Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

[Nick Papagiorgio]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

Statistics Lesson. School is in session.

Karow 98GP -5
McInnis 123GP EVEN
Helleson 24GP +9
Warren 25GP +11
Finkelstein 47GP +11
Moore 131GP +23
Mattila 133 GP +9

AVG per game:
Player GP +/- AVG
5 25 +11 0.44
4 24 +9 0.375
6 47 +11 0.234042553
7 131 +23 0.175572519
8 133 +9 0.067669173
3 123 E 0
2 98 -5 -0.051020408


Lesson over.

edit - just for fun, those of you clamoring for SIZE on the back end, we ran off a 6'6" defensemen... and also ran off a guy who was +7 in 12GP.

[J.D.]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

I don't care too much about the size factor. Torrey Krug is small but he handles himself pretty well. Just one of many examples.

I would take issue with "running off" though. Adam Samuelsson could have stayed and earned his time but did not. Interesting that at that size he still went undrafted. That might tell you something. Who is the other guy you're talking about? Campoli? He's gone on to play at McGill in Canada so I'm not sure the staff mishandled either one of those guys. Chalk it up to poor recruiting though.

[Nick Papagiorgio]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

I don't care too much about the size factor. Torrey Krug is small but he handles himself pretty well. Just one of many examples.

I would take issue with "running off" though. Adam Samuelsson could have stayed and earned his time but did not. Interesting that at that size he still went undrafted. That might tell you something. Who is the other guy you're talking about? Campoli? He's gone on to play at McGill in Canada so I'm not sure the staff mishandled either one of those guys. Chalk it up to poor recruiting though.

As you know... earning playing time may or may not actually be happening at BC anymore. But absolutely, it's all on the coaches.
Playing poor performers? Check.
Lack of development? Check. At least on defense.
Bad recruiting? Hmmm

It's not a new thing sadly and it's coincided with the lack of postseason hardware.

[Cross Check]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

I think it's clear at this point that this is good team, not a great team, like say the 2003 or 2005 teams that made the tournament, won a game, and then were eliminated in the regional finals. That's a significant improvement over the last three years, but not back to the level that we would wish them to be. Depth is a still a problem. We all recognize they are a couple of D-men short. Now with Giles out for the year, there are a couple of forward pulling regular shifts that in an ideal world would be wearing suits and watching the games rather than playing in them.

[J.D.]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

Penalty killing has been bad recently

[theprofromdover]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

Eags up 7-2 in 3rd. 2 shorties!

[sigx15]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

As you know... earning playing time may or may not actually be happening at BC anymore. But absolutely, it's all on the coaches.
Playing poor performers? Check.
Lack of development? Check. At least on defense.
Bad recruiting? Hmmm

It's not a new thing sadly and it's coincided with the lack of postseason hardware.

I think you're over stating it being "all the coaches" vs. being the loss of Cav. He was their ace recruiter and developer, I think that's pretty clear. Marty took some time to step up his recruiting and coaching. I also think Brown wasn't a great recruiter but Cav & Jerry made up for him.

Ayers has done an incredible job with the goalies. Since Buckley has come in the defense has gotten worlds better. Also, their recruiting has gotten much better the past 2 years. The big issue with recruiting was putting their eggs in the huge recruits who ended up leaving after a year or two. Some of that will happen but it decimated the program after the '15-'16 season. They weren't able to restock with guys who could fill the voids and reset the philosophy. This is the first year since that year they've been able to fill the gaps. This year, they crushed recruiting with Knight, Newhook, Boldy, Hardman, Helleson and Warren. For some reason, York de-committed, but that happens. If he came, this class would've been insane.

Next year, with the seasons the recruiting class is putting up, they could have another really strong class. Weight, Powell, Ambrosio, Wilder, and Nesterenko look to be all the real deal. The rest of the class look to be more depth guys with Lovell a PP specialist. The class behind with Hreschuk, Reynolds, Davey & MacDonald looks really strong too. At some point I'll take the time and do a class update for people if they want on stats, where they are in their leagues and what to expect but I think the program is very much so in the right direction.

Also, it's of note, they've fallen pretty far behind in practice/training facilities. The top programs have a dedicated surface and training facility for off ice now. The reason York has been advocating for a new arena is because of this and he's losing recruiting battles as a result.

[J.D.]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

BC completes an undefeated Beanpot!

Hopefully this games is a confidence boost. 17-8-1, 6th in PWR, in the hunt for RS title. Looking forward to the stretch run. They're retiring Gionta's jersey Saturday. Let's gooooo.

[J.D.]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

York may have decommitted because Brown left but who knows.

Agree that Ambrosio, Weight and Nesterenko appear to be a very solid trio to build on the current freshman class. Might be some bumps in the road on defense next year but should be able to score goals and I have to believe Knight is back for another year.

[J.D.]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

With the class they brought in it wouldn't seem like the practice facility is an issue but I am sure it is for certain kids. Would definitely be nice to see a plan for that. I always reference how Jack Parker basically led the campaign for Agganis. Would be a feather in York's cap if he can help move things along at the end of his career.

[claver2010]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

kudos to the effort yesterday, we've seen many teams mail it in for the 4:30 special in front of about 15 people

[northeastern]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

kudos to the effort yesterday, we've seen many teams mail it in for the 4:30 special in front of about 15 people

you guys have a disgusting (in a good way) team. i know the whole, win the 'pot, win H.E. first then win... blah blah.
doesn't matter, i see your team making some noise come ncaa time. team has all the ingredients (starting from goaltending on out), to do it. you & Maine (with Swayman) both of whom i have seen in person this season. Just some of the H.E. teams (perhaps couple more) one or more of which, can be there at FF time.

[eaglekeeper]

With the class they brought in it wouldn't seem like the practice facility is an issue but I am sure it is for certain kids. Would definitely be nice to see a plan for that. I always reference how Jack Parker basically led the campaign for Agganis. Would be a feather in York's cap if he can help move things along at the end of his career.

I was a fan of Moore until this year. He has been terrible, especially the last month. Very indecisive handling the puck, losing battles in the corners. Until last night he was on the ice for 5 of the 8 goals against. His career stats do not surprise me, but his level of play right now is terrible.

Go Eagles!

[BC/HE]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

I would like to give credit to the Mattila brothers for their efforts with this program. It is players like them that lead to championship teams. They have been model players under York's system. Julius leads the team in assists (27) and in overall scoring (34) and Jesper leads the team in +/- at +20. All this while being on the lower end in penalty minutes while logging a lot of ice time. 4 year players like them are often found on teams that win the Frozen 4.

[J.D.]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2019-20 - No Chit!

I would agree with that. Recruit 4 year players like that and you'll be in business.

Good results tonight with Maine and Lowell losing. Take care of business tomorrow and you're in first place. Gionta's jersey being retired after 1st period.