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Doc this years team is huge. Damn near Cornell size.
Sure seems that way. Only remains to be seen if they can play huge! We have had boys come to Troy who had considerable size but did not play that way.
I wonder if Gorton is a fisherman
Could be a promising omen: Gorton the fisherman was briefly in the Islanders systemI wonder if Gorton is a fisherman
It’s definitely interesting.Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette has an interesting interview with Dave Smith on his Parting Schott's Podcast:
The Parting Schotts Podcast: Ex-RPI men's hockey coach Smith talks about his new job; the Gazette's MacAdam remembers D. Wayne Lukas
On the latest edition of “The Parting Schotts Podcast,” I talk with Dave Smith, the former RPI men’s hockey head coach who is now the head coach/general manager of thewww.dailygazette.com
Am I the only one who liked those unis?Could be a promising omen: Gorton the fisherman was briefly in the Islanders system
Schott asked some good questions. Dave took the high road, but alluded to the post-COVID recruiting challenges that we've discussed here.
I was working on Long Island not far from the Nassau Coliseum (while living in CT for the ultimate commuting hell) when the Islanders made the change. The fans I knew hated those unis, but I think it was largely the embarrassment that came from being a knockoff of the Gorton logo. If the purveyor of frozen seafood never existed and a graphic designer came up with the new Islanders logo I suspect they would have been quite popular. As it was, the constant references to the team as "the fish sticks" or other similar putdowns wore down a fan base that could see the Islander dynasty of the prior decade fading in the rear view mirror.
I'm actually more optimistic regarding the two players. McMahon is a reliable source so I do believe they committed. It would also make no sense at this late time for them to decommit without another option. When a player decommits in favor of another program or a professional contract word of their new deal usually comes immediately. Since we've heard nothing (and they haven't put out the new recruit press release) I suspect they are getting all of the paperwork in place. When done they will be added to the roster and we'll get the release. Of course, this is also the time of year when I get overly optimistic about the coming season..........They don't appear to have made any changes to the online roster since it was originally linked, either by adding the two missing plyers or by including uniform numbers. The former still concerns me, and the lack of uniform numbers would give us an advantage if it were allowed.