What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

Status
Not open for further replies.
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

fishcore12 said:
Congrats DrD....the surprise is yardwork. :D
Click to expand...

Fishy: Turns out she did not want to wait the extra week for our anniversary - Friday she took me out for the day (almost knowing my disappointment would be coming with the Rangers) and bought me a new car. My dad was always right- "Marry a rich girl who can cook" was what he used to say. Then he added- "Anything else you can get elsewhere." I got the cook and then stayed with her long enough I ended up marrying her for MY money.
Certainly softens the blow since I really felt the Rangers could have won last year and most certainly would be in the finals this year. For 2 years they have had a very good team but when you cannot score that extra goal when you need it, well, that's why hockey is the most entertaining of all sports.
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

turk181 said:
Exactly. Backup Kazzy this year & mentor your future #1 next year until he’s ready to assume the starting role similar to Kazzy’s Fr. year. All just speculation of course.
Click to expand...

I was trying to figure out what happened to Rutledge at Michigan. He suffered an early eye injury. When he returned, he was platooned and ended with the poorest stats of the three goalies http://www.uscho.com/stats/team/michigan/mens-hockey/2012-2013/.

BTW, at 5'11", Rutledge would be small for an SA goalie. Diebold at 6'1" has been the only #1 or #2 goalie under 6'3".
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

Today is 1 June 2015. There are 124 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 3 October 2015 for the start of next season.
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

I take a couple of days off from reading this thread, and this is what I come back to? Ouch!!!
I had a good feeling about this team this year, and if Kasdorf can stay healthy for the full year, I still think we can win 20 or more games.
If he get injured, that goes out the window.
And I don't even want to think about the next two years. The outlook is very cloudy without a viable NCAA goaltender.
Lets hope that Appert pulls a rabbit out of his hat in the next month or so. :(:eek::mad:
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

engineerhockeyfan said:
I take a couple of days off from reading this thread, and this is what I come back to? Ouch!!!
I had a good feeling about this team this year, and if Kasdorf can stay healthy for the full year, I still think we can win 20 or more games.
If he get injured, that goes out the window.
And I don't even want to think about the next two years. The outlook is very cloudy without a viable NCAA goaltender.
Lets hope that Appert pulls a rabbit out of his hat in the next month or so. :(:eek::mad:
Click to expand...
I’m not so concerned. Good/Great players emerge every year. SA & others already know who they are. Losing a player like we just did ATT hurts, no question. I have no doubt there will be a good one in net next year. Means nothing though if they continue to score at the rate they do.
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

I'll go along with turk and post this here. It includes a video. No mention of RPI.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OilKings?src=hash">#OilKings</a> are pleased to announce the signing of <a href="https://twitter.com/LAKings">@LAKings</a> prospect G Alec DIllon (<a href="https://twitter.com/adilly96">@adilly96</a>)! <a href="http://t.co/M2ki7eu2zl">http://t.co/M2ki7eu2zl</a></p>— Edmonton Oil Kings (@EdmOilKings) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdmOilKings/status/605418791862870016">June 1, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

turk181 said:
I’m not so concerned. Good/Great players emerge every year. SA & others already know who they are. Losing a player like we just did ATT hurts, no question. I have no doubt there will be a good one in net next year. Means nothing though if they continue to score at the rate they do.
Click to expand...

If our forwards stay healthy-which is asking a lot given the past few years-we will score more. I would feel just fine if someone could guarantee me that Kazzy would stay healthy and play 35 or more games this coming year. i would feel even better if someone could actually get this team to play the fundamentals well (winning face offs and getting production on the power play would be more than enough for me).
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

Today is 2 June 2015. There are 123 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 3 October 2015 for the start of next season.
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

Edmonton newspaper article about Dillon signing with the Oil Kings http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/06/01/oil-kings-recruit-goalie-alec-dillon.
Dillon was for a time committed to RPI, a New York school with a powerhouse hockey program, but retained his CHL eligibility by spending last season in the USHL.
Click to expand...
Powerhouse?

It isn't clear what he could have done to lose his CHL eligibility.
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

“Realistically I think there was never really a time where I didn’t see myself coming in,” Dillon said. “I thought I was always coming to play, but ideally it was time for me to come in when Tristan left. I wanted to get games in and I did last year, so ... it’s a good time for me to come in.”

So the kid and his family always intended for him to use the RPI scholarship as a bargaining chip. He was probably never going to be here more than one year anyway. My feeling is that this program is better off without him. Too bad that he didn't bolt much sooner so the staff had a chance to get a goalie with some personal character as well as hockey talent. Too bad all around.
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

Ralph Baer said:
Edmonton newspaper article about Dillon signing with the Oil Kings http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/06/01/oil-kings-recruit-goalie-alec-dillon. Powerhouse?

It isn't clear what he could have done to lose his CHL eligibility.
Click to expand...

Interesting that Ken Schott still seems to be the only college hockey reporter to do anything on this story. Says a lot about the Troy Retched when the paper across the river consistently beats them on RPI hockey stories. The Record must be too busy chasing rumors about Jeff Ruland maybe coming to Siena as an assistant coach sometime later this year, maybe.
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

Jasma said:
“Realistically I think there was never really a time where I didn’t see myself coming in,” Dillon said. “I thought I was always coming to play, but ideally it was time for me to come in when Tristan left. I wanted to get games in and I did last year, so ... it’s a good time for me to come in.”

So the kid and his family always intended for him to use the RPI scholarship as a bargaining chip. He was probably never going to be here more than one year anyway. My feeling is that this program is better off without him. Too bad that he didn't bolt much sooner so the staff had a chance to get a goalie with some personal character as well as hockey talent. Too bad all around.
Click to expand...


Just saw this on WAP. good riddance.
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

Jasma said:
“Realistically I think there was never really a time where I didn’t see myself coming in,” Dillon said. “I thought I was always coming to play, but ideally it was time for me to come in when Tristan left. I wanted to get games in and I did last year, so ... it’s a good time for me to come in.”

So the kid and his family always intended for him to use the RPI scholarship as a bargaining chip. He was probably never going to be here more than one year anyway. My feeling is that this program is better off without him. Too bad that he didn't bolt much sooner so the staff had a chance to get a goalie with some personal character as well as hockey talent. Too bad all around.
Click to expand...

I should have known he was a bad egg when the Kings wanted him. That'll just be another reason to hate LA if he ever makes the show.
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

Jasma said:
Interesting that Ken Schott still seems to be the only college hockey reporter to do anything on this story. Says a lot about the Troy Retched when the paper across the river consistently beats them on RPI hockey stories. The Record must be too busy chasing rumors about Jeff Ruland maybe coming to Siena as an assistant coach sometime later this year, maybe.
Click to expand...

The Record is really hurting for staff at this point. Their parent company just laid off six staffers, including an assistant sports editor. There's only so much they can cover with the few people they have left.

http://www.timesunion.com/news/arti...rd-Saratogian-newspapers-6264179.php?cmpid=fb
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

it is true that the newspaper business is contracting. There are too many dailies in the Capital District and some - the Record, Amsterdam Recorder, Gloversville Leader-Herald, Catskill Mail - probably will be gobbled up or die in the next few years. You are right to point out the layoffs, but this story has been out there now since Sunday, right? They should've made a phone call by now. Maybe they got it in the print editions, but still nothing on the website as of this morning. Also nothing on college Hockey News or USCHO. I know this is the off-season, but if this happened to BC, Minnesota or Cornell it would've been reported in more than just the Daily Gazette. Kudos to Schott. BTW, no mention in the Times-Union yet either.
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

Jasma said:
it is true that the newspaper business is contracting. There are too many dailies in the Capital District and some - the Record, Amsterdam Recorder, Gloversville Leader-Herald, Catskill Mail - probably will be gobbled up or die in the next few years. You are right to point out the layoffs, but this story has been out there now since Sunday, right? They should've made a phone call by now. Maybe they got it in the print editions, but still nothing on the website as of this morning. Also nothing on college Hockey News or USCHO. I know this is the off-season, but if this happened to BC, Minnesota or Cornell it would've been reported in more than just the Daily Gazette. Kudos to Schott. BTW, no mention in the Times-Union yet either.
Click to expand...

Schott seems to be dedicating to the reporting of capital district college hockey (and Philadelphia sports on his Facebook every now and then), and given that reputation, it would make sense that he'd report on it while other sports reporters are writing other sports, like baseball. It doesn't surprise me that it's only receiving local coverage, given it's a recruit bolting for MJ that never put on a college uniform in his life. At this point, he's just another statistic in the argument for college vs. major junior.

Newspapers are on the decline in general because of the advent of online news. Sure, newspapers are trying to survive with online editions, but are clinging to a subscription model instead of using the classifieds as the traditional advertisement (or even in conjunction thereof) to help pay for the cost, while the public instead reads blogs, such as Without a Peer, that are crowdfunded through donations.
 
Re: RPI 2015 Off Season Thread: Another Long Spring and Summer :(

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Excited to have signed my NLI to play college hockey at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECACHockey?src=hash">#ECACHockey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RPIhockey?src=hash">#RPIhockey</a> <a href="http://t.co/m1UuysG8Gi">pic.twitter.com/m1UuysG8Gi</a></p>— Alec Dillon (@adilly96) <a href="https://twitter.com/adilly96/status/532706492907274240">November 13, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

with disappearing ink
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top