Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

[irishfan85]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

All week INCH was advertising that their recruiting rankings would be out this week..up until today. No more advertisement and no recruiting rankings to be found.

Who cares? INCH are just fan boys who started a website. They don't know anymore than you or I do about the game of hockey. Their rankings, much like USCHO's are garbage. Mostly stat driven, no real inside knowledge. I think Adam Wodon over at CHN is about as knowledgeable of the game as anyone who writes on college hockey on a national stage.

If Johnny Gaudreau isn't ranked as one of the top 5 recruits nationally by any publication, they are just disgraceful. Watched the kid last weekend on FCS-C. Wow!

 

[SteveF]

INCH tends to work on their own pace.

Inch by inch, if you will

 

[SteveF]

Except wodon is a Cornell fanboy so you can only trust what he says to the extent it doesn't impact them.

Case in point, a few years back he tried to say that riley nash was a freshman all American because he had a few more assists than kids like mark olver who had a lot more goals...12-20-32 compared to 21-17-38 All the while he completely omitted Joe whitney from that same list despite his 40 assists and 51 points

Who cares? INCH are just fan boys who started a website. They don't know anymore than you or I do about the game of hockey. Their rankings, much like USCHO's are garbage. Mostly stat driven, no real inside knowledge. I think Adam Wodon over at CHN is about as knowledgeable of the game as anyone who writes on college hockey on a national stage.

If Johnny Gaudreau isn't ranked as one of the top 5 recruits nationally by any publication, they are just disgraceful. Watched the kid last weekend on FCS-C. Wow!

 

[irishfan85]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

Except wodon is a Cornell fanboy so you can only trust what he says to the extent it doesn't impact them.

Case in point, a few years back he tried to say that riley nash was a freshman all American because he had a few more assists than kids like mark olver who had a lot more goals...12-20-32 compared to 21-17-38 All the while he completely omitted Joe whitney from that same list despite his 40 assists and 51 points

Maybe so. Can't argue as I don't remember that, but I'll take your word for it. Overall, he's pretty decent. I also think HE fans are lucky to have Hendrickson and Connolly over Paula Weston and some of the other conference writers. I know BC fans might think DH is a BU fan boy, but he's pretty objective and they're both better than PCW.

 

[J.D.]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

Who cares? INCH are just fan boys who started a website. They don't know anymore than you or I do about the game of hockey. Their rankings, much like USCHO's are garbage. Mostly stat driven, no real inside knowledge.

If Johnny Gaudreau isn't ranked as one of the top 5 recruits nationally by any publication, they are just disgraceful. Watched the kid last weekend on FCS-C. Wow!

Settle down now. They do in fact know more about incoming recruits than I do--that's what I was referring to. I just enjoyed the fact they did recruiting rankings. You can then compare to what you thought you know of incoming players and then see if their rankings prove to be right.

 

[ericredaxe]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

FWIW, I like the look of your new jerseys.

 

[Kenny]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

Have to face and overcome adversity all season, so we'll see how they bounce back.

Thought Milner was average and should've saved the short side shot in the second period. I'd like to see Billett get a game soon.

Also thought DU did a nice job getting their 1st line out there whenever BC put their 4th on the ice. That 1st line for Denver over powered BC's 4th line when they were able to get out there with them. That's a real good line.

Kreider needs to stop trying to be the mayor out there and play hockey. He's constantly talking to the refs, apologizing to the other team in between periods and too concerned about things other than putting the puck in the net. He does look much stronger out there, but the buddy buddy act with everyone is annoying.

Kevin Hayes continues to struggle. He scored a nice wrist shot, but that was after failing the little dipsy doo move in front of the net during an odd man rush (for the second time in consecutive shifts). He is certainly not the impact player I thought he would be, at least not yet. Although at least he made his presence felt tonight, unlike last week's no show.

Overall, great game. Chances on both sides, good pace and great crowd. Still a good sign that they are competing with the best teams in the country this early.

 

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

Kevin Hayes continues to struggle. He scored a nice wrist shot, but that was after failing the little dipsy doo move in front of the net during an odd man rush (for the second time in consecutive shifts). He is certainly not the impact player I thought he would be, at least not yet. Although at least he made his presence felt tonight, unlike last week's no show.

100% agreed. 1G, 1A tonight. And I still thought he had a rough game. He's going to be a 4 year guy - his game needs a lot of work and he needs to get stronger and use the size like Jimmy did and Kreider does.

 

[BCeagle]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

Kevin Hayes continues to struggle. He scored a nice wrist shot, but that was after failing the little dipsy doo move in front of the net during an odd man rush (for the second time in consecutive shifts). He is certainly not the impact player I thought he would be, at least not yet. Although at least he made his presence felt tonight, unlike last week's no show.

Overall, great game. Chances on both sides, good pace and great crowd. Still a good sign that they are competing with the best teams in the country this early.

Yeah, Kevin Hayes is a disappointment. Surprised he's on the first line but I guess when you lose Jimmy Hayes and Cam Atkinson, this happens.

 

[Tater]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

FWIW, I like the look of your new jerseys.

Overall, I kind of like them too. A clean, crisp, modern look. They don't seem to have that squiggly armband that we saw in the original picture.

Just 2 cons: The names on the back are too small. Also, the 4 stars for the 4 national titles is arrogant or just plain funny depending on how you look at it. It won't happen, but it would be hilarious if BU put 5 stars on the back of their jerseys when they play BC.

 

[TonyTheTiger20]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

Breaking news: BC's puck carrier on our final breakaway finally shot the puck at 10:08am this morning.

 

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

Overall, I kind of like them too. A clean, crisp, modern look. They don't seem to have that squiggly armband that we saw in the original picture.

1. The squigglies are there. You can only see them up close. They're in a smaller window than the replica jerseys and the numbers are in that sleeve pocket so it's tough to see.

2. The whites are already turning pink from the maroon parts of the jersey (and probably some equipment as well) bleeding onto the white areas. 2 games in the whites and they are already a problem. At least they lasted 1 more game than our football jerseys from last season before Gene sent them back to UA!

 

[Scarlet]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

1. The squigglies are there. You can only see them up close. They're in a smaller window than the replica jerseys and the numbers are in that sleeve pocket so it's tough to see.

2. The whites are already turning pink from the maroon parts of the jersey (and probably some equipment as well) bleeding onto the white areas. 2 games in the whites and they are already a problem. At least they lasted 1 more game than our football jerseys from last season before Gene sent them back to UA!

So, is UA the new provider due to the ACC relationship? I had read on another board, right after the debut of those creepy Maryland football jerseys, that UA's owner/CEO/whatever is a Maryland grad and was trying to compete with Phil Knight and his crazy Oregon football uniforms.

 

[claver2010]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

So, is UA the new provider due to the ACC relationship? I had read on another board, right after the debut of those creepy Maryland football jerseys, that UA's owner/CEO/whatever is a Maryland grad and was trying to compete with Phil Knight and his crazy Oregon football uniforms.

The contracts are school by school. We were reebok and changed to UA early 2010, I think there are only a couple of D1 programs still using reebok

 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

The contracts are school by school.

And even then, sport by sport...at least at North Dakota. Our football and basketball teams wear Nike, while the Men's Hockey Team wears Reebok, and the Women's team wears Gemini.

 

[mwade]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

1. The squigglies are there. You can only see them up close. They're in a smaller window than the replica jerseys and the numbers are in that sleeve pocket so it's tough to see.

2. The whites are already turning pink from the maroon parts of the jersey (and probably some equipment as well) bleeding onto the white areas. 2 games in the whites and they are already a problem. At least they lasted 1 more game than our football jerseys from last season before Gene sent them back to UA!

I think it is from the pants (and it happened at UND in latter half of game too). If you look at Venti & Milner's gloves (didn't pay attention to the other one) they both have pink on their glove where it rests against their pants in their normal stance when puck is elsewhere.

 

[sterlippo1]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

Breaking news: BC's puck carrier on our final breakaway finally shot the puck at 10:08am this morning.

lol,i think i said "shoot the ******* puck" about 1000 times................we are going to have a lot of fun watching Gaudreau.................and i HATE that uniform. not only are the numbers and names too small but what about "BOSTON COLLEGE" on the front? way too small and it's placed up under their chins and the jerseys are about 4 sizes too small on each player. seriously, who designed them and thought they looked good, a 12 yr old? just my 2 cents

 

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

the jerseys are about 4 sizes too small on each player.

They are designed to be like this. The hockey jersey has evolved with the advent of the Swift (Nike) and Edge (Reebok) jerseys. New, lighter materials, less fabric, tighter and more form fitting.

 

[J.D.]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

Yeah, Kevin Hayes is a disappointment. Surprised he's on the first line but I guess when you lose Jimmy Hayes and Cam Atkinson, this happens.

I think it's too early to call him a disappointment, especially when he factored in both goals last night. What I'd like to see is him on a line with Kreider. That's when Kevin looked the best last year.

re: Uniforms

Didn't notice any pink, but hopefully York speaks his mind if he doesn't like them. Also, I don't think putting four stars on the back is arrogant at all. It is what it is. Most people probably have no idea what they're for anyway.

 

[sterlippo1]

Re: Boston College Eagles 2011-2012 season thread

They are designed to be like this. The hockey jersey has evolved with the advent of the Swift (Nike) and Edge (Reebok) jerseys. New, lighter materials, less fabric, tighter and more form fitting.

i know that and get it and if that's the way the jersey has evolved , fine, i'm on board but everything on it is horrible except for the 4 stars.............great, great job by the students last night, i just wish they would lose the sucks chants...........Kreider i thought looked great but he's one of those athletes where it looks like he's not giving 100% because it's so effortless for him......