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If your best players hadn't gone pro, would your team beat BC?

Re: If your best players hadn't gone pro, would your team beat BC?

FiveHole12 said:
Guessing you are a MN fan? I checked the roster... lots of frosh/sophs.

Do your players go to college to get an education/enjoy the college experience or is it a 2 year stepping stone? Can't help you out with that one. Last I checked, most colleges are a 4 year education, sometimes 5.
Orosjo gonna have some fun with this. ;)
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Guess I'm a UND and DU fan also. They've already lost arguably their top players before the ink dried on the tourney...neither will play hockey as upperclassmen. Its just been a luxury for BC that other top programs haven't had is all.
 
Re: If your best players hadn't gone pro, would your team beat BC?

Again, then perhaps your team needs a new coach and/or a different recruiting philosophy. College hockey isn't about how many players you can get to leave after one or two years for pro hockey.
 
Re: If your best players hadn't gone pro, would your team beat BC?

5mn_Major said:
Guess I'm a UND and DU fan also. They've already lost arguably their top players before the ink dried on the tourney...neither will play hockey as upperclassmen. Its just been a luxury for BC that other top programs haven't had is all.
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Can you folks read? BC DID lose 3 guys early after last year, including its two top goal scorers who combined for over 50 goals last year, and one of whom had a hattrick the other night for Columbus. After this year, we almost certainly will be losing to two more top players early in Kreider and Dumoulin. That's 5 bigtime players over 2 years, so how can you say BC doesn't have to deal with early defections?
 
Re: If your best players hadn't gone pro, would your team beat BC?

Carlton, it's pointless. Almost seems like certain people need to find excuses as to why their beloved program isn't as good as BCs.
 
Re: If your best players hadn't gone pro, would your team beat BC?

5mn_Major said:
Guess I'm a UND and DU fan also. They've already lost arguably their top players before the ink dried on the tourney...neither will play hockey as upperclassmen. Its just been a luxury for BC that other top programs haven't had is all.
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Like I mentioned earlier, BC's staff is very good at developing players, many of whom start out as role players and work their way into scoring or other important rolls in the system. Look at the 2005-2006 season for example. Chris Collins first 3 years at BC were solid but nothing like we saw in his senior year (34-29-63). I'm sure the BC staff saw this type of potential when he was recruited, which is why he was recruited. Took 3 years of maturity and then bang. Appears to me that Austin Smith of Colgate had a similar college career.

Regarding the luxury BC has... I'm going to go out on a very thick limb here and say it's all part of the plan. The type of player, the character of the player, personality, etc, etc, etc all go into selecting recruits. They go out and get the kid that fits the system and is willing to abide by the rules. It's working for BC.
 
Re: If your best players hadn't gone pro, would your team beat BC?

PAULE said:
So what do we make of the win by CC over BC last year in the tournament?
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That's last season. And has fueled this run by BC. Thanks, CC, and way to do something about that win over BC last year, you went far.
 
Re: If your best players hadn't gone pro, would your team beat BC?

My team has reasonable success beating BC early in the season, but can't beat them when it matters most.
 
Re: If your best players hadn't gone pro, would your team beat BC?

BoSox3066 said:
Meh. Maine swept BC as is and played them better than anybody else has in the Hockey East final, without Spencer Abbott.
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Um, Merrimack played them pretty well in last year's HE final, and probably played them as tough as anyone early in this unbeaten streak, a 2-1 loss with late BC goal. BC would croak MC right now, even if Da Costa stayed.
 
Tipsy McStagger said:
Why are the UMD fans acting like last year's team was some kind of juggernaut? They finished 4th in the WCHA, didn't win the Broadmoor and had a great 4 game run in the NCAAs. That team from last year wasn't unbeatable, they just happened to not get beat.
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When you win it all you get that title.
 
Biddco said:
When you win it all you get that title.
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Maybe in your mind. But I am sure there are people that think UMD won the title last year despite not being the best team. If BC wins tonight, I don't know how anyone could say the best team didn't win. They have outscored their opponents 12-1 to this point.
 
Re: If your best players hadn't gone pro, would your team beat BC?

REDMEN2002 said:
That's last season. And has fueled this run by BC. Thanks, CC, and way to do something about that win over BC last year, you went far.
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Hell, that's the expectation. To start from square one. I would have been more surprised if CC HAD built on that win.
 
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HarleyMC said:
That's right...who cares, we lost.:( I'm still sad about it and in recovery mode. How 'bout you Slap?
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Just seeing this now. I was bummed up until the NC, but it was a tremendous game and to be honest for some reason it made me feel better. BC was the best team and the Gophers needed to play the game right to have a chance. They didn't and we saw what happened. I like how they look for next year though fwiw. :)
 
Re: If your best players hadn't gone pro, would your team beat BC?

This is one of those years where the best team actually won the NC, but that doesn't mean that BC was some unstoppable juggernaut this season. Any of the top 10 teams could have beaten BC in a one game battle, that's just the nature of the tournament - every year talented teams lose to teams that are, on paper, inferior. What York has managed to build (and with the class he has done so) has made the BC program the envy of nearly every other college hockey program and something that BC fans should be rightfully proud of.
 
Almington said:
This is one of those years where the best team actually won the NC, but that doesn't mean that BC was some unstoppable juggernaut this season. Any of the top 10 teams could have beaten BC in a one game battle, that's just the nature of the tournament - every year talented teams lose to teams that are, on paper, inferior. What York has managed to build (and with the class he has done so) has made the BC program the envy of nearly every other college hockey program and something that BC fans should be rightfully proud of.
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Seventeen in a row in this game is about as close to unbeatable as it gets
 
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