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Boston University - 2017-2018 season - thread numero uno

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We may suck, but we shouldn't be on page 2. :)
 
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Tater said:
some people didn't think we'd miss McAvoy that much
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BU doesn't miss McAvoy that much ... because the McAvoy playing for the Bruins never played like that for the Terriers.

Maybe he tried to do too much at BU.
 
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Harry Cleverly said:
BU doesn't miss McAvoy that much ... because the McAvoy playing for the Bruins never played like that for the Terriers.

Maybe he tried to do too much at BU.
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I think he did try to do too much. It also helps his NHL game to be playing alongside Chara.
 
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He might be playing for a better coach as well...
 
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I don't really get this criticism of McAvoy when he was playing for BU. He's not a flashy player, now or when he was at BU. He isn't the kind of player that will win games single-handed, like Eichel or Keller (or even Carpenter). I don't know that we've ever had a defenseman that could do that, maybe Shattenkirk or Gilroy. McAvoy had a rough first half of his freshman year, but from then on he was really pretty good.
 
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BU Fan 84 said:
I don't really get this criticism of McAvoy when he was playing for BU. He's not a flashy player, now or when he was at BU. He isn't the kind of player that will win games single-handed, like Eichel or Keller (or even Carpenter). I don't know that we've ever had a defenseman that could do that, maybe Shattenkirk or Gilroy. McAvoy had a rough first half of his freshman year, but from then on he was really pretty good.
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To clarify, I don't think he played poorly at BU. He did occasionally make a bad decision that led to a goal, but he was the youngest player in the country as a freshman.

Lest we forget he scored one of the biggest goals for the program over the past decade.
 
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defkit said:
To clarify, I don't think he played poorly at BU. He did occasionally make a bad decision that led to a goal, but he was the youngest player in the country as a freshman.

Lest we forget he scored one of the biggest goals for the program over the past decade.
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I mean yeah he scored that, but that goal was 99.9999999% the result of Keller.
 
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Really says a lot that

defkit said:
one of the biggest goals for the program over the past decade
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was in a regional semi-final game.

Though to be fair your statement will be a lot more true in about 15 months.
 
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Terrance said:
Really says a lot that



was in a regional semi-final game.

Though to be fair your statement will be a lot more true in about 15 months.
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Well the team has had better years obviously (2009, 2015), but the nature of the goal (basically a road game, and after the team thought they had already lost the game) makes it a more "memorable" goal. Funny how the result of the game has such an impact on how big a goal is (quick, who scored the tying goal with around 3 minutes left the next night?).

And Keller had a lot to do with it for sure, but many other BU d-men 1) don't take that chance of dropping so low in an OT game and 2) don't convert on the opportunity as well as he did.
 
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defkit said:
Well the team has had better years obviously (2009, 2015), but the nature of the goal (basically a road game, and after the team thought they had already lost the game) makes it a more "memorable" goal. Funny how the result of the game has such an impact on how big a goal is (quick, who scored the tying goal with around 3 minutes left the next night?).
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Harper with 3:13 left. Is he back for tonight's game? BU going for first win at Merrimack under DQ.
https://twitter.com/NCAAIceHockey/status/845792009176649729
 
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