viper George:

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Pats make offer to George

By Greg Harder Sun, Dec 6 2009

If the Regina Pats had their way, Drew George would have been in uniform tonight against the Prince Albert Raiders.
The Pats have formally presented the 18-year-old Regina product with a contract that includes four years of free post-secondary education in Canada if he plays in the WHL until he’s 20 (there's a provision in the league's education policy which allows teams to offer four years even if the player will only be around for three. Brandon Davidson has the same deal).
All George has to do is sign on the dotted line.
“As of right now we’re still talking,” GM Brent Parker said after Saturday’s 6-4 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings. “I’ll be talking to him again (today). We’ll see where it goes, just keep chatting. With any luck, you never know, maybe we’ll find a way to get him in the lineup (tonight). That’s our goal. He has a contract in hand. This is where he belongs. After watching the performance of some of our guys (Saturday against Brandon), it’s pretty obvious he can step into the lineup and it’ll be pretty easy to find some guys to come out.”
George has made it clear he still wants to pursue an NCAA scholarship, so he’s keeping his options open. His junior A rights are owned by the Cowichan Valley Capitals, who acquired him last week in a trade with the Vernon Vipers. George doesn’t want to play for Cowichan, so he returned home and has been skating with the Pats.
There’s plenty of interest in George from other junior A teams. There’s talk of Cowichan working out a trade with an SJHL team (the Weyburn Red Wings appear to be the most likely destination) but until that happens the Pats will continue to do everything they can to convince him to stay. Either way, it sounds like a resolution is coming very soon. If an SJHL deal to his liking doesn't happen in short order, the Pats will look to have him in the lineup Wednesday against the Kelowna Rockets.