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BU 2013-2014 (Part III): Close your eyes, we're coming up on the end here...

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sterlippo1 said:
that is funny
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Yes I do write for a BC website, but for college hockey, I was hired to work on Atlantic Hockey for this site. While I am a BC fan, it's also a professional obligation to present a story and check my fandom at my door (for what it's worth, I grew up going to both BC and BU hockey games back in the day). Whatever I have going on for who I root for, I was hired here to cover the entire college hockey world. Whether that takes me to BC, Harvard, Brown, RIT, Air Force, Colorado College, or Bentley, it's my obligation to do a story that's been asked of me. This time, it took me to BU. Next time? Who knows!

Thanks for reading, guys. Normally I confine my feelings to just the Bentley board as the radio announcer there, but I wanted to weigh in here and put forward my two cents.
 
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From Jeff Cox.

Jeff Cox @JeffCoxSports · 1h
Boston University recruit and Edmonton Oilers draft pick Liam Coughlin will head back to BCHL to play for Vernon Vipers for '14-15 season.
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Jeff Cox @JeffCoxSports · 1h
Coughlin de-committed from UMass in favor of BU and was scheduled to enroll immediately but was pushed back when AJ Greer accelerated,
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Rover said:
Actually I believe earlier reports mistook BU2K, Mookie, Cookiepuss, and Sasquatch as recruits when they snuck onto the ice after a few too many drinks at the Friends of Hockey banquet. 25 is most likely the correct #. ;)
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So is Cookie-HYPHEN-Puss still active? I was involved in the "Fudge Stripe Incident" that spawned his nickname and have since moved to the South.
 
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fleabags said:
So is Cookie-HYPHEN-Puss still active? I was involved in the "Fudge Stripe Incident" that spawned his nickname and have since moved to the South.
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Well, he cut down on his antics since he married and had a kid some time ago. Not sure if he still goes to the games...
 
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Rover said:
Well, he cut down on his antics since he married and had a kid some time ago. Not sure if he still goes to the games...
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OMG.. he procreated?? Talk about a gene pool that needs some chlorine!!
 
Rover said:
Well, he cut down on his antics since he married and had a kid some time ago. Not sure if he still goes to the games...
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Could be a tribute, but there is a guy in section 102, first seat in a row about half way up who wears a BU jersey with "CookiePuss" boldly emblazoned on the back.
 
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Nick Papagiorgio said:
I'm going to be completely honest, I'm pretty jacked to see this kid play.
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No kidding. At the summer roundtable, Quinn commented on how challenging it is going to be for Eichel coming in with so much hype. He will have a target on his back from day 1. I do see a lot of similarities with Colin Wilson (coming in at 17, game built on strength and puck possession). But if he has the same type of freshman season as Wilson, who was a dominant player as a sophomore, that will be a disappointment in most people's eyes. That is some serious pressure. He won't have the same level of talent around him that Wilson did, unless the other freshmen are all very good too. Whatever line he is on will draw the top defensive pairing.

My honest expectation is 18-20 goals and 35-40 points. That may be high on the goals. Amonte led the team as a freshman, with line mates McEachern and Joe Sacco, and scored 25 goals in an era when many more goals were scored.
 
I agree there will be a learning curve however based on what scouts say, Eichel seems to have much more potential than amonte/wilson



QUOTE=defkit;5986882]No kidding. At the summer roundtable, Quinn commented on how challenging it is going to be for Eichel coming in with so much hype. He will have a target on his back from day 1. I do see a lot of similarities with Colin Wilson (coming in at 17, game built on strength and puck possession). But if he has the same type of freshman season as Wilson, who was a dominant player as a sophomore, that will be a disappointment in most people's eyes. That is some serious pressure. He won't have the same level of talent around him that Wilson did, unless the other freshmen are all very good too. Whatever line he is on will draw the top defensive pairing.

My honest expectation is 18-20 goals and 35-40 points. That may be high on the goals. Amonte led the team as a freshman, with line mates McEachern and Joe Sacco, and scored 25 goals in an era when many more goals were scored.[/QUOTE]
 
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RoughEmUp said:
Could be a tribute, but there is a guy in section 102, first seat in a row about half way up who wears a BU jersey with "CookiePuss" boldly emblazoned on the back.
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If there's a hyphen between the words, it's him...
 
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defkit said:
No kidding. At the summer roundtable, Quinn commented on how challenging it is going to be for Eichel coming in with so much hype. He will have a target on his back from day 1. I do see a lot of similarities with Colin Wilson (coming in at 17, game built on strength and puck possession). But if he has the same type of freshman season as Wilson, who was a dominant player as a sophomore, that will be a disappointment in most people's eyes. That is some serious pressure. He won't have the same level of talent around him that Wilson did, unless the other freshmen are all very good too. Whatever line he is on will draw the top defensive pairing.

My honest expectation is 18-20 goals and 35-40 points. That may be high on the goals. Amonte led the team as a freshman, with line mates McEachern and Joe Sacco, and scored 25 goals in an era when many more goals were scored.
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I've been telling a friend of mine that has BU season tix to expect 20-20-40. That's reasonable, could be more or less if he has the right linemates. Anything more than that is tough to crack. The more pro-style oriented guys usually ring in with lower numbers along the lines of 40 pts so that's where I'd expect to see Eichel at the end of the season, although these types bring with them benefits that don't go on the scoresheet as well.
 
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BU2K said:
I think he felt overshadowed by Sasquatch. :)

As long as Eichel scores clutch goals the overall number doesn't matter.
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Hey give The Puss some credit here. Once he hit middle age he knew enough to retire from his antics in the arena especially in front of his kid, unlike some people....:eek:
 
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defkit said:
No kidding. At the summer roundtable, Quinn commented on how challenging it is going to be for Eichel coming in with so much hype. He will have a target on his back from day 1. I do see a lot of similarities with Colin Wilson (coming in at 17, game built on strength and puck possession). But if he has the same type of freshman season as Wilson, who was a dominant player as a sophomore, that will be a disappointment in most people's eyes. That is some serious pressure. He won't have the same level of talent around him that Wilson did, unless the other freshmen are all very good too. Whatever line he is on will draw the top defensive pairing.

My honest expectation is 18-20 goals and 35-40 points. That may be high on the goals. Amonte led the team as a freshman, with line mates McEachern and Joe Sacco, and scored 25 goals in an era when many more goals were scored.
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I'm excited to see a copule of potential top 5 picks on Comm Ave this fall.

Wonder how he's going to be received. He's coming onto a team with not a ton of talent and is expected to be Jesus on skates. Realistically though what type of numbers is he going to put up? 20-20-40? For comparison's sake Colin Wilson (#7 overall) went 12-23-35 & JVR (#2) 11-23-34, both on more talented teams. If he does something like that will he be viewed as a failure? Should be interesting.
 
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RefereeGrav said:
I agree there will be a learning curve however based on what scouts say, Eichel seems to have much more potential than amonte/wilson...
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If he equals Amonte's freshman season, I will be ecstatic. One man's opinion - Amonte was the most exciting BU player I've watched.
 
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buoldtimer said:
If he equals Amonte's freshman season, I will be ecstatic. One man's opinion - Amonte was the most exciting BU player I've watched.
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I’d have to put Rick Meagher on equal footing with Amonte for excitement. Whenever he had the puck in open ice, you instinctively stood up from your seat, expecting something special to happen. And it frequently did.

Re Eichel: Quinn addressed the pressure Eichel will face in a Q&A that will be posted on Blog in the next week or so. He acknowledged that Eichel will face more pressure than Wilson did, in part due to social media, as well as the top draft pick race. But he feels that Eichel’s maturity and upbringing, along with the support he’ll get at BU, will enable him to handle the pressure and succeed.

My own take—based on video and print interviews—is that he’s a confident, yet well-grounded kid, very determined and mature beyond his years. You might recall from Scott Weighart’s “Burn The Boats” that Wilson’s worries about the upcoming draft became a distraction during his freshman year. I doubt we’ll see that with Eichel.
 
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RoughEmUp said:
Could be a tribute, but there is a guy in section 102, first seat in a row about half way up who wears a BU jersey with "CookiePuss" boldly emblazoned on the back.
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Tribute? :eek:

FWIW, I had 38-40ish points for Eichel in my head as well. As Claver pointed out, it will depend somewhat on who is around him. We know that O'Regan has 40+ pt potential but both are centers I think? Eichel should make those around him better (think Jason Lawrence's boost in production in '09).

Also, O'Regan had 38 pts his freshman year on a good, but not great, BU team.
 
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