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BOSTON COLLEGE 2025 - 2026

Probably old news but Don Sweeney interview indicates the plan is for Dean to stay at the heights for another year. (so I will have to cheer against him for one more year lol)
 
Happy to see the commit of the beauchensne out of the ohl. If he gets time in a game for the Wilkes barre penguins he will, I think, be the first guy with pro experience ever to wear a bc sweater. Ice time in the ahl is no joke. Also noticed he wears the number 13. Bc is going to have to think about whether that number is retired or not. I don’t think you’ll ever get better than Johnny hockey. I like Woodall as well and looking forward to the soo vs Windsor in the ohl playoffs. Big step to shoring up the d for next year. Two big additions.

On offense I’m hoping bc has a shot at getting Schaefer Gordon-Carrol, who I guess is looking at how his hockey future will pan out after Medicine Hat finishes their season in the Whl. Him and Davidson could bring some chemistry on the offense. The two of them at bc would be a nice combo on offense.
 
Matthew Grimes-Defenseman -9g/26a- 35 pts for Sioux Falls (USHL) flips from Minnesota to BC. 6”1” 185-L. Looks like a another fast puck mover on the back end-much needed. Brown doing a good job reshoring that blue line after these departures. Will be interesting to see if there are departures (likely). I only see Croskery arriving from the D-men commits from two years back. (Chartrand was injured for much of his season, as was Wathier).
 
I heard that BC is replacing the ice plant inside Conte. I thought the ice was chippy and the puck was on edge a lot. Hopefully, the new infrastructure will solve that problem.

Go Eagles!🦅
 
Looks like Gasseau won't be a Bruins afterall and testing free agency
Smart move.

Letourneau, Hagens, Zellers are 3 prime young prospects that will all be well ahead of him in the pecking order on a long-term basis. Letourneau is notable since he's a sizeable center like Gasseau. He should stick for a while with some NHL club in a bottom 6 role if he finds the right place.
 
Gotta admit I do t understand the draft / free agency rules… why can Gasseau choose free agency? Age? Draft year? Stayed in college an extra year?
 
Gotta admit I do t understand the draft / free agency rules… why can Gasseau choose free agency? Age? Draft year? Stayed in college an extra year?
Article 8.6(c) of the NHL CBA.

Paraphrased via copilot
An NHL Club shall retain the exclusive right to negotiate and sign a drafted Player who becomes a bona fide college student until August 15 following the Player’s graduation or exhaustion of college eligibility, after which the Player may elect unrestricted free‑agent status if unsigned.
 
If the new eligibility rules go into effect in September can Gasseau return?
At the moment there is no grandfathering - so this class would not be allowed to return to college. Unfortunate since this class in on of the only ones (last years class as well) in recent years without a 5th year (COVID RULES). I assume they are going to open themselves up to a million lawsuits - so will be interesting if they end up allowing this years "grads" to return for a 5th. I assume they are trying to get around the fact that most colleges have already completed rosters for next year and they don't want to create another backlog like it did during COVID. We will see in May.
 
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