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Northeastern Huskies 2012 Offseason

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It's a little early to start this, but ROBY MUST GO!

Did anyone go to the Friends of Hockey get together last week? Any interesting news/updates? Tentative schedule out yet?
 
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Schedule is on gonu.com today. Very little new. Coach didn't resign after the meeting like last year. Five new mature (older) D's with varying specialties. Should have at least two solid scoring lines. 17 home games. No Xmas Tourney. Game 12/29 @ Harvard instead.
 
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Ryecheers said:
Only Gillies could be called "self inflicted".
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I consider the players lost due to the Cronin/Roby tiff self inflicted losses too. Roby is in charge, is he not? Not Madigan's doing, but surely losses due to actions of people in NU Athletics, as I see it.
 
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Ryecheers said:
Only Gillies could be called "self inflicted".
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See ROBY, Peter
Also review the dictionary definitions of "overreact" and "overreaction.
Further, take note of recent NCAA decisions that recognize that a coach responding to texts sent by prospective strudent athletes isn't such a bad thing after all.
 
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PPGuru said:
I consider the players lost due to the Cronin/Roby tiff self inflicted losses too. Roby is in charge, is he not? Not Madigan's doing, but surely losses due to actions of people in NU Athletics, as I see it.
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I am sure Roby does not have much to do with the day to day operations of the Hockey Team and it was up to JM to set Mr. Gillies free. As for other losses, guys did not agree to play for JM, they agreed to play for Cronin so if they do not want to be here anymore, so long. Going into this season we will now see if JM can actually recruit as outside of Darcy, all these guys are his. Out of last years class, Manno and the dman whose name I cannot remember who will probably not make the lineup are also his guys. Roby made his hockey bed when he annoyed Cro enough to finally give up and go (Cro was going to go at some point, he was no lifer) and then hired a guy with zero coaching experience, but in the end his legacy was already written with him (rightly) dropping football. At this point for Roby that is what he is always going to be known for, so he can do what he wants his history has already been written and is not going to change barring some program under him winning back to back NC.

As for Rawlings, its funny, he will probably leave here as statistically one of the best goalies ever. He is going to come close to all times games played, probably going to end up 2nd in minutes, Top 3 in GAA, Top 2 in Saves, Top 2 in Save %, Top 2 or 3 in wins, and needs one shutout to own that record. And all he has to do is be himself. If he truly comes back and plays like a senior goalie playing for a pro contract, he could leave tops in all categories outside of wins. I truly believe that last year was an off year for him. Every other year he has come in and improved from the previous season. Last one got away from him at the end. Do not know why, but his problems are fixable and coachable which is the most important thing.

I do know this, the kid is a real team player, and the last game of the year when he sat on the bench changed my attitude towards him. He was standing up, banging on the door to the bench, really cheering his teammates on when he could have sat there and sulked. He looked more focused then he did in some games. Earned lots of respect for me for that. If he can bring that attitude into this season, he is going to be the best goalie in the league.

As for Witt, I have said it before and I will say it again, two totally different coaching staffs have determined that he is nothing more then a backup. Every time, and I mean EVERY TIME, the kid has been given a shot to start and take the position he has fallen flat on his face. The kids two best performances as a goalie have been when either the team was eliminated from the playoffs, last year against bu, or already clinched a spot and could not move in the standings, final weekend the year before ironically against bu. Witt is not the answer unless he gets over what ever yipes he gets when there is something actually on the line.
 
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I will tell you one thing, Rawlings could leave here with some of those records, but we all know he is not one of the top 3 goalies to play at NU. I hope he does have a hell of a year, we are gonna need it from him. Soft goals don't just hurt the scoreboard but can take the life out of a team that has been playing a great game. Forget about this kid Gillies. Rawlings could have a great year and we could land a stud next year that will have the opportunity to start as a freshman. We need to let the Gillies talk go, he is a Friar now. We don't know what the defense brings yet, but has to play well if we are to win games. I put the pressure on the forwards this year. They need to play balls out hockey. We know what we have in this group and how well they can play. Jm needs to motivate these guys to fly around, be pains in the asses to other teams, and score more goals. Stop trying to make every goal a perfect one with too many passes, just find the back of the net. Great shooters need to start taking more shots and less passing when they have an open lane.
 
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Although I'm not so sure we'll have a winning season next year, I do look at some of the things the coaching staff was able to do last year as very positive steps. Mainly getting Vermeesch to produce offensively and getting Ferriero the puck in the slot. I'm guessing they'll plan on doing the same with Karlsson as much as possible next season. Assuming Ferriero is healthy for October, I'd very much like to see him and Saponari together. As many holes as we might see on the team, forward depth, young, unproven D-Men and a goalie that lets up softies as much as he puts up 40 save nights, I can see both Ferriero and Karlsson over 15 goals each next year and maybe over 20 as long as they play a full season. I really can't recall any time the team had two shooters with nhl caliber shots like they have. Reid and Manno should both be better but we may be playing three lines quite often again next year against the BC/BU teams. I'm guessing Darcy is a staple on the 3rd line his first year.

I'm not worried about Darou or Dunn. They'll probably make some mistakes early but don't most frosh D-Men not named Dumoulin? Manson should be better and he was the 2nd half of last season. Ellement, Cornell and Saucerman I'd guess will round out the top 6. It would be nice if Saucerman can move the puck at the Hockey East level as well as reports say he has in juniors. I just hope nobody on our D gets injured!!

Pray for an effective Power Play this year. Particularly one that doesn't give up short-handed opportunites every single game it seems like they did last year.
 
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No comments on here since 6/24?? Morale among the Husky faithful must be worse that I thought.
 
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WDR357 said:
Although I'm not so sure we'll have a winning season next year, I do look at some of the things the coaching staff was able to do last year as very positive steps. Mainly getting Vermeesch to produce offensively and getting Ferriero the puck in the slot. I'm guessing they'll plan on doing the same with Karlsson as much as possible next season. Assuming Ferriero is healthy for October, I'd very much like to see him and Saponari together. As many holes as we might see on the team, forward depth, young, unproven D-Men and a goalie that lets up softies as much as he puts up 40 save nights, I can see both Ferriero and Karlsson over 15 goals each next year and maybe over 20 as long as they play a full season. I really can't recall any time the team had two shooters with nhl caliber shots like they have. Reid and Manno should both be better but we may be playing three lines quite often again next year against the BC/BU teams. I'm guessing Darcy is a staple on the 3rd line his first year.

I'm not worried about Darou or Dunn. They'll probably make some mistakes early but don't most frosh D-Men not named Dumoulin? Manson should be better and he was the 2nd half of last season. Ellement, Cornell and Saucerman I'd guess will round out the top 6. It would be nice if Saucerman can move the puck at the Hockey East level as well as reports say he has in juniors. I just hope nobody on our D gets injured!!

Pray for an effective Power Play this year. Particularly one that doesn't give up short-handed opportunites every single game it seems like they did last year.
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dear god, do not split up the saponari/vermeersch/karlsson line. when you have three guys who can play together, stick with it. madigan seems intent on going with that line & ferriero/pimm/??? as the top six forwards. maybe reid moves up, maybe a new kid like darcy fills quailer's spot.
 
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^ I'd take UMass this year over Northeastern last year so far. As far as I know, UMass hasn't lost any players and as long as a coach is hired in the next, what, two weeks or so, we'll still have a coach before Northeastern did.
 
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jjmc85 said:
^ I'd take UMass this year over Northeastern last year so far. As far as I know, UMass hasn't lost any players and as long as a coach is hired in the next, what, two weeks or so, we'll still have a coach before Northeastern did.
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UMass has been our summer amusement so far. They are moving fast, shooting from the hip and missing every target. We moved slowly, methodically and quietly. Then we hired someone who could have been in place a month sooner (but for our arcane hiring rules) and might have had time to save at least one critical recruit.

So. Which path is better? Should we trade AD's? Is the devil we know better than the one we don't know?
 
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Ryecheers said:
So. Which path is better? Should we trade AD's? Is the devil we know better than the one we don't know?
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Do you still have the AD that screwed the A-10 out of a football conference and cut the team what, a season later? If so, no deal.
 
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jjmc85 said:
^ I'd take UMass this year over Northeastern last year so far. As far as I know, UMass hasn't lost any players and as long as a coach is hired in the next, what, two weeks or so, we'll still have a coach before Northeastern did.
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UMass has no players anyone else wants coming in.
 
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There might be a Forward from BC (the real one), but not much else. It almost seems as though Cahoon's staff had their recruiting budget hijacked.

Among the many unfathonables in the coaching tumult, is why the AD or Cahoon waited so long to have their little chat. Had they decided to part ways in March, the school would have had a far easier time finding someone to take their dead-end job. Didn't they learn anything from our mistakes?
 
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Ryecheers said:
There might be a Forward from BC (the real one), but not much else. It almost seems as though Cahoon's staff had their recruiting budget hijacked.
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Or they could have looked at his past results and all the defections from his teams over the years and decided to play at different schools. Winning consistently gets you the top players, winning some of the time, does not.
 
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