Boston University Offseason Thread 2: Moving Forward by Booting Forwards

[BUT09]

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Warsofsky's rights traded to the B's for Vladimir Sobotka. Needless to say, I'm pretty giddy about this.

Apparently you're a minority. I'm entertaining myself reading Bruins fans cry into their cheerios on various message boards about this.

Amazing that there's great college hockey in Boston and half of the Bruins fans have never seen or heard of the players.

 

[RockTheWhit]

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Amazing that there's great college hockey in Boston and half of the Bruins fans have never seen or heard of the players.

I'm not sure it's this as much as it is the B's losing a solid 3rd/4th line center for a 5'9 165 pound defensive prospect. While Warso has been great at BU and looked really good at the WJC, what do you all think his chances of someday making the Bruins (or another NHL team) are?

 

[buoldtimer]

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"That was a disgrace to the US soccer program; a disgrace to the uniform. They may have racked up all kinds of shots and time of possession, but they were never committed to the effort required to win in the knockout stage of the World Cup. That was one team knowing what it takes to win in the knockout stage of the World Cup and dedicating themselves to it and another knowing what it takes and saying this all we have to do. That was a disguised effort. I could see this coming all week in practice. All fancy passes and dipsy doodle; no grit. Once again, no veteran leadership. They think that just because we wear this uniform, teams will fall down and make things easy. Because that's the way this team wants it to be - easy. Now the problem I have is the young guys. They'll think 'this is the way we do things'. Well, I'll tell you that is not the way we do things. They can have their Saturday night and Sunday to enjoy themselves. But Monday afternoon at 3:00 PM, they'll begin to realize that is not the way we do things and what it means to wear that uniform. Sorry, that's all I have to say tonight!"

 

[Federal League]

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Apparently you're a minority. I'm entertaining myself reading Bruins fans cry into their cheerios on various message boards about this.

Amazing that there's great college hockey in Boston and half of the Bruins fans have never seen or heard of the players.

I'm not sure it's this as much as it is the B's losing a solid 3rd/4th line center for a 5'9 165 pound defensive prospect. While Warso has been great at BU and looked really good at the WJC, what do you all think his chances of someday making the Bruins (or another NHL team) are?

Yeah, Sobotka's a solid 4th-line center, but so is Greg Campbell, the guy we just got from Florida as part of the Horton deal. And we have plenty of 3rd/4th-line wings, too, so there wasn't really room for both Sobotka and Campbell. I'd be willing to bet that any of those B's fans crying about this either A) don't realize Campbell and Sobotka are basically the same player, and/or B) have never seen Warsofsky play.

As for your question, Whit, there's no doubt in my mind that Warsofsky will play in the NHL some day. It's probably at least two or three years down the road, but I have no doubt that it will happen.

 

[Agganis]

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Re: oldtimer (phone won't quote posts for some reason)

If only #22 converted that great goal scoring opportunity to tie from in close nobody would be whining nearly as much.

 

[steakbomb]

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Bruins had a player in Sabotka with no place to play. A puck moving D-man is their greatest need. Whether it's #5 or not only time will tell. My own opinion is he's closer than a lot of people think to playing at that level.
This certainly beats having to talk about that horrible schedule we're being force-fed this year.
Hope you're all enjoying the summer!

 

[kennedy]

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Of the 299 defensemen that saw time in the NHL this season, only five were 5'9 or smaller (Strangely enough, St. Louis had one of them in Mike Weaver). It's an uphill climb for a player that size, even as talented and driven as Warsofsky is.

 

[Agganis]

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Of the 299 defensemen that saw time in the NHL this season, only five were 5'9 or smaller (Strangely enough, St. Louis had one of them in Mike Weaver). It's an uphill climb for a player that size, even as talented and driven as Warsofsky is.

Then the question is how reliable are the NHL's height listings. Is 5'10"=5'10" or maybe 5'11" or 6'? BU is pretty generous with many of their listings, and he is 5'8" tops.

 

[Onion Man]

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Apparently you're a minority. I'm entertaining myself reading Bruins fans cry into their cheerios on various message boards about this.

Amazing that there's great college hockey in Boston and half of the Bruins fans have never seen or heard of the players.

Sobotka is a pretty good center, but the Bruins just picked up a pretty good one in Seguin. I don't think Warsofsky will translate to a full time NHL player, but its good to see a local kid get a chance with the local team.

 

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

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Then the question is how reliable are the NHL's height listings. Is 5'10"=5'10" or maybe 5'11" or 6'? BU is pretty generous with many of their listings, and he is 5'8" tops.

These kids are measured in a precise fashion for the combine down to a quarter of an inch. Of course they can grow after that, but the NHL I would imagine has very reliable numbers, at least back to the actual height at combine.

They list him at 5'8" back to the draft in 2008... has he grown since then?

 

[Hokydad]

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There are a lot of things at BU to worry about, one of them is not DW. His entire life he has had the exact same height disadvantage and it has nevr bothered him, never. Not when he was 7 or 8 playing up a year on the Sharks in the old MBHL, not when he was 10 and making the all star team at the Brick tournament in Edmonton, going up against Stamkos, Eberlee etc,. Not when he was 16 winning a national championship on the GBL U-18 team at the tier 1 nationals vs Shatucks St marys. Not when he was a freshmen at Marshfield, leading state in scoring as a forward and winninga state championship, not at Cushing when he had about 50 + points, not at US natl team when he was second on team in scoring, team captain etc. Not at BU as a fresh or soph and it wont bother him at the pro level. His greatest strength outside his skating, hands etc is his head and game sense. Tremendous composure, hardly ever, if ever panics with the puck and has probably a bettr pro grame than college game. Bruins have him coming in for a reason and it was not to waste time on paper work.

There area lot of things for BU to worry about, DW not being one of them.

 

[Hokydad]

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These kids are measured in a precise fashion for the combine down to a quarter of an inch. Of course they can grow after that, but the NHL I would imagine has very reliable numbers, at least back to the actual height at combine.

They list him at 5'8" back to the draft in 2008... has he grown since then?

Of course kids grow. many dont stop to 19 or 20. DW turned 18 that year in late April, growing an inch or 2 wouldnt shock me.

 

[Agganis]

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There are a lot of things at BU to worry about, one of them is not DW. {Snip} There area lot of things for BU to worry about, DW not being one of them.

Did this remind anyone else of a third grader's paper where the conclusion is simply restating the introduction?

Also to respond to you with more time than it is worth: Just because it is discussed here doesn't mean it is a worry of BU (for the Bruins, probably, but no one said he was too short for BU), hell the whole draft day activity interrupted a discussion of who could possibly be missing what games, not exactly a major concern of the program either.

 

[Hokydad]

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Did this remind anyone else of a third grader's paper where the conclusion is simply restating the introduction?

Also to respond to you with more time than it is worth: Just because it is discussed here doesn't mean it is a worry of BU (for the Bruins, probably, but no one said he was too short for BU), hell the whole draft day activity interrupted a discussion of who could possibly be missing what games, not exactly a major concern of the program either.

Facts, facts. I am well aware of the fact it is not a BU worry. was responding to the guy who said he wont play pro

 

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

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I just hope you find it in your heart to give him back his Providence Bruins jersey when you win it in an auction at some point in the future, hokydad. After all, it will be his jersey and no one else should be able to wear it.

BTW, for a guy that is best pals with Warsofsky and coached him for 8 years, I am a little surprised you don't know if he grew or not after the combine.

 

[Bomber]

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Two quick things.

1) I'm with Scarlet on all this schedule whining. You're basically whining about two games. (TWO GAMES!!) Let it go. (And the schedule itself is solid when you factor in the two tournaments.)

2) Everyone thought Chris Drury, Martin St. Louis, and Brian Gionta were too small for the NHL. How'd that work out?

BU Hockey: What Can Brown Do For You?

 

[Gryba Dekes]

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There are a lot of things at BU to worry about, one of them is not DW. His entire life he has had the exact same height disadvantage and it has nevr bothered him, never. Not when he was 7 or 8 playing up a year on the Sharks in the old MBHL, not when he was 10 and making the all star team at the Brick tournament in Edmonton, going up against Stamkos, Eberlee etc,. Not when he was 16 winning a national championship on the GBL U-18 team at the tier 1 nationals vs Shatucks St marys. Not when he was a freshmen at Marshfield, leading state in scoring as a forward and winninga state championship, not at Cushing when he had about 50 + points, not at US natl team when he was second on team in scoring, team captain etc. Not at BU as a fresh or soph and it wont bother him at the pro level. His greatest strength outside his skating, hands etc is his head and game sense. Tremendous composure, hardly ever, if ever panics with the puck and has probably a bettr pro grame than college game. Bruins have him coming in for a reason and it was not to waste time on paper work.

There area lot of things for BU to worry about, DW not being one of them.

No one at BU is or has ever worried about Warsofsky. We were just pointing out how many Bruins fans are. But thanks for the life story.

 

[Hokydad]

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The point of my post was the size thing always comes up

Always proves wrong always will

You are right about one thing ,no one has grown since draft, including those he dominated when he played for natl team.f

 

[Noreaster]

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Coyle goes 28th to San Jose.

Wow, that low? With all the yapping from BU fans about how great he is, I expected him to go higher.

Now I see that scouts question if he can score against real competition. And he's not even the first Hockey East player chosen...what caused the drop?

 

[Federal League]

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Wow, that low? With all the yapping from BU fans about how great he is, I expected him to go higher.

Now I see that scouts question if he can score against real competition. And he's not even the first Hockey East player chosen...what caused the drop?

I'm pretty sure 28th is right around where everyone expected him to go all along. There was no drop. Get a clue, dunce.