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RPI at UAH 12/30/10

Re: RPI at UAH 12/30/10

DrDemento said:
This kid could bring so much offense to Troy. It will be fascinating to see if he can adapt to the NCAA level. Really looking forward to this for a couple years ow.
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A nice thing is that if he shows up, it's hard to imagine him leaving early. We all knew from the time they signed that JDA or Pirri could go early. Tapper was more surprising, but I believe he came in at a younger age meaning that NHL teams would have already had fewer opportunities to pass him over. They have already seen what Laliberte could offer and have not been interested and it's unlikely that anything he could do at the college level would change that (see, e.g., Martin St. Louis). On that note, I found another similarity between St. Louis and JL: they both played in Hawkesbury as 17 year olds. :o If we think JL's numbers are absurd, though, MSL's were simply ungodly - nearly 3 points per game as a 17 year old. JL put up 100 points in 63 games in his 17yo season with Hawkesbury (~1.6 PPG). Then again, he didn't have Eric Perrin to play with.
 
Re: RPI at UAH 12/30/10

knsmith said:
A nice thing is that if he shows up, it's hard to imagine him leaving early. We all knew from the time they signed that JDA or Pirri could go early. Tapper was more surprising, but I believe he came in at a younger age meaning that NHL teams would have already had fewer opportunities to pass him over. They have already seen what Laliberte could offer and have not been interested and it's unlikely that anything he could do at the college level would change that (see, e.g., Martin St. Louis). On that note, I found another similarity between St. Louis and JL: they both played in Hawkesbury as 17 year olds. :o If we think JL's numbers are absurd, though, MSL's were simply ungodly - nearly 3 points per game as a 17 year old. JL put up 100 points in 63 games in his 17yo season with Hawkesbury (~1.6 PPG). Then again, he didn't have Eric Perrin to play with.
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KN-Tapper was made several offers at the end of his third year after scoring 31 goals-that he just could not refuse. He was heavily scouted before coming to RPI and supposedly on the draft list for the Maple Leafs who just decided to pass on him at the last moment. I agree-JL has been evaluated multiple times and they keep holding off on him. If and when he gets to Troy, if his academics are OK-I figure him to stay the duration.
 
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There seems to be all sorts of delays with this game-I am sure this does not help the flow for RPI. Now it's a glass.
 
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