2022 - 2023 Season BOSTON COLLEGE

[J.D.]

I thought Posma was getting PP time as a net front presence or possibly because of face offs too. But with the talent coming in that could certainly change. PP was good this season and no reason it shouldn't be good again.

[Cross Check]

Minnetian will be on a PP, he's pretty offensive oriented. I also wouldn't be surprised to see them go with 4 forwards on the PP. The pp will be a big focus for them next year, it was pretty rough this year and that's always been a big Brown focus

You must be mixing it up with the PK. The PP was one of the few things BC was above average in last season. The PK however...oy vey!

[Boston22]

Has anyone else been watching the U-18 Tournament? The top line of Will Smith, Gabe Perreault and Ryan Leonard are quite impressive. They have tremendous chemistry, along with skill.

William Vote has been really good as well. He's on a line with Cole Eiserman.

Both Aram Minnetian and Drew Fortescue have played a lot of minutes and have offensive skills. Fortescue definitely likes to throw his weight around.

[DLG]

Just saw Seamus Powell entered the transfer portal
Is this a surprise?

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Just saw Seamus Powell entered the transfer portal
Is this a surprise?

Kind of, kind of not. They were at a numbers crunch on defense and he’s not the style of player Brown has historically liked. If someone was going to go because of the crunch it was him. They probably told him playtime was going to be limited and he was free to explore his options

[J.D.]

Joyce had a decent year i would expect he is back. With Alami out:

E. Powell
Bengtsson
Hreschuk
Gustafsson
Leddy
S. Powell
Minnetian
Fortescue
N. Joyce

That's one too many. Either Joyce isn't coming this year or there's one more guy to go. Higher profile kids aren't gonna stick around if they're not playing which has me looking at Seamus Powell. If both Minnetian and Fortescue are better than him that would be my guess. But then what would that do to Eamon?

Not a surprise at all. To me anyway!

[BC/HE]

Back when Brown was an assistant to York, BC often used one player both as a forward and a defenseman. That way with injuries you could easily plug a hole. Would not surprise me to see that happen again as someone is going to be left out of major ice time on Defense.

[theprofromdover]

Back when Brown was an assistant to York, BC often used one player both as a forward and a defenseman. That way with injuries you could easily plug a hole. Would not surprise me to see that happen again as someone is going to be left out of major ice time on Defense.

Marty Hughes filled that role nicely.

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Marty Hughes filled that role nicely.

Let's not forget Brian Boyle's Brent Burns impression on defense

[doublerunner]

Alex Young, Colgate's leading scorer (21-18-39) this past season is in the transfer portal. We need some veteran presence up front.

[Cross Check]

Let's not forget Brian Boyle's Brent Burns impression on defense

For the love of all that is holy, why would you ever want to bring that back up?

[DNAEagle]

BC would not have been in that game without Boyle, ton of respect for him, he came back to win a nattie, he almost did but was robbed by Lerg.

[J.D.]

BC would not have been in that game without Boyle, ton of respect for him, he came back to win a nattie, he almost did but was robbed by Lerg.

Ya this gets overlooked. I believe the change York made was at the beginning of the HE playoffs maybe? Where he then put Ben Smith on top line. I have no regrets with how he handled that. I forget the exact reasoning as to why he did it, maybe just a combination of feeling they were a little weak on defense and Smith was ready for a more prominent role. Scores after making the switch:

W 3-0
W 7-1
W 6-2
W 5-2
W 4-1
W 4-0
W 6-4

And then the unfortunate ending where they couldn't put the game away.

[Cross Check]

And then the unfortunate ending where they couldn't put the game away.

Wherein, Tim Kennedy turned him into a turnstile and at the most critical moment showed him to be a forward attempting to play defense and not a defenseman. It worked until it didn't. And that hill I am I prepared to die on.

[eaglekeeper]

The ref gave MSU a power play late in the game. I think it was a 4 x 3, otherwise MSU was not going to score.

On a positive note, the incoming class should have 3 of the top 11 picks in the draft.

Go Eagles!