RPI 2022 Off-season: Surely, We Deserve Better

[Wicked Slappaahs]

Jake Johnson to QU :-(
https://twitter.com/QHockeyBlog/stat...36247444545540

Uggh. They stole Union's Graf also (leading scorer)....the rich get richer..... Pretty soon team rosters will look like the tote boards in Vegas with rosters changing by the minute....

[DrDemento]

Uggh. They stole Union's Graf also (leading scorer)....the rich get richer..... Pretty soon team rosters will look like the tote boards in Vegas with rosters changing by the minute....

A few days ago I had posted about that very subject. The portal is being used so that the rich will indeed get richer. The top tier teams will have their pick of those who had played for the "minor league teams". For those old enough, kind of similar of how the NY Yankees used to use Kansas City to enrich their roster before the trading deadline.

[Engineers]

Dubinsky goes to Michigan state and a week later they fire their head coach?! Odd choice to say the least

[25+years]

Well the state budget includes $10 million for a new arena, seating 2,850, near the casino for Union College. Union will have their coaching situation settled soon and they can now offer scholarships. One of the arguments for the state putting up the money, for a private school, is the facility on campus is old and outdated. And the program in the area that has far more tradition and a much older and outdated facility gets squat. With the coaching situation up in the air and student athletes abandoning the school faster than passengers got off the Titanic. Plenty of reason for us to be optimistic. Maybe what Troy needs is a casino.

[MarkEagleUSA]

Uggh. They stole Union's Graf also (leading scorer)....the rich get richer.....

That's a bit unfair. The kids choose to enter the portal and are available to everyone that wishes to pursue them. Nobody is stealing anyone.

[QUAlum2004]

That's a bit unfair. The kids choose to enter the portal and are available to everyone that wishes to pursue them. Nobody is stealing anyone.

Agreed. If you want to blame anyone then blame the NCAA for not having a sit out year anymore.

[Ralph Baer]

Today is 13 April 2022. There are 171 days until RPI's next game. There are 79 days until RPI has a new president.


This is based upon 1 October 2022 for the start of next season and 1 July 2022 for the end of @#$%^.

[Ralph Baer]

As far as people leaving early, at least up to now we have done the best with 3 goalies who were teammates a few years ago. Cornell's Joe Howe is in the portal, Dartmouth's Clay Stevenson turned pro, and we still have Jack Watson.

I better not have jinxed us.

[Wicked Slappaahs]

That's a bit unfair. The kids choose to enter the portal and are available to everyone that wishes to pursue them. Nobody is stealing anyone.

I was referring more to losing Johnson as our best defenseman. That said, all of these kids have "advisors" who know all of the coaches -- if you think there isn't back channel stuff going on, then I have a bridge to sell you. It's the wild west out there now... for better or for worse. I hold no grudges and wish him nothing but the best...until he plays vs. RPI.

[MarkEagleUSA]

I was referring more to losing Johnson as our best defenseman.

I guess I'd be asking why a top kid decides to leave a team...

That said, all of these kids have "advisors" who know all of the coaches -- if you think there isn't back channel stuff going on, then I have a bridge to sell you. It's the wild west out there now... for better or for worse. I hold no grudges and wish him nothing but the best...until he plays vs. RPI.

I agree with the wild west assessment. And the back channel stuff has always gone on behind the scenes. It didn't just start with these new transfer rules.

[Wicked Slappaahs]

I guess I'd be asking why a top kid decides to leave a team...

The same reason every other kid is in the portal...greener pastures or at least what they view as such.

[Engineers]

With the exception of Dubinsky and kjeilberg the seniors that are in the portal are not a surprise to the coaching staff. It was already known.

[DrDemento]

The same reason every other kid is in the portal...greener pastures or at least what they view as such.

Greener pastures - also explains why the divorce rate is so high these days!

[engineerhockeyfan]

Greener pastures - also explains why the divorce rate is so high these days!

WOW!!!!!!
I thought that it was Shirley's fault.

[The Sicatoka]

The same reason every other kid is in the portal...greener pastures or at least what they view as such.

Extra eligibility, "Covid years", are a significant factor. Teams are back to a hard cap of 18 scholarships this fall. Some of these super-seniors are finding out the team wants to spend the dollars on the incoming freshie and not them so they are stepping away.

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