Re: BU 2013-2014: Ready to Quinn
Why was Ryan on the 3rd line? His play hasn't improved from last week. Why not Collier? He at least knows how to play the position.
Ryan can skate. But at this point, I don't see what else that he adds, either on D or as a wing.
He was badly exposed on D in the home game against PC. And if he is playing on the third forward line, that is a huge indictment of BU's forwards.
I know that depth at forward is a big problem this year. But come on ...
Maybe he can develop into another Rosen, since both can skate.
But that'd be as a fourth line checker.
Bottom line is our forwards haven't been doing the job. Even the ones that are supposed to be good.
Lane is the one returnee playing better than a year ago. Where has that Hohmann been? O'Regan and Rodrigues just haven't been as productive as we'd expect, at this point. Kurker has been playing both ends better, but without production.
Baillargeon and Roberto are going to be fine. They already are.
Of the returning defenseman, only Oksanen has played better than a year ago. He has clearly been the team's best player so far.
The last couple of games have been big steps backward. Let's see if they can take a step forward against a UConn team that they should have a lot of advantages against. But UConn has never played at BU before, and they should be smelling blood in the water and are going to want to make a big impression.
