RIT (aka Team Canada)

[Happy]

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I don't think we've truly arrived until we have an "RIT is Going Down the Tubes" or a "Fire Wayne Wilson" thread.

Now that I know that RIT is just a bunch of overage Canadians, I will surely start a "down the tubes" thread when the time is right. If RIT wins the championship, it will be a long while, though. good luck.

 

[Happy]

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Yes, but the Gopher fans who argue in favor of restrictions on foreigners* don't care about the quality of the game. They know that such restrictions would give the Gophers a huge advantage, and they'd rather the Gophers beat up on a bunch of weaker teams every year than to have a college hockey landscape that is competitive from top to bottom.

*note that I am NOT accusing all Gopher fans of taking this position. There are many, many perfectly reasonable Gopher fans.

that's what the Denver fans said when the ncaa put a stop to the pro players from the Major Juniors playing in the ncaa. and yet, it seems Denver was able to find enough talent to win Championships and Hobey's without them.

 

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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Happy...how did it take you this long to sniff out this thread? I expected you by page 2 at the slowest?

 

[Happy]

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Happy...how did it take you this long to sniff out this thread? I expected you by page 2 at the slowest?

12 hours shifts were killing me, almost impossible to catch up on sleep once I fall behind. Besides, since it's always "better dead than red", I will be cheering RIT on, even though they are just a bunch of overage Canadians who wandered over the border.

 

[Osorojo]

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Both means three now, huh? Maybe you shouldn't talk about academics. The difference between 2 and 3 was something most people master when they learn how to talk.

Some people don't need to spend 4 years in college to develop their skills for their future careers. Anyone find that speech by (Sjohn Poedein?)? I think it was a commencement speech he gave a year or so ago...

Minnie:
Your slip is showing. Check your Strunk and White. The word "and" indicates the addition of one thing or group of things to another; the use of ONE "and" indicates the addition of one thing or group of things to another. You see, I was suggesting that fanatic pro hockey fans lack the resources [$] to support the current pro hockey scene, which is a group comprised of the Olympics plus the NHL, AHL etc., AND the addition of professional college hockey. Your strategy of defending college hockey by attacking college academics is a flop.
BTW: I agree that some people don't need to spend 4 years in college. If these "some people" are hockey players why don't they go to two year schools or directly into the juniors? I suspect you know the answer.

 

[Tom Naeger]

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I think US Colleges should limit Canadian Born Players on rosters. No more then 5 per roster.

Hey this is America not Canada, we want the best! So if they come from Canada so be it, and we push our kids to get better. Notice what has happen latley in the IIHF touraments...

On a related note, Gary Bettman to limit NHL rosters: 5 Canadians, 2 players from either Finland or Sweeden, you can add a third though if you find a player in Denmark. Only one Russian, unless you find a black Russian than you can have two. And everyone most have at least one German on the team so we can start a world brawl!!!

 

[Youngblood11]

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I look at it as what's good for the goose is good for the gander! Why are there limits on how many US kids that can play on Canadian Junior teams? The Canadian kids are just taking opportunities away from US kids. US has caught up on development, but they will stall if their are no opportunities for the US kids after high school/midgets/juniors. You want US Hockey to continue growth the opportunity has to be there. Why are the Canadian kids coming here for College and Juniors if there programs are so much better? Because they can get a better deal coming down here and playing. US junior leagues should get just as much credit for developing Canadian players as Hockey Canada does.

If Canada can limit how many US born players can be a a roster then the US can and should do the same. Even if you are nieve enough to think that the Canadian kids are that much better.

 

[Scarlet]

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Actual PC hockey fans. And you'd do well to pay attention to what people who actually care about Friar hockey think about things if you're going to post on our thread since you've gone off on everyone from the the actual students at PC to people who have been following the team for longer than you've been alive.

It's amazing how you post something intelligent and well thought out and then go back to some idiotic drivel about sewing circles, canadian players, having no life and the ice around the zamboni door at Lawler. Are there two of you posting? I'm half convinced that you're either the evil twin of UnhCat07 or PC's athletic director.

Don't sell yourself short Jon!! You speak for all college hockey fans on this board!!

 

[northeastern]

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...If Canada can limit how many US born players can be a a roster then the US can and should do the same. Even if you are nieve enough to think that the Canadian kids are that much better.

..we don't have to do what others do to us. We are the United States & that is reason enough

 

[Mowers10]

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Who cares where the players come from? Sorry, a little late to the party.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

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If Canada can limit how many US born players can be a a roster then the US can and should do the same. Even if you are nieve enough to think that the Canadian kids are that much better.

Who gives a crap what Canada does? Not to mention what junior hockey does.

This is America. Land of opportunity.

End of discussion.

 

[d4rksabre]

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Just remember guys, Poles Don't Matter.

 

[Patman]

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I look at it as what's good for the goose is good for the gander! Why are there limits on how many US kids that can play on Canadian Junior teams? The Canadian kids are just taking opportunities away from US kids. US has caught up on development, but they will stall if their are no opportunities for the US kids after high school/midgets/juniors. You want US Hockey to continue growth the opportunity has to be there. Why are the Canadian kids coming here for College and Juniors if there programs are so much better? Because they can get a better deal coming down here and playing. US junior leagues should get just as much credit for developing Canadian players as Hockey Canada does.

If Canada can limit how many US born players can be a a roster then the US can and should do the same. Even if you are nieve enough to think that the Canadian kids are that much better.

The point of college hockey isn't to develop talent for the USA... its the promote the college and give those in the community... students, alumni, parents, staff, professors, the general public, and feral mascots... something to do with their time and involve themselves with. Now, as soon as you realize that then you realize how silly this whole idea of restricting international players becomes.

 

[DREads]

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Minnie:
Your slip is showing. Check your Strunk and White. The word "and" indicates the addition of one thing or group of things to another; the use of ONE "and" indicates the addition of one thing or group of things to another. You see, I was suggesting that fanatic pro hockey fans lack the resources [$] to support the current pro hockey scene, which is a group comprised of the Olympics plus the NHL, AHL etc., AND the addition of professional college hockey. Your strategy of defending college hockey by attacking college academics is a flop.

Bertrand Russell would be turning in his grave. The word and is not an indication of something but a logical connective called a conjunction. Algebraically, and is a multiplicative binary operator, and or, an additive binary operator. In set theory, and is analogous to intersection, and or is analogous to union. Claiming that and is the addition of one thing or groups of things to another is technically not correct.

 

[WildKitty]

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Canadian JRs have a limit on US-born players per team? That's it, I'm moving to Canada - I'm not gonna let my kid live without the benefits of Canadian JR hockey!!!

Okay, seriously now, are we all going to start jumping off bridges? Or decline life-saving blood because it comes from too far north?

Here's my take. Find what talent you can, in any form you value, and recruit like heck to give your team the best chance possible in the coming year. Who wants to hear their coach refused to woo the #1 pick because he's from Canada?

Of all teams, RIT should be proud of the team they have on the ice right now, regardless of nationality. I don't want to say you're looking a gift-horse in the mouth, but you've got some spit on your forehead here...

 

[Osorojo]

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Bertrand Russell would be turning in his grave. The word and is not an indication of something but a logical connective called a conjunction. Algebraically, and is a multiplicative binary operator, and or, an additive binary operator. In set theory, and is analogous to intersection, and or is analogous to union. Claiming that and is the addition of one thing or groups of things to another is technically not correct.

Bertram Russell believed communication is more important than linguistic nomenclature or tautologies. The fact remains that one "and" can relate to only two, not three sets, as Minnie misread. Anti-intellectualism in any form is no answer to galloping professionalism in college athletic programs, including Division I hockey.
College athletes in droves, hockey players included, are turning pro after finishing college in two years or less. Academic inelegibility for college athletes is an endangered practice. Are college athletes that much smarter than their predecessors, or are colleges teaching them that much faster?

 

[Jon]

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Don't sell yourself short Jon!! You speak for all college hockey fans on this board!!

The scariest post of the year!

 

[Patman]

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Bertram Russell believed communication is more important than linguistic nomenclature or tautologies. The fact remains that one "and" can relate to only two, not three sets, as Minnie misread. Anti-intellectualism in any form is no answer to galloping professionalism in college athletic programs, including Division I hockey.
College athletes in droves, hockey players included, are turning pro after finishing college in two years or less. Academic inelegibility for college athletes is an endangered practice. Are college athletes that much smarter than their predecessors, or are colleges teaching them that much faster?

What about all those computer science students in the early 1990s? What? Is it now a concern since they employ themselves using skates and a stick and not a computer?

 

[unofan]

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I count 15 Canadians and 1 Fin on RIT's roster. The other Final Four teams are mostly Americans. Apparently the NCAA has no rule against stocking your team with Canucks?
That's kind of a shame, considering how far USA Hockey has come and that the Olympics show that our youth hockey development program is almost on par with Canada. But not if we give away our college roster spots to non-Americans.

A guy creates a username and makes a single, solitary post that leads to a 9-page long thread showing no signs of letting up?

10/10 on that troll attempt, sir. An A+ for your effort.

 

[Chris Lerch]

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Good article on the RIT recruiting process:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com...gh-recruiting-road&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL