Norbert's sources are confidential. Same as for Buford and JB. They'll be ball gagged and locked in a dungeon if they reveal the sources. But their sources are impeccable.What's the other place?
Norbert's sources are confidential. Same as for Buford and JB. They'll be ball gagged and locked in a dungeon if they reveal the sources. But their sources are impeccable.What's the other place?
@BCHockeyBlogger
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Breaking- I am hearing from sources that UNH forward Ryan Conmy is headed to BC via the transfer portal. Conmy was UNH's leading scorer last season and is a sixth round pick of Los Angeles. Great add for BC.
That’s what a source means idiot.Norbert's sources are confidential. Same as for Buford and JB. They'll be ball gagged and locked in a dungeon if they reveal the sources. But their sources are impeccable.
Norbert: LOL, you've got zero sources, bird brain. Zippo. BC rumors is all you "reported". That's been out there for days. I've got more sources at the Kremlin than you do in the college hockey world.That’s what a source means idiot.
Norbert. He didn’t like that he was not physical or gritty. Pretty much everyone else liked Conmy.For the record, which posters thought Conmy was an underperformer at UNH for any reason? I thought he was great but he got a lot of noise from certain posters.
Beat me to it...Best wishes to him...Good for him to be promoted from the minors to play Div. I. Go Eagles!
Like I said before...a massive loss for UNH...sighhhhFor the record, which posters thought Conmy was an underperformer at UNH for any reason? I thought he was great but he got a lot of noise from certain posters.
Apologies Snives if my commentary was not crystal clear, but my comments regarding the limited NHL prospects for late round draft picks was directed mostly at the way things stand at present, and in the last decade or so of NCAA-to-NHL progressions. But I think your listing of (especially) the older late round picks from the Holt/Umile Eras allows us to also show that late UNH picks during those olden days still had a shot at making it, and the current late UNH picks are not faring as well. Coach Holt had an exceptional reputation as a teacher, and Coach Umile's players would also progress during their time on campus, if not quite with the same frequency as Coach Holt's players. Further grist for the "MS7 isn't developing his players during their time under his oversight".I left out Langway and Leach because they were NHL-drafted in the second round (#36 overall by Canadians in ‘77 and #34 by Caps in ‘84, respectively), so they were expected to make hay in the Show (“expect to hit a 2nd rounder” in Chuck’s words). Chuck also in his post noted that “you hope on a 6th” round pick. So I chose some positive UNH examples of “hope” prevailing in the NHL for lower than 6th round picks (round 7-12, which more than makes up for fewer NHL teams in most cases) to counter his “objective and historical” take. I have added below the overall NHL pick number (perhaps a better metric than round?) and number of teams in NHL at time drafted. I did not realize from Chuck’s original post meant that “hope” had to include a Stanley Cup or a long, top-two- line, NHL career.
Winnik, round 9, #265 overall, ‘04, 30 NHL teams, 798 NHL games played
Gould, 7, #118, ‘77, 18, 697
Hislop, 8, #140, ‘74, 18, 345+206 WHA
Lumley, 12, #199, ‘74, 18, 437, 2 SC’s
Brickley, 10, #210, ‘80, 21, 385
Crowder, 9, #153, ‘77, 18, 243
Boguniecki, 8, #193, ‘93, 24, 178
Chuck rites too mush, it maykz me hedd sor. He gots ta dumm tings doun fur me cuz I can’t kepe too thotz in ma hed at da same tiem. I kant beleve deez UNH peepol kin figger owt wot heez sayin. Sew I jest gess at wot heze sayin and make da rest up, and den aye yell reel lowd wen he callz me on bean a stoopid lieing idjjit, it's jest to confuezen ...![]()
UNH is featured in this episode of Journey North. https://youtu.be/sa4wYOBkggw?feature=sharedFixed your post, sport ...
Well getting players in the transfer portal typically means actually talking to them. Since I now under the impression the head coach is a selective mute, it makes it hard.Of the 261 players in the portal is it
1. Souza doesn’t like any
2. No one wants to come to UNh
For the record, which posters thought Conmy was an underperformer at UNH for any reason? I thought he was great but he got a lot of noise from certain posters.
Excellent summary, Chuck, and I so miss those mid- to late-1970’s teams, even if I was mostly following from afar, except when I was home for a month in December/January.Apologies Snives if my commentary was not crystal clear, but my comments regarding the limited NHL prospects for late round draft picks was directed mostly at the way things stand at present, and in the last decade or so of NCAA-to-NHL progressions. But I think your listing of (especially) the older late round picks from the Holt/Umile Eras allows us to also show that late UNH picks during those olden days still had a shot at making it, and the current late UNH picks are not faring as well. Coach Holt had an exceptional reputation as a teacher, and Coach Umile's players would also progress during their time on campus, if not quite with the same frequency as Coach Holt's players. Further grist for the "MS7 isn't developing his players during their time under his oversight".
Let me go through some of the late rounders you've cited to make my point (rarity of NHL "hits") and the secondary point that Holt/Umile knew how to teach:
Bobby Gould (7) - this will start to sound repetitive, but Bob (#17 scoring at 17:17 of the 3rd period in the '79 ECAC title game) was the best player by far in his draft year round, which included 1980 Olympians Bob Suter and Ralph Cox. His #118 draft slot today would be a late 4th rounder; best non-G #118 pick ever.
NHL Players selected at the 118th draft position at hockeydb.com
All players selected with the 118th position in the NHL draftwww.hockeydb.com1977 NHL Amateur Draft Picks at hockeydb.com
A sortable list of players drafted in the 1977 NHL Amateur draft, including their career scoring after being draftedwww.hockeydb.com
Jamie Hislop (8) - the 140th pick in his NHL Draft year, second highest goal scorer of all #140 picks ever (and #1 if his WHA goals are counted). #140 would be a fifth round pick these days. Only guy with more top tier pro games was PHI enforcer Dave Brown. 'Slop would have played longer but for an eye injury.
NHL Players selected at the 140th draft position at hockeydb.com
All players selected with the 140th position in the NHL draftwww.hockeydb.com1974 NHL Amateur Draft Picks at hockeydb.com
A sortable list of players drafted in the 1974 NHL Amateur draft, including their career scoring after being draftedwww.hockeydb.com
Daniel Winnik (9) - best player ever drafted at the #265 slot in NHL history, and one of three (3) players in his draft round to qualify for full NHLPA pension. Also falling in that round 21 years ago was a certain Craig Switzer, who landed in the Coast with 3 games in the AHL for likely injury call-ups ...
NHL Players selected at the 265th draft position at hockeydb.com
All players selected with the 265th position in the NHL draftwww.hockeydb.com2004 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com
A sortable list of players drafted in the 2004 NHL Entry draft, including their career scoring after being draftedwww.hockeydb.com
Sean Collins (9) - no player has ever been drafted at #289 and ever played a single game in the NHL. Collins' career arc not at all unlike that of Craig Switzer (above). Michael Hutchins and Ned Havern (BC) were others picked in the same round who didn't Show. Only Jonathan Ericsson (DRW) was pension eligible.
NHL Players selected at the 289th draft position at hockeydb.com
All players selected with the 289th position in the NHL draftwww.hockeydb.com2002 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com
A sortable list of players drafted in the 2002 NHL Entry draft, including their career scoring after being draftedwww.hockeydb.com
Bruce Crowder (9) - his draft slot (#153) would be a 5th rounder in the present-day NHL Draft. By far the most successful of players drafted in his draft year, same round. Second-best player ever drafted at #153 behind another familiar name for locals, Craig MacTavish. Left a flagging NHL career to coach at UMO.
https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1977a.htmlNHL Players selected at the 153rd draft position at hockeydb.com
All players selected with the 153rd position in the NHL draftwww.hockeydb.com
Andy Brickley (10) - his draft slot of #210 would be a 7th rounder in the present-day NHL Draft. Literally the last player drafted in his draft class, and was also the most successful player taken in his round. "Only" the 3rd best player taken at #210, behind two stiffs named Dave Taylor and Henrik Zetterberg.
NHL Players selected at the 210th draft position at hockeydb.com
All players selected with the 210th position in the NHL draftwww.hockeydb.com1980 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com
A sortable list of players drafted in the 1980 NHL Entry draft, including their career scoring after being draftedwww.hockeydb.com
Dave Lumley (12) - his draft slot of #199 would be a 7th rounder today. The best (and only) player from his draft year's round to make it to the WHA and the NHL, won two Cup rings while at EDM. "Only" the 3rd best player taken at #199, not far off Willie Mitchell, but eons removed from Dominik Hasek
https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1974a.htmlNHL Players selected at the 199th draft position at hockeydb.com
All players selected with the 199th position in the NHL draftwww.hockeydb.com
Players like these no longer frequent UNH line-ups during the Souza Era. Angus Crookshank (5th round pick 2018) has scored 2 goals in 20 NHL games, and will be 26 at the start of next season. He is your high water mark of post-Umile excellence. Shane Eiserman (4th/2014), Marcus Vela (7th/2015), Max Gildon (3rd/2017), Benton Maass (6th/2017), Mike Robinson (3rd/2015), Filip Engaras (6th/2020), Luke Reid (6th/2020), and Harrison Blaisdell (5th round/2019) are most but not all of the total draftees over the last 10 seasons who have (at least to date) come up short of The Show.
So kudos to Snives for making a case that late round picks playing at UNH haven't always regularly fallen short of the NHL. But they do now. And now counts.
Glad you know so much. Hopefully you visit the Kremlin and they keep you. Maybe once you come out from behind the keyboard we can have a real conversation, but until then you can name call like the 3rd grader you are.Norbert: LOL, you've got zero sources, bird brain. Zippo. BC rumors is all you "reported". That's been out there for days. I've got more sources at the Kremlin than you do in the college hockey world.
there are 2 things that please me about the Conmy transfer. First, his skills will be used for many victories at BC. Good for him. Second, your ignorance of hockey will be proven once and for all.Glad you know so much. Hopefully you visit the Kremlin and they keep you. Maybe once you come out from behind the keyboard we can have a real conversation, but until then you can name call like the 3rd grader you are.
there are 2 things that please me about the Conmy transfer. First, his skills will be used for many victories at BC. Good for him. Second, your ignorance of hockey will be proven once and for all.