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BU 2017 Season Thread III: Terriers falling (into the off season)

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wysi said:
This is why a good friend of mine (who played Major Junior in Canada) believes that the NHL should go back to drafting 21 year olds. It will never happen, of course.
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I looked up the history of the draft and, if Wikipedia is to be believed, 21 year old North Americas have never been draft eligible. According to the article any amateur player under 20 was originally eligible. In 1979 the rules were change to included professional players and in 1980 the rules were changed to limit the draft to players between the ages of 18 and 20 and non-North American players over 20.

E.J. Smith said:
So Austin Matthews and David Pasternak, to name just two, should still be a year or two from playing in the NHL?
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Thiessen'sBetter said:
And McDavid, Laine, Eichel, Nylander, Marner, Aho and Provorov. All guys playing huge roles on their NHL teams. The system is fine the way it is.
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Yes, but they are the exceptions, not the rule. Looking at players ages on Hockey Reference I see four 18 year olds, fifteen 19 year olds, and thirty-five 20-year olds who have played in the NHL this season. Out of 848 skaters and 88 goalies that is just 6.4% (0.47% for 18 year olds; 1.8% for 19 year olds; 4.1% for 20 year olds) of skaters and 5.8% (0.43% for 18 year olds; 1.6% for 19 year olds; 3.7% for 20 year olds) of all players. Those numbers include all players who played even a single game in the NHL this season, including Brock Boeser, so I expect the number of 18 year olds to increase by one tonight.

Sean
 
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Who will be the whipping boy on defense now that chuck is gonna sign with the bruins?
 
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mookie1995 said:
now why again did umo pass on him when they dumped timmy?? :)
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Apparently there was some "incident" that had occurred. I don't know if it was something minor like DUI or what (I'm sure someone on the Maine thread can tell you), but they played the "character" card against him.

EDIT: OK, so I don't always go through the entire thread and read ALL the posts before I respond... :)
 
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Elliotte Friedman on NHL Network talking about early departures and saying that McAvoy likely to leave now that Colin White has made a decision. Not sure his reasoning that those are related, but he seemed fairly certain.
 
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McAvoy's gone. I'm holding out home that Hickey decides to stay for his Senior year. I feel that's the most important "stay" right now.
 
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Bomber said:
McAvoy's gone. I'm holding out home that Hickey decides to stay for his Senior year. I feel that's the most important "stay" right now.
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If he leaves can I have your home? ;)

Sean
 
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Bomber said:
McAvoy's gone. I'm holding out home that Hickey decides to stay for his Senior year. I feel that's the most important "stay" right now.
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I hope he stays, but with what we have returning and who is coming in, I think we will still be all set on D.

JFK is the most important "stay" in my book. If we lose Keller, Greenway, and JFK, I will have concerns about our offense next year just as I had this season.
 
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Tater said:
I hope he stays, but with what we have returning and who is coming in, I think we will still be all set on D.

JFK is the most important "stay" in my book. If we lose Keller, Greenway, and JFK, I will have concerns about our offense next year just as I had this season.
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I wouldn't be shocked if Hickey returns. Ditto with JFK, although I think he's a higher flight risk.

I think Greenway should return for 1 more year, especially given his inconsistent play following the WJCs, but I think he's likely to go and is also the most physically ready.
 
christos1968 said:
Another great year by norm. Adding to that frozen for win total. Let's see including today's game ......that would still be zero total frozen four wins. Best coach in the nation and yet unable to win a frozen four game. Unable to beat a number four seed in basically a home game 30 miles from his arena. Yes we should all aspire to be as good as UMass Lowell.
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Normile?
 
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hope as many come back as possible, but there wasn't a lot of improvement individually.

jfk went from 30 pts last year to 33 this season.
greenway 26 to 31.
bobo 12 goals to 14.
cloonan 14pts to 6.
 
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incoming (for now...)

Shane Bowers-LC 10/27/2016 2017 Waterloo (USHL) 6' 179 7/30/1999
Kasper Kotkasalo-LD 7/25/2016 2017 Sioux Falls (USHL) 6'2 190 11/18/1998
Ty Amonte-RW 1/29/2016 2017 Penticton (BCHL) 5'11 185 1/11/1998
Brady Tkachuk-LW 5/10/2015 2017 USNDP U18 (USHL) 5'9 155 9/16/1999
Logan Cockerill-RW 3/14/2015 2017 USNDP U18 (USHL) 5'8 150 3/3/1999
David Farrance-LD 9/13/2014 2017 USNDP U18 (USHL) 5'11 170 6/23/1999
Henry Crone-LC 4/8/2014 2017 Fargo (USHL) 5'8 160 2/19/1998
Cameron Crotty-RD 10/31/2016 2017 or 2018 Brockville (CJHL) 6'2 188 5/5/1999

8 freshmen
6 would be seniors
8 would be sophomores (unless jake leaves after being drafted high by someone who wants him elsewhere)
6 juniors (without charlie.... couple more pending leaving of course)

depth has been a problem.
sure hope GQ doesn't send anyone to quinnipiac :(
 
mookie1995 said:
hope as many come back as possible, but there wasn't a lot of improvement individually.

jfk went from 30 pts last year to 33 this season.
greenway 26 to 31.
bobo 12 goals to 14.
cloonan 14pts to 6.
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McAvoy 25 to 26...most 2nd assists on a dreadful first PP...clearly first team all Hockey East
 
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BUtogether said:
McAvoy 25 to 26...most 2nd assists on a dreadful first PP...clearly first team all Hockey East
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kids who have left are not really a concern for next season.


and aren't you dead yet?
 
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BUtogether said:
McAvoy 25 to 26...most 2nd assists on a dreadful first PP...clearly first team all Hockey East
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Unlike last year, when 2nd assists on the Power Play were not counted.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

First it's his lack of goals, now it's that his assists aren't really that good either. This obsession is getting a little ridiculous.
 
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What year did BU lose to Minnesota in the NCAAs when they were at campus sites? Was it 86 or 87?
 
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Scarlet said:
What year did BU lose to Minnesota in the NCAAs when they were at campus sites? Was it 86 or 87?
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It was 1986, a week after beating BC, 9-4 for HE title. Quinn, Young, Cullen, Donatelli, Taillafer, etc.

The previous season had a forfeit win against Michigan Tech in which MTU left the ice trailing 5-1. What was the issue?
 
defkit said:
Unlike last year, when 2nd assists on the Power Play were not counted.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

First it's his lack of goals, now it's that his assists aren't really that good either. This obsession is getting a little ridiculous.
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He had most of his points last year on secondary assists also but the first unit PP was better with Matt running it...and 8 goals in two years is not very good for a so called #1 elite defenseman nor is 51 points in 2 years...and if you think he was a shut down D then you weren't watching....sorry if I judge play on the ice by watching not listening to non stop praise from the NHL USA propoganda machine...he was a young very talented D man who was handed the number #1 spot but did not play or produce as a college #1....doesn't mean he won't be a good NHL D when they reign him in but he is not a big loss for BU...the obsession is with non stop praise..not me...this team will be much more productive from the back end with Fabbro running the first PP unit and picking up more of McAvoy's minutes.
 
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