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RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

turk181 said:
....it also looks like LA will decided where he next plays... On being committed to RPI:
He’s committed to a college, but Edmonton in the Western League had traded for his rights at the trade deadline this year. From what we understand what he’s stated is that he will go where we want him to go, so we’ll have to decide. That’ll be up to the development guys to decide where the best [place is] for him to go.... http://lakingsinsider.com/2014/06/28/introducing-alec-dillon/
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That doesn't sound good. Unless a player has a strong desire to play NCAA and get a college degree I think most NHL teams are going to want to see him go CHL. If you are trying to develop and evaluate a goalie would you want him to play on a team that plays 30-odd games in a winter (and as a freshman goalie maybe see action in single digits), or on a team that plays 72 regular season games (and in the case of Edmonton, almost as many playoff games as an entire NCAA season).
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

hab said:
That doesn't sound good. Unless a player has a strong desire to play NCAA and get a college degree I think most NHL teams are going to want to see him go CHL. If you are trying to develop and evaluate a goalie would you want him to play on a team that plays 30-odd games in a winter (and as a freshman goalie maybe see action in single digits), or on a team that plays 72 regular season games (and in the case of Edmonton, almost as many playoff games as an entire NCAA season).
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.....remember though, LA’s current goalie plied his trade @ UMASS.
 
hab said:
That doesn't sound good. Unless a player has a strong desire to play NCAA and get a college degree I think most NHL teams are going to want to see him go CHL. If you are trying to develop and evaluate a goalie would you want him to play on a team that plays 30-odd games in a winter (and as a freshman goalie maybe see action in single digits), or on a team that plays 72 regular season games (and in the case of Edmonton, almost as many playoff games as an entire NCAA season).
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That certainly might be true, but ignores the fact that their current stud starting keeper played D1 and LAs AHL coach is a former D1 coach. So at the very least, they understand what the pros and cons are. Further, if Kaz plays like Kaz this season, he ain't gonna be here in 2015 (my opinion) so Dillon could conceivably take the reigns right away.
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Wicked Slappaahs said:
That certainly might be true, but ignores the fact that their current stud starting keeper played D1 and LAs AHL coach is a former D1 coach. So at the very least, they understand what the pros and cons are. Further, if Kaz plays like Kaz this season, he ain't gonna be here in 2015 (my opinion) so Dillon could conceivably take the reigns right away.
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I agree with that, but it is still something to continue to worry about.
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

See posts 802 and 803 for last year's info. The teams listed below will continue to be updated.

Code: 
 # Name                Ps commitm. Team (League)                   Year  DOB      Ht    Wt  Hometown           
27 Todd Burgess        RW 04/14/14 Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)       15/16 04/03/96 6'02" 195 Phoenix, AZ
19 Austin Cho          LD 02/24/14 St. Andrews College (CISAA|MPHL)2016  05/19/97 6'00" 175 Mississauga, ON
16 Carlos Fornaris      C 02/13/13 Cedar Rapids Roughriders (USHL) 2015  02/17/95 5'08" 157 Miami, FL
12 Jacob Hayhurst       C 02/13/14 Toronto Lakeshore Patriots(OJHL)2016  01/20/97 5'08" 160 Mississauga, ON
22 Charlie Manley *    LD 12/19/11 Austin Bruins (NAHL)            2015  07/16/96 5'09" 175 Orchard Park, NY
 8 Meirs Moore *       LD 05/20/13 Fargo Force (USHL)              2015  12/04/94 5'08" 187 Duluth, MN
23 Alex Rodriguez      RW 03/12/14                                 2015  12/15/95 5'11" 175 Miami, FL
15 Evan Tironese       LW 05/01/12 Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL)  2015  08/02/95 5'08" 160 Qualicum Beach, BC
31 Alec Dillon          G 09/22/13 Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)       2015  05/05/96 6'05" 170 Victoria, BC


Women
76 Jaimie Grigsby       F 04/15/14 Whitby Wolves (PWHL)            2015  04/18/97 5'09" 140 Whitby, ON
 6 Josefine Hansen    D/F 12/19/13 Shattuck-St Mary's Prep         2015  01/24/97 5'02" 119 Princeton Junction, NJ
44 Ana Orzechowski      D 01/10/14 Little Caesars U19 (HPHL)       2015  12/24/96 5'06' xxx Tonawanda, NY
18 Makenna Thomas       F 04/15/14 Chicago Young Americans         2015  07/12/97 5'06" 145 Hartland, WI
37 Lovisa Selander      G 04/15/14 SDE Hockey                      2015  03/14/96 5'10" 126 Sollentuna?, Sweden

* In the RPI directory
# Known to have signed Letter of Intent
The years the men's recruits are listed as committed for are not necessarily accurate.
The dates on which some of the women are listed as committing on may be considerably after the actual dates.
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

turk181 said:
....it also looks like LA will decided where he next plays... On being committed to RPI:
He’s committed to a college, but Edmonton in the Western League had traded for his rights at the trade deadline this year. From what we understand what he’s stated is that he will go where we want him to go, so we’ll have to decide. That’ll be up to the development guys to decide where the best [place is] for him to go.... http://lakingsinsider.com/2014/06/28/introducing-alec-dillon/
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I was just going to post that, but then I realized that it was the same one which you found. I hope that Dillon really wants to go to college and realizes that even though he has been drafted, he isn't certain of success in the pros.
 
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Praps........ Stars director of amateur scouting Joe McDonnell: “He ran the power play on his Tier 2 team and the thing we really liked about him is not only his offensive upside, but we’ve got four years of college with him. He’s going to go and develop, get bigger and stronger and get a lot of practice time. We see a real good upside with him.” .... http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724497&navid=DL|DAL|home
 
turk181 said:
Praps........ Stars director of amateur scouting Joe McDonnell: “He ran the power play on his Tier 2 team and the thing we really liked about him is not only his offensive upside, but we’ve got four years of college with him. He’s going to go and develop, get bigger and stronger and get a lot of practice time. We see a real good upside with him.” .... http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724497&navid=DL|DAL|home
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This is exactly the argument that can be made for Dillon. Major Jr kids play more games, but practice less largely due to travel. Goalies and defenseman typically develop at a slower pace than forwards...there is a strong argument for Dillon coming to Troy, not the least of which being a few hour car ride for the Kings AHL staff to keep an eye on him.
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Wicked Slappaahs said:
This is exactly the argument that can be made for Dillon. Major Jr kids play more games, but practice less largely due to travel. Goalies and defenseman typically develop at a slower pace than forwards...there is a strong argument for Dillon coming to Troy, not the least of which being a few hour car ride for the Kings AHL staff to keep an eye on him.
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And for a goalie if he can play almost all the games for a college, as Kasdorf did in 2012-13, the number of games isn't that much different from sharing duties in major junior.
 
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Jasma said:
The article was written by the high school beat writer, so she may have very limited knowledge and experience with college hockey.
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Thanks. Did our favorite RPI hockey writer leave the Record?
 
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