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Hockey East Summer Predictions

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I want UVM to be better so we can have JCarter around more like we did when the green cats were actually relevant . It's way more fun. Anyway, the only difference between Gilles and those other four you mentioned JCarter is that he is light years better than all of them
 
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The Zlax45 said:
PC also has all their freshmen a year older who should score more goals and the young defensemen will be even better. Losing Harvey is a blessing, Schaller is a loss an Kyle Murphy is a loss in the leadership position but gave them zero offense last year.
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I believe they accounted for a few game winning goals in that set of 1 goal games. Leaders score when needed, not always a lot.

Anywho...Say Gilles, has a slump like nearly every other sophmore tender... Does PC have the offensive fire power to pick up the slack...

Its my opinion and prediction they do not. And that is why I don't believe they will finish in the top 4 this year. I maybe wrong, who knows. Time will tell...
 
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Nick Ellis is a good goaltender - he can spare Gillies if he has a slump - which I believe he will NOT.

Secondly, Providence's talent pool is increasing and some of those younger forwards are getting older and more experienced. Expect Jankowski to have a good year.
 
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CollegeHockeyRinkReport said:
Nick Ellis is a good goaltender - he can spare Gillies if he has a slump - which I believe he will NOT.
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Kieran Millan had a capable back up his sophmore year... BU still went from winning 35 games the previous year to 18 the year of his slump... Obviously PC isn't the same team, PC doesn't have Jack Parker behind the bench.
 
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Anyways,

you guys keep hyping up PC. It will make it that much better when they finish 7th.... right behind UVM ;)
 
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sterlippo1 said:
Anyway, the only difference between Gilles and those other four you mentioned JCarter is that he is light years better than all of them
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This. He's as good as any goalie in Hockey East the last 10 years. Including the guy in my screen name. (Obligatory Northeastern anger toward Chris Rawlings and Jim Madigan for him not being a Husky)
 
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I'm hoping jcarter's predictions gain some momentum. I hate it when people think PC is going to be good. Makes me nervous.
 
Thiessen'sBetter said:
Saw him play at Winthrop and he was an absolute beast. Just a guess obviously, but I figure he'll get more of a chance to be a top-6 forward right away then some of the other drafted in-coming freshmen.
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Every D1 player is a beast in high school. If they even play high school at this point. No chance LeBlanc wins ROTY. I'd guess Kelleher at UNH. MVP is probably Gaudreau and best goalie is Hellebucyk.
 
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Considering the effort that Northeastern put in to recruiting and hanging on to Mike Szmatula, I'd like to think he'll contribute enough to at least be considered for the ROTY. Perhaps we can have a 20 and over category and one for the teenagers like Kelleher and the typical BC/bu recruit.

Prediction from out of left field (or the hockey equivalent): NU will discover that they have at least two and possibly three D1 goalies on their roster. The coaches will figure out who they are, and the team will fail to finish last. or 10th!
 
Ryecheers said:
Considering the effort that Northeastern put in to recruiting and hanging on to Mike Szmatula, I'd like to think he'll contribute enough to at least be considered for the ROTY. Perhaps we can have a 20 and over category and one for the teenagers like Kelleher and the typical BC/bu recruit.

Prediction from out of left field (or the hockey equivalent): NU will discover that they have at least two and possibly three D1 goalies on their roster. The coaches will figure out who they are, and the team will fail to finish last. or 10th!
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Lets assume for a minute Jim Madigan doesn't want to get fired and has at least some knowledge of the game of hockey from years of playing, scouting and coaching the game. Why on Earth would he continue to go with Rawlings if Roy or Mountain were more capable D1 goalies?

I think NU will be decent to good offensively, but I'd be concerned about the blue line and goaltending if I'm a NU fan.

Second to last weekend against Maine, Rawlings lets in an awfully soft goal and Madigan used expletive in postseason press conference...he brings him back next night and has to pull him halfway through game.
 
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CollegeHockeyRinkReport said:
Lets assume for a minute Jim Madigan doesn't want to get fired and has at least some knowledge of the game of hockey from years of playing, scouting and coaching the game. Why on Earth would he continue to go with Rawlings if Roy or Mountain were more capable D1 goalies?

I think NU will be decent to good offensively, but I'd be concerned about the blue line and goaltending if I'm a NU fan.
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The most popular player on a struggling hockey team is the backup goalie... And it's the backup qb in football.
 
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Thiessen'sBetter said:
He's as good as any goalie in Hockey East the last 10 years. Including the guy in my screen name.
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sterlippo1 said:
yup, since Jimmy Howard
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Hellofabuick 24 gp 20-3-0 0.833 win % 1.37GAA 0.952 S%

Gilles 35 gp 17-12-6 0.486 win % 2.08 GAA 0.931 S%

He isn't even the best goalie in the past year let alone the past 10...

He's good but lets not get carried away here. Especially with the goalies that have played in HE over the last decade. Schneider, Fallon, Tiffany-Amber, Carter Hutton, Quick... I got a crisp dollar bill that says his career stats do not show him as the best goalie in hockey east in the past 10 years. He will not have the best win %, he will not end with the best save% and he will not end with the best GAA. Or any combination there of...
 
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jcarter7669 said:
Hellofabuick 24 gp 20-3-0 0.833 win % 1.37GAA 0.952 S%

Gilles 35 gp 17-12-6 0.486 win % 2.08 GAA 0.931 S%

He isn't even the best goalie in the past year let alone the past 10...

He's good but lets not get carried away here. Especially with the goalies that have played in HE over the last decade. Schneider, Fallon, Tiffany-Amber, Carter Hutton, Quick... I got a crisp dollar bill that says his career stats do show him as the best goalie in hockey east in the past 10 years. He will not have the best win %, he will not end with the best save% and he will not end with the best GAA. Or any combination there of...
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“Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.”
 
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Last 10 years for goalies I'd put Howard and Schneider as 1A and 1B. Quick is top on the next level, he was clearly very good but didn't turn in the college career of the previous two, probably because umass was (and still is) dreadful. Gillies can't really even be remotely mentioned with them YET.

jcarter does make an interesting point comparing Gillies and Hellebuyck.
 
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CollegeHockeyRinkReport said:
Lets assume for a minute Jim Madigan doesn't want to get fired and has at least some knowledge of the game of hockey from years of playing, scouting and coaching the game. Why on Earth would he continue to go with Rawlings if Roy or Mountain were more capable D1 goalies?

I think NU will be decent to good offensively, but I'd be concerned about the blue line and goaltending if I'm a NU fan.

Second to last weekend against Maine, Rawlings lets in an awfully soft goal and Madigan used expletive in postseason press conference...he brings him back next night and has to pull him halfway through game.
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Fair question. I think that by the time Madigan realized that Rawlings was a lost cause, the season was virtually over. The decisions had been made to red shirt Witt and Roy and Mountain wasn't much of an improvement (although he did stay awake during games). Jimmy was left with the hope that the streaky Rawlings would have one of his "played out of his mind" games - which was wishful hoping. At the D was giving up too many "Grade A" opportunities - more than any goalie should have to face. A lot of time and effort has gone in to improving this part of their game. We shall see.

As for those soft goals: It was demoralizing for the team when they would occur. They simply couldn't bounce back consistently so those goals were often the turning point in the game. Rawlings not only cost us not only games and team morale, he cost us Gillies!
 
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Nick Papagiorgio said:
Gillies can't really even be remotely mentioned with them YET.
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That's fair. He needs to do it for more than one year. My comment was based more on the eye-test than anything. It's very rare to see a goalie of that size move that well and a HE freshman to be one of the best positional goalies in the league right from the start. He was PC's best player the moment he stepped on campus and I think is a legit Hobey candidate this year.

As for Hellebuyck, I think he's really good, I just think his numbers are a bit inflated by the way Lowell plays and that Gillies is better. Bazin's system turned Carr into a stud in 2012 and I think he's a pretty average goalie.
 
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