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RPI 2020 Off-season Overtime (Part II): The Hunt for Red October

rpi82 said:
Unless the CHL educational program has improved tremendously I just shake my head in wonder at decisions like this. Sudbury used a high pick to take him so they were obviously hopeful about signing him, but he proceeded as if he cared about education. Being ranked #222 among North American skaters makes him somewhere above 350 overwall in a draft of just over 200. He could develop into a solid NHL player, but, based on his current standing, it's more likely that he'll do his time in major junior, go undrafted and sign a free agent contract in the ECHL. Most guys put in the 3-5 years there, perhaps toss in an international year or two and then find themselves in their late 20s with no job and no degree. At least with the college route they can play a few years to assess the likelihood of a strong professional career before deciding whether to complete a degree. I hope our decision not to play this season didn't push him into making this decision. Then again, Sudbury didn't play either.
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and neither did his OJHL team.
 
Today is 1 June 2021. There are 123 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 2 October 2021 for the start of next season.
 
Today is 2 June 2021. There are 122 days (4 months) until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 2 October 2021 for the start of next season.
 
Today is 3 June 2021. There are 121 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 2 October 2021 for the start of next season.
 
The earliest since 2015

Recruit announcements:
06/03/21
08/18/20
07/17/19
06/27/18
06/26/17
07/14/16
05/19/15
06/12/14
07/15/13
07/19/12
07/25/11
05/24/10
05/06/09
06/17/08
04/25/07
05/15/06
06/13/05
11/17/04 a bit late :)
2003 missing
07/18/02
 
Anthony Baxter still isn't in the RPI directory, which is strange. I figured they could not do anything until he was admitted
 
sezenack said:
Anthony Baxter still isn't in the RPI directory, which is strange. I figured they could not do anything until he was admitted
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Interesting. BTW, this is the first time that I recall that uniform numbers were mentioned on the recruit announcement, thus none of us will have a chance to guess poorly. :-D

I also forwarded the list to Chris Heisenberg and told him to add Finn Brown back in, which he did. In addition, I mentioned what you wrote about Eric Fawkes, but told him that we have no proof he isn't coming. So he remains for now. I will eventually write him about several teams he has wrong, but at this point there are many players who may move before next season.
 
The list of new players on the RPIathletics website is a bit confusing.

Jakob Lee's last team is listed as the Brooks Bandits, but the informational blurb starts by saying he had one year at Merrimack.

Reid Leibold's last team is listed as Merrimack, but the informational blurb starts by saying he spent two years with the Maryland Black Bears and doesn't say anything about his playing at Merrimack.
 
Waite21 said:
The list of new players on the RPIathletics website is a bit confusing.

Jakob Lee's last team is listed as the Brooks Bandits, but the informational blurb starts by saying he had one year at Merrimack.

Reid Leibold's last team is listed as Merrimack, but the informational blurb starts by saying he spent two years with the Maryland Black Bears and doesn't say anything about his playing at Merrimack.
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The blurbs are correct. That last teams are messed up.
 
Today is 4 June 2021. There are 120 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 2 October 2021 for the start of next season.
 
Some way too early line predictions because I'm bored.

Sellar - Dubinsky - Lacka
Leppanen - Linden - Gagnon
Schreifels - Beaton - Walsh
Brackett - Herrman - Lee
Scratched: Nykanen, McIsaac, Mahshie, Bowman, Leibold

Kjellberg - Hallbauer
Baxter - Sertti
Johnson - Klee
Agnew
Scratched: Helsen, Davies

Marshall
Watson
Miller
 
sezenack said:
Some way too early line predictions because I'm bored.

Sellar - Dubinsky - Lacka
Leppanen - Linden - Gagnon
Schreifels - Beaton - Walsh
Brackett - Herrman - Lee
Scratched: Nykanen, McIsaac, Mahshie, Bowman, Leibold

Kjellberg - Hallbauer
Baxter - Sertti
Johnson - Klee
Agnew
Scratched: Helsen, Davies

Marshall
Watson
Miller
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I am not convinced that all of the transfers will play regularly.
 
Today is 5 June 2021. There are 119 days (17 weeks) until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 2 October 2021 for the start of next season.
 
Its great to finally get some real hockey news on this board.
A lot of question marks going into the season, but I believe that will be the same for most of the teams this year.
Defense looks pretty good going in. Marshall is ok, but I don't know anything about the other goalies.
The forwards are going to need a lot of help.
I wish I felt better about this team chances, but at best, I see the middle of the pack.
Hopefully coach Smith can do for this team what he did for the last RPI team.
Lets go Red!!!
 
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