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RPI 2025 Off-Season: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rpi82 said:
Anybody want Kyle Chauvette? I assume Union plans to hand the keys to the Michigan transfer as Chauvette entered the portal today. He seemed OK when I've seen him, but he also had the benefit of a better defensive team. If he's graduating he might be an OK option along with Krawchuk (if he's still coming) for a year while we see if Sanborn's rebirth is sustained in a higher level league (also dependent on his advisors and Lang still seeing him in Troy).
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Would take him seeing as how slim the options at goalie are barring EL having a trick up his sleeve. I think Krawchuk is much better of a recruit than Sanborn. The difference between the OHL and OJHL can’t be understated and I think Krawchuk has started potential
 
rpi2004 said:
Would take him seeing as how slim the options at goalie are barring EL having a trick up his sleeve. I think Krawchuk is much better of a recruit than Sanborn. The difference between the OHL and OJHL can’t be understated and I think Krawchuk has started potential
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I think every coach in the league knows chauvette`s weak spots. No thanks from me. I agree with your sentiments on the two that we at least think are coming in.
 
jstadts said:
I think every coach in the league knows chauvette`s weak spots. No thanks from me. I agree with your sentiments on the two that we at least think are coming in.
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I've heard from some Union fans that they felt this position needed an upgrade. The Michigan transfer's brother is going to be a senior on the Union team.
 
rpi2004 said:
Would take him seeing as how slim the options at goalie are barring EL having a trick up his sleeve. I think Krawchuk is much better of a recruit than Sanborn. The difference between the OHL and OJHL can’t be understated and I think Krawchuk has started potential
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I’m actually cautiously optimistic on Sanborn. He was a highly regarded recruit when he committed, but he struggled for whatever reason moving from prep to junior hockey while playing on a really bad team in the middle of nowhere BC. After a few starts in other places this year he found his game and has been outstanding the OJHL. Goaltenders, more than any other position, can come from unusual places. Our best goalie of the last dozen years or so came straight out of Junior B. It’s about seeing rubber. I’d like to see Sanborn move to a better league and a less dominant team to see if he’s a product of a dominant Trenton team or the victim of a bad Prince George’s lineup.
 
rpi82 said:
I’m actually cautiously optimistic on Sanborn. He was a highly regarded recruit when he committed, but he struggled for whatever reason moving from prep to junior hockey while playing on a really bad team in the middle of nowhere BC. After a few starts in other places this year he found his game and has been outstanding the OJHL. Goaltenders, more than any other position, can come from unusual places. Our best goalie of the last dozen years or so came straight out of Junior B. It’s about seeing rubber. I’d like to see Sanborn move to a better league and a less dominant team to see if he’s a product of a dominant Trenton team or the victim of a bad Prince George’s lineup.
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This is a fun debate.. How do you rank Savory, York, Kasdorf 1-3?
 
rpi82 said:
I’m actually cautiously optimistic on Sanborn. He was a highly regarded recruit when he committed, but he struggled for whatever reason moving from prep to junior hockey while playing on a really bad team in the middle of nowhere BC. After a few starts in other places this year he found his game and has been outstanding the OJHL. Goaltenders, more than any other position, can come from unusual places. Our best goalie of the last dozen years or so came straight out of Junior B. It’s about seeing rubber. I’d like to see Sanborn move to a better league and a less dominant team to see if he’s a product of a dominant Trenton team or the victim of a bad Prince George’s lineup.
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I have a similar opinion about Sanborn. I wonder what Lang thinks. I hope that we get a goalie this year with one or two years remaining to play to go along with Krawchuk.

This is Sanborn's best year by far since he committed to RPI. He took over the #1 goalie job at Trenton. He has played every minute in the playoffs so far except for a couple of minutes of empty-net time and has a 1.92 GAA and .937 save %age. I hope that he goes to the OHL or USHL next season.


Edit: He's from Connecticut. I think that requires him to go to the QMJHL if he goes to the CHL.
 
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Questions : we are nearing the end of the portal window. Women’s ends on Tuesday. An awful lot of players have not signed on anywhere. Especially on the women’s side. Based on the past, albeit only a couple of years, what happens to non committed players? Go back to their school of origin , if their teams want them ( with , I imagine, a bit of bad feelings)? Or are their college careers over? Lastly….do the rules permit going from D3- D1 and vice versa? Wonder if there are any diamonds in the rough at the D3 level ?
 
25+years said:
Questions : we are nearing the end of the portal window. Women’s ends on Tuesday. An awful lot of players have not signed on anywhere. Especially on the women’s side. Based on the past, albeit only a couple of years, what happens to non committed players? Go back to their school of origin , if their teams want them ( with , I imagine, a bit of bad feelings)? Or are their college careers over? Lastly….do the rules permit going from D3- D1 and vice versa? Wonder if there are any diamonds in the rough at the D3 level ?
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You can always come back from the portal, but the school doesn't have to honor the scholarship (the player forfeits it immediately when the player enters). There are always diamonds in the rough, but in hockey it is more rare--the kids already have more development time than other college sports, so good recruiters can figure out a player's ceiling. I don't think it is a good use of time to try and work D3 channels on the mens or womens side.
 
rpi2004 said:
This is a fun debate.. How do you rank Savory, York, Kasdorf 1-3?
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Kasdorf was the best, in my opinion, when he wasn't hurt, but I haven't looked at the stats. He wasn't flashy but he was great at trapping shots and controlling rebounds; it would just kill the offensive flow of the opponent. RPI was a little unlucky to not make the NCAA tournament his last year, but he was a big reason why they were in the conversation. But all 3 were good goaltenders--there's no surprise that RPI's 3 best seasons over the last 15 years happened when one of those guys was in net.
 
Another vote for Kasdorf - when he was healthy, he was top tier. Did not see Savory for a long enough period of time but he certainly was having an excellent year.
 
rpi2004 said:
This is a fun debate.. How do you rank Savory, York, Kasdorf 1-3?
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I thought I was being clever when I called Savory our best goalie of the last dozen years. I was trying to exclude Kasdorf (and by extension York), but I should have gone back and looked up Jason's actual dates as an Engineer.

How I'd rate them depends on the standard used. If it was best peak season, I'd rate them Kasdorf > Savory > York. If, however, I had to rate them for their entire RPI careers, I might swap the order completely - York > Savory > Kasdorf. Kasdorg was awesome as a freshman and senior, but was robbed of his sophomore year with a serious injury and I think still wasn't 100% as a junior. Savory was excellent for us as for two years before having a poor Covid season at UM-L and then putting it back together as a senior. I may be overrating York's career, particularly since he only had one peak season compared to the other guys' two, but he just got better every year. I had tremendous hopes for him (and us) had he stayed for his senior season.
 
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