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Boston College Season Thread: PART II

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irishfan85 said:
. If you made a rule that said players had to be 19 or younger when starting, the product on the ice would be a lot worse than it already is. It isn't as good as it was a decade ago even.
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This is true. But on the flip side of that argument, the product would also be a lot better if we, for instance, paid the players. Or signed professional adult hockey players and put them in jerseys that say "Boston College" or "New Hampshire" and they "represented" the schools but weren't actually students. And there's already a great product available down the road if you wanna buck up a little more and buy some NHL tickets.

Ultimately the issue that I and many have with the very-over-aged players trend is that college hockey is supposed to be about amateur kids playing hockey representing their school and their classmates. Is this an overly romantic view of college hockey/college sports? Yeah, sure. It's about winning. And if BC basketball could recruit 25 year old Germans and Slovakians and suddenly become competitive in a sport we get outrecruited in, I'd want the coach to do that. But that wouldn't make it right. Just because something improves the quality of the product doesn't make it right, if college sports are supposed to mean anything at all beyond something to do on a Friday night.
 
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BCWH Superfan joe said:
This is true. But on the flip side of that argument, the product would also be a lot better if we, for instance, paid the players. Or signed professional adult hockey players and put them in jerseys that say "Boston College" or "New Hampshire" and they "represented" the schools but weren't actually students. And there's already a great product available down the road if you wanna buck up a little more and buy some NHL tickets.

Ultimately the issue that I and many have with the very-over-aged players trend is that college hockey is supposed to be about amateur kids playing hockey representing their school and their classmates. Is this an overly romantic view of college hockey/college sports? Yeah, sure. It's about winning. And if BC basketball could recruit 25 year old Germans and Slovakians and suddenly become competitive in a sport we get outrecruited in, I'd want the coach to do that. But that wouldn't make it right. Just because something improves the quality of the product doesn't make it right, if college sports are supposed to mean anything at all beyond something to do on a Friday night.
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Hear f*c*i*g hear

I know others on this thread took pride in hearing the starting lineups in the Beanpot of:

California, Minnesota, Canada, New York, New York, Canada

vs

Mass, Mass, Mass, Mass, CT, PA

And where the teams' leading scorers were from:

Canada, California, Minnesota, NY, Canada

vs

Mass, CT, Mass, NJ, Mass


Where do you draw the line with the older players?
 
BCWH Superfan joe said:
This is true. But on the flip side of that argument, the product would also be a lot better if we, for instance, paid the players. Or signed professional adult hockey players and put them in jerseys that say "Boston College" or "New Hampshire" and they "represented" the schools but weren't actually students. And there's already a great product available down the road if you wanna buck up a little more and buy some NHL tickets.

Ultimately the issue that I and many have with the very-over-aged players trend is that college hockey is supposed to be about amateur kids playing hockey representing their school and their classmates. Is this an overly romantic view of college hockey/college sports? Yeah, sure. It's about winning. And if BC basketball could recruit 25 year old Germans and Slovakians and suddenly become competitive in a sport we get outrecruited in, I'd want the coach to do that. But that wouldn't make it right. Just because something improves the quality of the product doesn't make it right, if college sports are supposed to mean anything at all beyond something to do on a Friday night.
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That went down smooth...
 
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Apparently Dumoulin is 50/50 for tonight with a bruised knee, was limited in practice yesterday

I don't believe he's missed a game in his 3 years here
 
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claver2010 said:
Apparently Dumoulin is 50/50 for tonight with a bruised knee, was limited in practice yesterday

I don't believe he's missed a game in his 3 years here
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hope the injury bug isnt hitting us late, we have been very lucky this year in terms of that.......hope Jerry sits him, we shouldnt need him this weekend
 
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sterlippo1 said:
hope Jerry sits him, we shouldnt need him this weekend
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Agreed.

No offense to UVM but it's not worth it. Make sure everyone is healthy. For us to make a deep run he's necessary, I'd say he's the most valuable player on the team.
 
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Ho hum 5-1 win, UVM tried to goon it up a little towards the end which is my fear for tomorrow.

Thanks for nothing NU, 2 more points tomorrow
 
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Ho hum 5-1 win, UVM tried to goon it up a little towards the end which is my fear for tomorrow.

Thanks for nothing NU, 2 more points tomorrow
 
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claver2010 said:
Ho hum 5-1 win, UVM tried to goon it up a little towards the end which is my fear for tomorrow.

Thanks for nothing NU, 2 more points tomorrow
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This is fun, though! Like holding a dog biscuit just inches from a dog's mouth and not letting him have it. Especially fun with Terriers.
 
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jdevoejr said:
Minn-Duluth lost last night.
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And they gained ground in the PWR.
Beating UVM isn't helping, but losing to them would be much worse.

What a pass by Smith to Linell for BC's 2nd and GWG. This line is going to do some damage moving forward. :)
 
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no help on the scoreboard last night.......................and i agree FiveHole, i love watching that 4th line. the foot on the gas for the entire shift they are out there . it's been great watching them improve literally game to game
 
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Dumoulin took an absolute shot in the 3rd and he wasn't happy about it, stayed down for a little and after the whistle went right after that clown #10 who looked like he was enjoying himself in the box down 4-1 65 minutes away from golfing season.
 
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Gotta like the way the 4th line has been playing lately. Am now starting to think that Linell, Straight and Smith can be major contributors next year, which is important as we'll be losing some goal scoring with Almeida, Carey and likely Kreider gone.
 
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I watched the game on TV. The few observations I had were:

-Destry Straight and the whole 4th line is playing much better.
-Milner made some real good saves.
-That was the first time I have ever seen Dumoulin upset. It reminded me on the scene in Wayne's World after Wayne walks off the show

Garth: You shouldn't have walked out on me like that, it really p*ssed me off.
Wayne: Garth, you've never been mad at anything in your whole life before.

-Nice to see that he can get a little angry out there.
 
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claver, you posted this on EO:

Massachusetts (22 points, at Merrimack)
Seeded 7th with a win and a Providence loss.
Seeded 8th with a win and a Providence win or tie.
Seeded 8th with a loss or a tie.

I wonder if UMass losses tonight and if we win tonight and we sweep them next week, is it enough to knock them out as a TUC???....... Paging Mookie, paging Mookie:p
 
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Yeah that was copied straight from HE website.

I bet a L tonight & a sweep next week for UMass will do it.

Huge for NU to get a point tonight
 
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sterlippo1 said:
claver, you posted this on EO:

Massachusetts (22 points, at Merrimack)
Seeded 7th with a win and a Providence loss.
Seeded 8th with a win and a Providence win or tie.
Seeded 8th with a loss or a tie.

I wonder if UMass losses tonight and if we win tonight and we sweep them next week, is it enough to knock them out as a TUC???....... Paging Mookie, paging Mookie:p
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yes.

priceless runs a script with possible outcomes for all games and came up with this:
"UMass needs a win/tie tonight OR a win in the HEA first round or they will fall from TUC status."
 
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