Personally, give me a team chock full of 20 year old Canadian freshmen, 3-4 year players, good to go, thanks.
I was ok with a couple of 18-year-olds from Reading in the early 2000s.
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UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond
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I was ok with a couple of 18-year-olds from Reading in the early 2000s.
I'd take Pots for two year's too! If he didn't have such a good year maybe we would have had him for three years. Maybe, DU is on to something here! Before anybody gets their panties in a bunch I'm just kidding! I'm happy for Pots but would love to have had him longer.
No I'll take rent a players for two years. The good ones leave early. Can't blame them but would like them longer. Wouldn't you?
Hard to have it both ways. Would you rather have Kessel, TvR, or Pesce for three years, or Quast or Cleland for four years?
All of the above
Need to pick up the pace here; no postings in almost 14 hours.
Ben Barr joins Carvel at UMass; perhaps the Minutemen will surge ahead of the Cats now?
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I was ok with a couple of 18-year-olds from Reading in the early 2000s.
For sure
HockeyRef
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Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond
As you all know anytime a 'fresh face' with a track record shows up somewhere...here they come. I don't know about 'surging ahead' but...anything can happen. I don't know what the St. Lawrence pipeline looks like but we already know the impact of SB going to Provinced with a couple of our recruits...namely, Ryczek.
As you all know anytime a 'fresh face' with a track record shows up somewhere...here they come. I don't know about 'surging ahead' but...anything can happen. I don't know what the St. Lawrence pipeline looks like but we already know the impact of SB going to Provinced with a couple of our recruits...namely, Ryczek.
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He sure is!! DRW making it interesting....
DRW wins 2-0, 5 on 5.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond
DRW will be hitting the links by the weekend - their PK unit plays things WAY too loose/passively. Painful.
Good news/bad news for TB, as the Drouin kid is making it easier for them to justify letting Stamkos leave.
DRW will be hitting the links by the weekend - their PK unit plays things WAY too loose/passively. Painful.
Good news/bad news for TB, as the Drouin kid is making it easier for them to justify letting Stamkos leave.
.......Stamkos can then sign with the Bruins.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond
Listen, I'm sure every team's fans has dreams of Stamkos leaving TB to grace their team for the forseeable future. He'll certainly have his pick of a lot of tempting offers. But it's going to come down to what SS wants to be when he grows up:
* If he wants to be the highest paid player in the NHL, teams like the Bruins and DRW (and many others) will have to shed salaries to clear up sufficient space under the cap to make it work for him. Not likely to happen, but we can dream. Toronto can pay him more for longer, make him de facto King of Ontario, AND he can jump in with both feet on "Project Babcock" to try to restore the Leafs to where they were 50 years ago;
* If he wants to be a highly-paid player with a team that's stacked to compete for the long run, he stays in TB;
* If he wants BOTH - highest paycheck in the league plus a team that's built to last - I'd wait to hear from Stan Bowman.
Stamkos has already survived the "rebuilding franchise" thingie with TB, so unless he really likes Toronto and the whole "savior" thing, I think he either resigns with TB, or Chicago finds a way to jam him in under the cap. Dark horses - maybe NYR (just because it's NY) or Montreal (just because of all the Cups and history) or LA Kings (recent Cups plus the glamor of Daryl Sutter ).
Gun to head - I'll say he's back with Tampa Bay, slightly under the max, but on a mega long-term deal.
Listen, I'm sure every team's fans has dreams of Stamkos leaving TB to grace their team for the forseeable future. He'll certainly have his pick of a lot of tempting offers. But it's going to come down to what SS wants to be when he grows up:
* If he wants to be the highest paid player in the NHL, teams like the Bruins and DRW (and many others) will have to shed salaries to clear up sufficient space under the cap to make it work for him. Not likely to happen, but we can dream. Toronto can pay him more for longer, make him de facto King of Ontario, AND he can jump in with both feet on "Project Babcock" to try to restore the Leafs to where they were 50 years ago;
* If he wants to be a highly-paid player with a team that's stacked to compete for the long run, he stays in TB;
* If he wants BOTH - highest paycheck in the league plus a team that's built to last - I'd wait to hear from Stan Bowman.
Stamkos has already survived the "rebuilding franchise" thingie with TB, so unless he really likes Toronto and the whole "savior" thing, I think he either resigns with TB, or Chicago finds a way to jam him in under the cap. Dark horses - maybe NYR (just because it's NY) or Montreal (just because of all the Cups and history) or LA Kings (recent Cups plus the glamor of Daryl Sutter
). Gun to head - I'll say he's back with Tampa Bay, slightly under the max, but on a mega long-term deal.
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B's need to clear dead wood and cap space ASAP.
Listen, I'm sure every team's fans has dreams of Stamkos leaving TB to grace their team for the forseeable future. He'll certainly have his pick of a lot of tempting offers. But it's going to come down to what SS wants to be when he grows up:
* If he wants to be the highest paid player in the NHL, teams like the Bruins and DRW (and many others) will have to shed salaries to clear up sufficient space under the cap to make it work for him. Not likely to happen, but we can dream. Toronto can pay him more for longer, make him de facto King of Ontario, AND he can jump in with both feet on "Project Babcock" to try to restore the Leafs to where they were 50 years ago;
* If he wants to be a highly-paid player with a team that's stacked to compete for the long run, he stays in TB;
* If he wants BOTH - highest paycheck in the league plus a team that's built to last - I'd wait to hear from Stan Bowman.
Stamkos has already survived the "rebuilding franchise" thingie with TB, so unless he really likes Toronto and the whole "savior" thing, I think he either resigns with TB, or Chicago finds a way to jam him in under the cap. Dark horses - maybe NYR (just because it's NY) or Montreal (just because of all the Cups and history) or LA Kings (recent Cups plus the glamor of Daryl Sutter
Gun to head - I'll say he's back with Tampa Bay, slightly under the max, but on a mega long-term deal.
B's need to clear dead wood and cap space ASAP.
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Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond
FYI
Aaron O'Neill's prior twitter profile
Now
FYI
Aaron O'Neill's prior twitter profile
Now
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HockeyRef
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Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond
C-H-C will have to clear this up for me at least I don't see Aaron on his list of prospects as per his most recent story of recruits (the list).
C-H-C will have to clear this up for me at least I don't see Aaron on his list of prospects as per his most recent story of recruits (the list).
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond
Can't say I'm surprised or disappointed if the O'Neill commitment has been withdrawn. By all accounts, the player has not developed as hoped/expected. Was shaping up as another senior 4th liner at best.
Can't say I'm surprised or disappointed if the O'Neill commitment has been withdrawn. By all accounts, the player has not developed as hoped/expected. Was shaping up as another senior 4th liner at best.
Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond
Encouraging. I like the plan of not keeping every dang promise. Maybe they (not sure who to think "they" is) are looking at the pipeline and saying... "ahhh, not so much on this kid; we have an upgrade in mind..." Hope to see more of this.
Encouraging. I like the plan of not keeping every dang promise. Maybe they (not sure who to think "they" is) are looking at the pipeline and saying... "ahhh, not so much on this kid; we have an upgrade in mind..." Hope to see more of this.
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