Re: UNH Wildcats 2019 Offseason - How Much Progress Did We Really Make This Past Seas
The funniest thing about the way the vR discussion has turned lately is, if there was a bone to pick from yours truly, it's with the youngest (hint: NOT JvR) and his offseason decision to cut and run on his teammates of the last three seasons, to hop on board the Huntington Ave. bandwagon. As in:
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It would be great to see UNH in Boston, and BvR and his new teammates coming up short. Not that anyone cares, but BvR has dropped a notch in WIS' annual survey of our favorite vR brothers:
(1) TvR - 3 year player, left after a career threatening injury, has a ring, has exceeded all expectations
(2) JvR - 2 year player, not quite Jack Eichel-level impact at UNH, still no ring and no NHL All-Star calls
(3) BvR - 3 year player, left to chase glory with defending HE champs, no NHL reunions likely with bros
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But, seeing me having the nerve to post anything uttering the term "JvR", 'dc rushes to a Pavlovian "defense" of the eldest vR by quoting the term and amount of his latest contract, while also pointing out I'm not an NHL GM. No crap, Sherlock. Give this man a cookie.
Moral of the story: I guess I'm not allowed to prefer TvR (even with the subjective reasons for my rationale being laid out) over JvR, and no one has the … stomach to question why yet another player - this time from what amounts to the closest thing UNH recently could call "program royalty" - has chosen to leave the program and finish up his NCAA D-1 career with another (rival) program.
Sad to say, we're getting to the point where "Blue Skies" thinking at UNH isn't limited to the AD's office ...
The funniest thing about the way the vR discussion has turned lately is, if there was a bone to pick from yours truly, it's with the youngest (hint: NOT JvR) and his offseason decision to cut and run on his teammates of the last three seasons, to hop on board the Huntington Ave. bandwagon. As in:
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It would be great to see UNH in Boston, and BvR and his new teammates coming up short. Not that anyone cares, but BvR has dropped a notch in WIS' annual survey of our favorite vR brothers:
(1) TvR - 3 year player, left after a career threatening injury, has a ring, has exceeded all expectations
(2) JvR - 2 year player, not quite Jack Eichel-level impact at UNH, still no ring and no NHL All-Star calls
(3) BvR - 3 year player, left to chase glory with defending HE champs, no NHL reunions likely with bros
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But, seeing me having the nerve to post anything uttering the term "JvR", 'dc rushes to a Pavlovian "defense" of the eldest vR by quoting the term and amount of his latest contract, while also pointing out I'm not an NHL GM. No crap, Sherlock. Give this man a cookie.
Moral of the story: I guess I'm not allowed to prefer TvR (even with the subjective reasons for my rationale being laid out) over JvR, and no one has the … stomach to question why yet another player - this time from what amounts to the closest thing UNH recently could call "program royalty" - has chosen to leave the program and finish up his NCAA D-1 career with another (rival) program.
Sad to say, we're getting to the point where "Blue Skies" thinking at UNH isn't limited to the AD's office ...
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