UNH Men's Hockey 2022 Off Season Thread- Goodbye Lake Whitt!

[HockeyRef]

I'm thinking we will be in last place in HEA in 2022/2023, decent defensively but zero scoring punch.

At least that will ensure there's only the one remaining year left in the MS7 Era.

I'm not so sure about that...haven't been, and won't believe it, until I see it. Not the UNH way of doing things. I know, I know...a new AD etc. Still, highly doubtful. Good point about our defensive capabilities; think that's true and can def get behind that thinking.

[Chuck Murray]

Oh gotcha well sorry bout that! Well every coach has to fill what they see as a need to be the most successful so that's what we have as you point out. Good points made about our picks. I'm thinking we will be ok...

I'm thinking we will be in last place in HEA in 2022/2023, decent defensively but zero scoring punch.

At least that will ensure there's only the one remaining year left in the MS7 Era.

[Chuck Murray]

I'd love to have seen Demin choose UNH, but its clear the two programs are looking for different things. UNH grabbed scholarship defenders DaVita and Babbage each with 3+ years of eligibility remaining (my money is on the Babson transfer getting a shot as a walk on), while MC jumped on five one-and-done graduate transfers. Different strokes, but I'll say one thing for Borek, at least he's aggressive...

There's something to be said for going out aggressively and setting the tone. Borek seems to have settled into a strategy at MC these last couple of seasons, whereas the guy he was passed over for here at UNH really seems to lack any clarity in how he's going about his business. Seems as if Scotty B. wakes up every morning with a purpose as a result, and good for him. Sometimes the greatest motivator can be rejection, and a strong desire to show the rejector(s) they were wrong ...

[HockeyRef]

No, that was someone responding to my list with a list of their own...

Who knows how he (and Leibold) makes the jump from AH to HE. Its not as easy as just translating the numbers - even a kid like Matt Barry (who went from Holy Cross to Miami) has only been good-ish, but not great in the scoring department. We'll see, Merrimack had a good season, maybe this group makes it two in a row or maybe its another Scott Borek recruiting pu pu platter...

Demin is the prize for me. He's a great skater and I loved watching him in Denver, but the staff there never seemed to view him as a top-four guy and he's on the move again after a season at UMass. Jandric must have enjoyed his season in North Andover and put in a good word to his former DU teammate.

I'd love to have seen Demin choose UNH, but its clear the two programs are looking for different things. UNH grabbed scholarship defenders DaVita and Babbage each with 3+ years of eligibility remaining (my money is on the Babson transfer getting a shot as a walk on), while MC jumped on five one-and-done graduate transfers. Different strokes, but I'll say one thing for Borek, at least he's aggressive...

Oh gotcha well sorry bout that! Well every coach has to fill what they see as a need to be the most successful so that's what we have as you point out. Good points made about our picks. I'm thinking we will be ok...

[Dan]

Dan, you mentioned in an earlier post about picking up Will Calverley? Too late...he's going to Merrimack.

According to Mike McMahon: Between Calverley, Ottovile Leppanen and Ryan Leibold, Merrimack has committed 3 of the top-9 scorers (last year's totals) in the portal. Also added Tristian Crozier from Brown and Slava Demin (D) from UMass.

Sigh...

No, that was someone responding to my list with a list of their own...

Who knows how he (and Leibold) makes the jump from AH to HE. Its not as easy as just translating the numbers - even a kid like Matt Barry (who went from Holy Cross to Miami) has only been good-ish, but not great in the scoring department. We'll see, Merrimack had a good season, maybe this group makes it two in a row or maybe its another Scott Borek recruiting pu pu platter...

Demin is the prize for me. He's a great skater and I loved watching him in Denver, but the staff there never seemed to view him as a top-four guy and he's on the move again after a season at UMass. Jandric must have enjoyed his season in North Andover and put in a good word to his former DU teammate.

I'd love to have seen Demin choose UNH, but its clear the two programs are looking for different things. UNH grabbed scholarship defenders DaVita and Babbage each with 3+ years of eligibility remaining (my money is on the Babson transfer getting a shot as a walk on), while MC jumped on five one-and-done graduate transfers. Different strokes, but I'll say one thing for Borek, at least he's aggressive...