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>>>>> RIT TIGERS - Offseason 2011 - Dreaming About 2011-2012 <<<<<
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Tanev was called up by the Canucks after Manitoba was eliminated from the playoffs in a 3OT game 7 thriller.
Some on the Vancouver boards think he'll play ahead of Ballard if someone gets hurt, and others believe he should be playing in front of Aaron Rome, but I have my doubts on both cases. Realistically, he's probably 3 defenseman injuries away from getting in the lineup.
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Tanev was called up by the Canucks after Manitoba was eliminated from the playoffs in a 3OT game 7 thriller.
Some on the Vancouver boards think he'll play ahead of Ballard if someone gets hurt, and others believe he should be playing in front of Aaron Rome, but I have my doubts on both cases. Realistically, he's probably 3 defenseman injuries away from getting in the lineup.
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Before anyone writes off Watson, his three starts were against NCAA Tournament teams... UNO was a dogfight, where he made 36 saves. Union was a disaster, where RIT's PK was really bad, he allowed five goals he had no shot on, and made a few unreal saves. Not his fault at all. The Merrimack game, they got out-shot 50-16. Watson was fine, just happened to get thrown into the mix against three really good teams.
The goaltending situation, along with their veteran d-men returning next year, will be their absolute strength.
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Before anyone writes off Watson, his three starts were against NCAA Tournament teams... UNO was a dogfight, where he made 36 saves. Union was a disaster, where RIT's PK was really bad, he allowed five goals he had no shot on, and made a few unreal saves. Not his fault at all. The Merrimack game, they got out-shot 50-16. Watson was fine, just happened to get thrown into the mix against three really good teams.
The goaltending situation, along with their veteran d-men returning next year, will be their absolute strength.
Capernicus
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What a difference a year makes.
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The goaltending situation, along with their veteran d-men returning next year, will be their absolute strength.
What a difference a year makes.
RIT Winters
Hey, you SUCK!
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Having been at the Merrimack game, it felt a lot worse than it was. He gave up a ton of huge rebounds, then would make Sportscenter saves to keep those from going into the back of the net. Now granted he had the talent to make those saves, but any time a goalie gives up rebounds that regularly it's going to cause problems. Maybe he's better than the impression I got, he probably is, but by the time Madolora leaves Watson will only have a year left anyway, and who knows what the situation with Ruby or other young netminders might be by then.
I agree that the returning defense and our too many goalies situation is a great one. The defense really came into its own by the end of the season. My only hope is that the defense gets more involved offensively beyond just Saracino. Since we lost a lot of potent offensive players this offseason, I think the veteran d-men might have to step it up.
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Having been at the Merrimack game, it felt a lot worse than it was. He gave up a ton of huge rebounds, then would make Sportscenter saves to keep those from going into the back of the net. Now granted he had the talent to make those saves, but any time a goalie gives up rebounds that regularly it's going to cause problems. Maybe he's better than the impression I got, he probably is, but by the time Madolora leaves Watson will only have a year left anyway, and who knows what the situation with Ruby or other young netminders might be by then.
I agree that the returning defense and our too many goalies situation is a great one. The defense really came into its own by the end of the season. My only hope is that the defense gets more involved offensively beyond just Saracino. Since we lost a lot of potent offensive players this offseason, I think the veteran d-men might have to step it up.
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Not all rebounds are bad. I don't remember what he gave up in that Merrimack game, but many goalie purposely throw rebounds out to "non dangerous" areas. I personally liked what I saw out of Watson last year and didn't have a problem with the games he played
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Not all rebounds are bad. I don't remember what he gave up in that Merrimack game, but many goalie purposely throw rebounds out to "non dangerous" areas. I personally liked what I saw out of Watson last year and didn't have a problem with the games he played
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AHA has announced a new playoff format, with the top 4 overall teams getting byes, and a best-of-3 first round between the remaining 8 teams. Quarter finals are also still best-of-3, and then semi and finals are at BCA still...I think this is a better format than the east/west top two seeds getting byes.
http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2010-11_News/ahaplayoffs051811
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AHA has announced a new playoff format, with the top 4 overall teams getting byes, and a best-of-3 first round between the remaining 8 teams. Quarter finals are also still best-of-3, and then semi and finals are at BCA still...I think this is a better format than the east/west top two seeds getting byes.
http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2010-11_News/ahaplayoffs051811
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Kudos to the AHA for listening to the complaints and fixing that playoff system. This new system is fair and logical. The only thing that surprises me is that they chose to make the changes even though they clearly will increase costs.
This certainly takes a little pressure off of the top Western teams trying to get a bye.
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AHA has announced a new playoff format, with the top 4 overall teams getting byes, and a best-of-3 first round between the remaining 8 teams. Quarter finals are also still best-of-3, and then semi and finals are at BCA still...I think this is a better format than the east/west top two seeds getting byes.
http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2010-11_News/ahaplayoffs051811
Kudos to the AHA for listening to the complaints and fixing that playoff system. This new system is fair and logical. The only thing that surprises me is that they chose to make the changes even though they clearly will increase costs.
This certainly takes a little pressure off of the top Western teams trying to get a bye.
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Just the play-offs......makes sense and the travel cost shouldn't be bad.
Anybody know if they split the gate to help cover cost?
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I'm assuming this only impacts the playoff schedule. Not the regular season pod-based scheduling?
Just the play-offs......makes sense and the travel cost shouldn't be bad.
Anybody know if they split the gate to help cover cost?
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Not all rebounds into "non-dangerous" areas are good, either. There were a number of rebounds in that game where the Tigers could really use a whistle to get a line change and fresh players onto the ice and slow the game down, and Watson never gave it to them. Pucks didn't stick to him at all in any of the games I saw of him. Obviously Ruby is going to have to outplay him in practice and have good games in his initial starts, but if he does that I expect Ruby to be the solid #2 behind Maladora. This is, of course, if Ruby makes it to RIT*.
*I only bring that up because I think if he gets drafted he may be encouraged to go someplace where he will get a bulk of the minutes rather than teams waiting for him to develop behind a guy who's only a junior and as an overager is likely to stay for his full 4 years
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Not all rebounds are bad. I don't remember what he gave up in that Merrimack game, but many goalie purposely throw rebounds out to "non dangerous" areas. I personally liked what I saw out of Watson last year and didn't have a problem with the games he played
Not all rebounds into "non-dangerous" areas are good, either. There were a number of rebounds in that game where the Tigers could really use a whistle to get a line change and fresh players onto the ice and slow the game down, and Watson never gave it to them. Pucks didn't stick to him at all in any of the games I saw of him. Obviously Ruby is going to have to outplay him in practice and have good games in his initial starts, but if he does that I expect Ruby to be the solid #2 behind Maladora. This is, of course, if Ruby makes it to RIT*.
*I only bring that up because I think if he gets drafted he may be encouraged to go someplace where he will get a bulk of the minutes rather than teams waiting for him to develop behind a guy who's only a junior and as an overager is likely to stay for his full 4 years
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Didn't Madalora have to sit out a year? Or was that just delaying the start of his eligibility?
Powers &8^]
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*I only bring that up because I think if he gets drafted he may be encouraged to go someplace where he will get a bulk of the minutes rather than teams waiting for him to develop behind a guy who's only a junior and as an overager is likely to stay for his full 4 years
Didn't Madalora have to sit out a year? Or was that just delaying the start of his eligibility?
Powers &8^]
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I dunno.....
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=107521 shows two years of stats at RIT but a 1 year gap before that but the CW shows him being a Sophomore last year.....
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Didn't Madalora have to sit out a year? Or was that just delaying the start of his eligibility?
Powers &8^]
I dunno.....
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=107521 shows two years of stats at RIT but a 1 year gap before that but the CW shows him being a Sophomore last year.....
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I thought it was reported that his family's nomadic lifestyle made his high school transcripts subject to scrutiny by the NCAA and ultimately resulted in a loss of one year's eligibility.
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Didn't Madalora have to sit out a year? Or was that just delaying the start of his eligibility?
Powers &8^]
I thought it was reported that his family's nomadic lifestyle made his high school transcripts subject to scrutiny by the NCAA and ultimately resulted in a loss of one year's eligibility.
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Canucks defensemen Christian Ehrhoff and Aaron Rome were injured last night, and there's a strong possibility Chris Tanev could play in game 4. It helps Ballard and Alberts(the other possibilities) play the opposite side of Tanev. I think Tanev and Ballard did pretty well together during the regular season.
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Canucks defensemen Christian Ehrhoff and Aaron Rome were injured last night, and there's a strong possibility Chris Tanev could play in game 4. It helps Ballard and Alberts(the other possibilities) play the opposite side of Tanev. I think Tanev and Ballard did pretty well together during the regular season.
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It's looking good for Tanev.....
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Alberts+whats+name+could+play+Game/4822838/story.html
Article is all about Ballard but it makes the point about Chris playing instead.
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Canucks defensemen Christian Ehrhoff and Aaron Rome were injured last night, and there's a strong possibility Chris Tanev could play in game 4. It helps Ballard and Alberts(the other possibilities) play the opposite side of Tanev. I think Tanev and Ballard did pretty well together during the regular season.
It's looking good for Tanev.....
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Alberts+whats+name+could+play+Game/4822838/story.html
Article is all about Ballard but it makes the point about Chris playing instead.
RIT Winters
Hey, you SUCK!
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Watching the Sharks game today, I can confirm Tanev is on the ice. While I wish him the best, I hope his team loses!
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Watching the Sharks game today, I can confirm Tanev is on the ice. While I wish him the best, I hope his team loses!
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Well, he looked good and got some good commentary from the NBC announcers.
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Watching the Sharks game today, I can confirm Tanev is on the ice. While I wish him the best, I hope his team loses!
Well, he looked good and got some good commentary from the NBC announcers.
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Yup. Although this was one time I actually wish Emrick was calling the game; what with his incessant name-dropping of colleges throughout the game. Woulda been nice to hear RIT get a mention. But yeah, didn't get to play much (likely because of all the early penalties) but his play got good reviews from the commentators, and also real good reviews from the Vancouver contingent over on HFboards. I think he'll have a real good chance at getting into Vancouver's top 6 next year if he can put on some muscle in the off-season.
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Well, he looked good and got some good commentary from the NBC announcers.
Yup. Although this was one time I actually wish Emrick was calling the game; what with his incessant name-dropping of colleges throughout the game. Woulda been nice to hear RIT get a mention. But yeah, didn't get to play much (likely because of all the early penalties) but his play got good reviews from the commentators, and also real good reviews from the Vancouver contingent over on HFboards. I think he'll have a real good chance at getting into Vancouver's top 6 next year if he can put on some muscle in the off-season.