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Northeastern Huskies 2011-2012 Season Thread: Year of the Mad Dog

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RossiRules said:
Think about this if Vinny had not gotten bounced from BU and wound up at his 3rd choice and Cody had not taken advise from big brother Ben to not play at he Heights, where would we be? In last place. Think about it. Umass Lowell and Merricmak are now getting better players than us..We are so screwed.
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And if B. Reid, Oleksiak and Newton hadn't left early we could be a home ice team. Movement, both coming and going, is a part of today's college hockey. Pimm, Karlsson and Quailer are better then Saponari and Ferriero anyway.

On a side note, I'm getting pretty tired of this team diving all over the ice too. Embarrassing and a disgrace to the blue-collar NU teams of the past.
 
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J.D. said:
Very curious about this. What negatives would Benn have to say about his experience at BC?
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Nothing about the BC hockey program in general, Benn seems to have had a good relationship with York and with BC in general, However, BC is a microcosm of itself and not so much the real world in contrast to a more urban and diverse NU community, so that if the little less talented little Bro needed to fall back on something aside from hockey he could/should make his own way, rather then follow in Big Bros shoes, thus Cody likely saw NU as a better fit for playing time and he was/is right, he is a big fish in a small pond at NU and sometimes that's a far better existence if you want to get noticed, if your on the cusp. Big Bro was like a 176th pick and went unsigned by the Coyotes after college in spite of all those 40 point seasons at the heights. Thus, after seeing what happened to his Bro, and just make it, by the fact that his his performances were often shadowed by lesser and not as complete players, he opted for NU. Remember he originally had committed to BC when he was like 16. It was a game tine decision to come to NU. Of course we will never know what big bro said to little bro behind closed doors. But clearly we have him and BC does not. There is a reason.
 
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This is a sign of the times. Went to the DHD site and got this message:

"This Account Has Been Suspended"
 
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Thiessen'sBetter said:
And if B. Reid, Oleksiak and Newton hadn't left early we could be a home ice team. Movement, both coming and going, is a part of today's college hockey. Pimm, Karlsson and Quailer are better then Saponari and Ferriero anyway.

On a side note, I'm getting pretty tired of this team diving all over the ice too. Embarrassing and a disgrace to the blue-collar NU teams of the past.
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Agreed, but, Reid, Oleksiak and Newton were Cronin’s kids and I don’t see that quality in the next 2 classes. I disagree with you, VS is the best pure offensive threats on the team. If he were with 2 equally matched players, and we don’t have one, aside form LK he would have 30 points bye now. The other guys you mention are more complete hockey players, but you could argue they are not as great a scoring threat in every kind of situation, Quailer is injury prone and I don’t think he plays a day in the NHL with that rebuilt knee, It has taken him 2 years to come back from that injury and I also don’t think he is as good as he was before that cheap hit in that exhibition game 2 years ago. Remember in 2 more season we will have to beat or at least compete with BU, BC and Notre Dame. Do you see that happening with homegrown Madigan at the helm? I mean really you look at a guy and you know deep down after a few months if they are Jim Calhoun or the Next Jack Parker, don’t you. I don’t see this program advancing anymore than it did under Cronin at any time in the near future unless there is a College hockey draft or a miracle year in recruiting. What I see are .500 season that are called good and 17 or 19 win season called nice job. If the goal is to maintain the historical status quo of NU hockey then we are right where we need to be, if the goal which I thought was to win a national championship or in the very least compete for one, then I really see no progress, as we need a goalie and the other two kids riding the goalie pine are not ready for prime time either.
 
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Unless the people that AD Roby reports to are unhappy with this situation, nothing will change.
 
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What a pathetic performance! I had to leave early. It was too embarrassing and frustrating to watch the defensive giveaways and
then having our top recruit score two goals against the Huskies including the game winner. To me, it all goes back to the AD's over-reaction to the texting incident last year and the subsequent departure of Cronin et al. I can only hope that Madigan can eventually turn things around.
 
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Rossi, the reason(s) cody ended up at NU are well documented. Don't think it had anything to do with benn.
 
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SkinsFan09 said:
Rawlings is not a big game goalie and never will be. Completely killed any chance we had tonight. He was not helped by his defense at all so not 100% to blame but the fact is, all three goals BC scored to start were terrible. Absolutely terrible. All but the 4th goal he let in were pathetic.
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They needed Rawlings to play well and he sucked, he sucked the life right out of the team. That was an embarrassing display last night. Thankfully there are some D coming in next year.
 
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RossiRules said:
Agreed, but, Reid, Oleksiak and Newton were Cronin’s kids and I don’t see that quality in the next 2 classes. I disagree with you, VS is the best pure offensive threats on the team. If he were with 2 equally matched players, and we don’t have one, aside form LK he would have 30 points bye now. The other guys you mention are more complete hockey players, but you could argue they are not as great a scoring threat in every kind of situation, Quailer is injury prone and I don’t think he plays a day in the NHL with that rebuilt knee, It has taken him 2 years to come back from that injury and I also don’t think he is as good as he was before that cheap hit in that exhibition game 2 years ago. Remember in 2 more season we will have to beat or at least compete with BU, BC and Notre Dame. Do you see that happening with homegrown Madigan at the helm? I mean really you look at a guy and you know deep down after a few months if they are Jim Calhoun or the Next Jack Parker, don’t you. I don’t see this program advancing anymore than it did under Cronin at any time in the near future unless there is a College hockey draft or a miracle year in recruiting. What I see are .500 season that are called good and 17 or 19 win season called nice job. If the goal is to maintain the historical status quo of NU hockey then we are right where we need to be, if the goal which I thought was to win a national championship or in the very least compete for one, then I really see no progress, as we need a goalie and the other two kids riding the goalie pine are not ready for prime time either.
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Aston-Reese and Darcy are two of the biggest USHL prospects in the draft this year and Gillies is the top goalie. Goaltender will be taken care of when Gillies arrives.
 
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steve66 said:
They needed Rawlings to play well and he sucked, he sucked the life right out of the team. That was an embarrassing display last night. Thankfully there are some D coming in next year.
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Well Rawlings did get NU their only goal, thought he was trying out for the Canadiens there.
 
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Streve,
You are exactly right about Rawlings. Many alumni were seated behind the goal we "defended" in the first period. There was an audible, collective groan when BC scored the first goal. It wasn't a slapper or a wrist shot. It seemed more like a bunt from the slot that should have been a routine save. The second goal, even softer, was preceded by a collective "Oh no" from the fans around me as Eibler gift wrapped it for BC. School was out. We knew it. The team knew it, and they played like it after the first period.

I have to confess that for the first time, that I can remember, in the forty plus years that I've been attending this pageant, I simply told my companions that we were done and would be leaving after the second period. I suspect that they were relieved, but too polite to comment.
 
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Thiessen'sBetter said:
It will be a huge disappointment if we don't make the HE tournament. Even without Ferriero and Quailer, they are the 6th or 7th most talented team in HE.
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Respectfully, maybe WITH Ferriero and Quailer they are the 6th or 7th most talented, but without them, maybe 8th or 9th (UMass, UVM and ???) Saponari, Karlsson, Pimm and Bittetto, but beyond that? Please don't tell me "Box of chocolates" Rawlings.
I honestly feel bad for you guys. Last night was rough. So many good OOC wins, and a lot of close, tough conference losses. 8th place will be a struggle, although I think you can get by UMass (UVM is a given at the bottom)
 
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RossiRules said:
Agreed, but, Reid, Oleksiak and Newton were Cronin’s kids and I don’t see that quality in the next 2 classes. I disagree with you, VS is the best pure offensive threats on the team. If he were with 2 equally matched players, and we don’t have one, aside form LK he would have 30 points bye now. The other guys you mention are more complete hockey players, but you could argue they are not as great a scoring threat in every kind of situation, Quailer is injury prone and I don’t think he plays a day in the NHL with that rebuilt knee, It has taken him 2 years to come back from that injury and I also don’t think he is as good as he was before that cheap hit in that exhibition game 2 years ago. Remember in 2 more season we will have to beat or at least compete with BU, BC and Notre Dame. Do you see that happening with homegrown Madigan at the helm? I mean really you look at a guy and you know deep down after a few months if they are Jim Calhoun or the Next Jack Parker, don’t you. I don’t see this program advancing anymore than it did under Cronin at any time in the near future unless there is a College hockey draft or a miracle year in recruiting. What I see are .500 season that are called good and 17 or 19 win season called nice job. If the goal is to maintain the historical status quo of NU hockey then we are right where we need to be, if the goal which I thought was to win a national championship or in the very least compete for one, then I really see no progress, as we need a goalie and the other two kids riding the goalie pine are not ready for prime time either.
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I usually agree with you, but I do disagree with you on Madigan. This team we knew was going to struggle they lost so much from last years team. Give Madigan a chance, without Qualier and Ferreiro there is really nothing left.
 
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Ryecheers said:
Streve,
You are exactly right about Rawlings. Many alumni were seated behind the goal we "defended" in the first period. There was an audible, collective groan when BC scored the first goal. It wasn't a slapper or a wrist shot. It seemed more like a bunt from the slot that should have been a routine save. The second goal, even softer, was preceded by a collective "Oh no" from the fans around me as Eibler gift wrapped it for BC. School was out. We knew it. The team knew it, and they played like it after the first period.

I have to confess that for the first time, that I can remember, in the forty plus years that I've been attending this pageant, I simply told my companions that we were done and would be leaving after the second period. I suspect that they were relieved, but too polite to comment.
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I left after the second, and I wanted to leave halfway through the second. First time in my 25 years that I left an NU game early.
 
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A couple things. Even if we had a healthy Quailer and Cody in the lineup last night we still would have gotten killed last night. Talent wise we do not match up with BC. I think we may have been fooled a bit by all the one goal games played between these teams of late, BC finally was firing on all cylinders, and we paid a heavy price for it.

I do not even put the blame on Rawlings. The first one was a bad goal, but do not forget the idiotic turnover that lead to it. The 2nd one I am sort of willing to give him a pass on as again, a horrible turnover by a dman who should know better, and Rawlings was forced to go side to side which is going to open up the 5 hole every time. From there two shorthanded goals he had no chance on, and the fourth one off a dumb rebound on his part. He did not have his best game, the defense in front of him had his worst game. I was following twitter last night and the idea that clay Witt is a better option in goal is laughable.

Honestly though, i put the blame for this on the coaches. The special teams has been a disaster this year. Guys on this team do not seem to know their roles and over stretch what they are capable of. And do not get me started on the lines last night and how Pimm is being wasted with JDaniels and Dong.

All I heard about Madgian was how he is a great speaker, gets people fired up about NU and can sell the University. None of that means he can coach. I go back to the Friday game against UMASS. Start of OT, the UMASS players were all standing on the bench, excited, smelling blood in the water ready to go. Our guys were sitting, hands in their laps looking like the 2011 Red Sox minus the fried chicken and beer. They wanted to be anywhere but there. The UMASS guys all wanted to be the guy to score the game winning goal, our guys wanted to be as far from the ice as possible. IF not for the horrible goal tending of UMASS, we probably lose that game, as a good goalie pushes the puck out of the slot, a UMASS guy would have started up the ice, probably one of our dman would be out of position, its a 2 on 1 up the ice, and then a goal.

Madigan seems to be able to get these guys to play a strong first ten minutes, but after that they either shoot their load and have nothing left, or the other team scores and he cant get them going again. During the TO last night after the 4th goal did it seem to anybody here like he was getting through to them? Did not to me and i had front row balcony seats right across from the bench.

Look Madigan is probably a great guy and has more love for Northeastern then everyone on this board combined. He is the wrong guy for this job. And I do not want to read he needs to bring in "his guys." Who would that be? Untalented players he is going to mold? A good coach takes all the parts given to him and does something with it. He is taking a team that at its best should be boarder line home ice. We are boarder line making the playoffs. Yes, injuries and suspensions have played a major role, but the talent on this team has not performed up to the way it should have this year.

I wrote it on DHD before it went down last night. If Madigan truly loves this team, he will do the right thing and walk away at the end of the season before he does more damage. Two season of this in a row, and sorry people, but next years team depending on departures after this season is really going to need some serious coaching to be able to be as good as this years version, and we will be back to the Crowder days where 7th place looks good.
 
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