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Boston College Off-Season Thread: 2012 National Champions

SteveF said:
you can thank me later
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And what would I be thanking you for? In light of Berget leaving after just one year, it is apparent no one told him his role on the team was going to be strickly limited to a Destiny companion. If you as a fan were privy to that information don't you think the child involved should have been let in on it? If your assumption was true and that boy was deceived that staff should be ashamed.
 
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brookie, try not taking it so literally. it's not a stretch to think they gave Begert a shot because they saw him play with Straight or were told certain things about him by reliable sources. it's happened before and will certainly happen again. i don't think steve is saying BC told him "hey, we'd like you to come to BC, but only so you can babysit Destry".
 
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Brookie should familiarize himself with AJ Walker (decent role player at a D1 level in his own right however).
 
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sigx15 said:
This is all from what I've read but Eichel seems to be a bit more of a power forward whereas Tuch compares more of a puckmover with great hands. Not a ton of stuff out there on Tuch because he came on moreso this year than last like Eichel. Another reason Tuch has gotten a little less hype is his teammate, Luke Kirwan, a year younger is supposed to be an absolute stud, and supposedly one of the best east coast american prospects in years. But Tuch seems like the real deal and really like this signing. Typically the NTDP kids will get a ton of attention in their first year and we'll really see how they stack up and what kind of impact they will have.
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I saw both play last summer and this is a fair assessment. Kirwan is a complete stud. Had the sixth highest point total in the league and a year younger than just about everyone else (6 years younger than some) at 14! Having said that Tuch is a very good player, too, more developed physically than Eichel right now, in my opinion.
 
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Once the shorter conference schedule kicks in, what are the odds BC and BU sign up to play an annual non-conference game outside of the Beanpot? I feel like two games a year just isn't enough. Keep the Hockey East games in December and have a floating January game, bouncing between Agganis, Conte, the occasional outdoor game, occasionally having a non-Beanpot game at the Garden... I like a lot of things about reducing the length of the conference schedule, but going from four regular season games vs. BU to two in less than ten years would be a real bummer, imo.
 
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Congrats to these Eagles on making the 2011-2012 Hockey East All-Academic team.
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Patrick Brown
Brooks Dyroff
Isaac MacLeod
Pat Mullane
Michael Sit
Patrick Wey
 
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re: BU

With the probability of playing them in the Beanpot almost every year, I think the two conference tilts are enough. Leave that spot open for another good non-conference game.
 
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J.D. said:
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With the probability of playing them in the Beanpot almost every year, I think the two conference tilts are enough. Leave that spot open for another good non-conference game.
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I'd like to see Harvard back on the OOC schedule. I like a good BC/Harvard battle.
 
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I don't like the idea of divisions either...

And there is no way in hell Hockey East would name a division after Shawn Walsh.
 
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But since you brought it up, you're right...there's nothing preventing these teams from scheduling additional games against each other as non-league games. I thought I read UNH and Maine would be interested in doing that.
 
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the problem with that proposed divisional alignment is that it keeps the HEA schedule at 27. that's a big part of the reason for going to 12 teams, to reduce the length of the conference schedule & add quality OOC games.
 
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ya but who did mookie name the divisions after?
 
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Some notes on Matheson from Florida:


Fla. GM Dave Tallon on Matheson: "He can really skate, and I love defensemen who can skate. He's arguably the best skater in the draft and can move the puck."

Fla. Dir of Player Devlpmt Brian Skrudland on Matheson: "His skating ability is incredible. The game's all about skating to me."

Video of him reaffirming he's 100% going to BC and teams knew that going in http://video.panthers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=93&id=182498&cmpid=embed-share-video
 
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Question for BC fans - during the first round telecast (probably right after Matheson was picked), Pierre Maguire said that over 25 kids from BC played in the NHL last year. I know the list is pretty long, but is it really more than 25?
 
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