RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

[AspyDad]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

What's done is done. He's a good hockey player and I saw a lot of potential out of him in the year he was with us, but that doesn't mean he was right for Coach Smith's vision for the team, especially considering he was benched for a good chunk of the late season. I'd say what we have today is very competitive, and I'm looking forward to this weekend's contests.

I'm glad your bullish on the team, I see the loss of players like Emil and especially Mike Cameron as not good . You say we are missing a couple of pieces; they might have been it. Time will tell.

 

[sk8tronthepond]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

You are wrong, I have no opinion on Shirley at all.
What recruiting parameters changed? Did she indicate who or where we could recruit?

Please don't take this the wrong way, but just asking the question indicates your lack of knowledge regarding RPI hockey recruiting. I won't respond to FD saying that recruiting parameters has nothing to do with the Admin ... how so wrong you are!

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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Please don't take this the wrong way, but just asking the question indicates your lack of knowledge regarding RPI hockey recruiting. I won't respond to FD saying that recruiting parameters has nothing to do with the Admin ... how so wrong you are!

To think the administration has nothing to do with recruiting parameters is folly, and a complete mis-characterizing of the context of the question. It was the CHANGES in recruiting. Obviously Appert needed more budget; he recruited in the west. My point was that a lot of preliminary looks can be done from the office with the advent of technology, and actually helps the bottom line a little bit.

 

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

Emil was an incredible loss for this program. He is tearing it up at Waterloo

IMHO "incredible" is an overstatement. A significant loss is about right. He is having a excellent year at Waterloo, but as an overage player.

 

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">...it’s okay, we’ll put 27 past <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_Hockey</a> tomorrow. <a href="https://t.co/tZoSUDGWc7">https://t.co/tZoSUDGWc7</a></p>— QU Spirit Group (@QuSpirit) <a href="https://twitter.com/QuSpirit/status/1096600425812381696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[QUAlum2004]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">...it’s okay, we’ll put 27 past <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_Hockey</a> tomorrow. <a href="https://t.co/tZoSUDGWc7">https://t.co/tZoSUDGWc7</a></p>— QU Spirit Group (@QuSpirit) <a href="https://twitter.com/QuSpirit/status/1096600425812381696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Dumb tweet by someone that hasn't paid attention to RPI hockey in 2019. Team has bought in to Smith and they found a goaltender. This game will be a dogfight tomorrow. Mark my words.

 

[engineerhockeyfan]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

Please don't take this the wrong way, but just asking the question indicates your lack of knowledge regarding RPI hockey recruiting. I won't respond to FD saying that recruiting parameters has nothing to do with the Admin ... how so wrong you are!

I would never take it the wrong way. I love a good conversation. Now if you could, can you give me some instances where the administration gets in the way of recruiting?
It may well be a lack of knowledge, but I just don't see it.

 

[engineerhockeyfan]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

Dumb tweet by someone that hasn't paid attention to RPI hockey in 2019. Team has bought in to Smith and they found a goaltender. This game will be a dogfight tomorrow. Mark my words.

The team is 5-4-3 since Jamuary 1. We are not the same team that started the season. The tree newcomers have mad a big difference as has Savory. We know that we can compete with anyone, but we still make some pretty bad decisions on the ice, and once we get over that we will be a very good hockey team. Think of it, only 4 losses in 12 games. When was the last time we could say that?

 

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

The team is 5-4-3 since Jamuary 1. We are not the same team that started the season. The tree newcomers have mad a big difference as has Savory. We know that we can compete with anyone, but we still make some pretty bad decisions on the ice, and once we get over that we will be a very good hockey team. Think of it, only 4 losses in 12 games. When was the last time we could say that?

2015-16, when we did not lose 10 out of 11. And also had a 9 game non-loss streak aside from it.

 

[engineerhockeyfan]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

2015-16, when we did not lose 10 out of 11. And also had a 9 game non-loss streak aside from it.

Thanks, that was a pretty good team, and yet it feels like a very long time ago.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

Thanks, that was a pretty good team, and yet it feels like a very long time ago.

Compared to the two years in between, I'd say. I knew we were decent that year (not quite tournament material, but still decent), but didn't think we had streaks like that.

 

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

Highlights and postgame
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Six different players found the back of the net and 11 had points! Catch all the post-game action from our big win over Princeton <br><br>&#55357;&#56560; <a href="https://t.co/ZfatG06o5G">https://t.co/ZfatG06o5G</a><br>&#55356;&#57253; <a href="https://t.co/BPHA5ePmcr">https://t.co/BPHA5ePmcr</a><br>&#55356;&#57241; <a href="https://t.co/NLJVVH7Q4O">https://t.co/NLJVVH7Q4O</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RPIHockey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RPIHockey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECACHockey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ECACHockey</a> <a href="https://t.co/d3RZKdXywy">pic.twitter.com/d3RZKdXywy</a></p>— RPI Men's Hockey (@RPI_Hockey) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey/status/1096626093887578112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

One win away from the 10 win mark overall. Still alive for 500 in conference.

I just noticed something else with the standings: Canisius is dead last in the AHC. Perhaps there's more to Coach Smith than meets the eye? Perhaps now the higher support is starting to pay some dividends? I know we were disappointed after year 1, but to me, that was a "Let's see what I've been dealt" sort of situation. He's really made us his own, and we're starting to see that now that the transfers are able to play and we're not down 3 players before injuries. Next year is a year of reckoning, and think we all want to see an all-around winning season by then, coming close to rankings and potential tournament entry.

 

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

One win away from the 10 win mark overall. Still alive for 500 in conference.

I just noticed something else with the standings: Canisius is dead last in the AHC. Perhaps there's more to Coach Smith than meets the eye? Perhaps now the higher support is starting to pay some dividends? I know we were disappointed after year 1, but to me, that was a "Let's see what I've been dealt" sort of situation. He's really made us his own, and we're starting to see that now that the transfers are able to play and we're not down 3 players before injuries. Next year is a year of reckoning, and think we all want to see an all-around winning season by then, coming close to rankings and potential tournament entry.

He does seem to have gotten the team to believe in his system. We seem to be doing better at shooting the puck on the net and winning face-offs than we have in many years. Also, he appears to make changes between periods and get the team to perform better as a game progresses.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">All six goals from last night in one minute... Go! <a href="https://t.co/cj8TIE9Rfq">pic.twitter.com/cj8TIE9Rfq</a></p>— RPI Men's Hockey (@RPI_Hockey) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey/status/1096861229224738816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[rsfs04]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

He does seem to have gotten the team to believe in his system. We seem to be doing better at shooting the puck on the net and winning face-offs than we have in many years. Also, he appears to make changes between periods and get the team to perform better as a game progresses.

Additionally, not to harp on last year's team, but I don't think the overall talent level was good enough. Too many times we were unable to skate through the neutral zone. Enough of looking back though.

Coach Smith has done a lot of good things in my eyes, but we still have a ways to go. Starting tonight with Quinnipiac, we play the top 3 teams in the ECAC in the next 14 days. Those can tell us a lot about how far we've actually come. We were thoroughly outplayed at Hamden in November, so I curious to see how this version of RPI looks against the Bobcats.

 

[RPI fan 4 life]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

We need a win against a really good team. If you look at the ECAC stats for this season, RPI is 6-1 against the bottom 4 teams in the league and 0-8-2 vs. the Top 7. A win tonight would be a great start. LGR!

 

[engineerhockeyfan]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

Additionally, not to harp on last year's team, but I don't think the overall talent level was good enough. Too many times we were unable to skate through the neutral zone. Enough of looking back though.

Coach Smith has done a lot of good things in my eyes, but we still have a ways to go. Starting tonight with Quinnipiac, we play the top 3 teams in the ECAC in the next 14 days. Those can tell us a lot about how far we've actually come. We were thoroughly outplayed at Hamden in November, so I curious to see how this version of RPI looks against the Bobcats.

Since November, we have added three players that have made this whole team better. Even without Polino and Hayhurst, we are a better team than we were the last time we played Quinnipiac. I am not predicting a win, but I am not ruling it out either.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

And with Union beating Princeton, home ice is starting to get out of reach, being 4 behind. We'd have to win out to get 500 in the league.

Just time to finish out the season strong, maybe try to make noise in the playoffs.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading

If there's any silver lining, with SLU's tie, we can't finish dead last now.