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I agree with just about everything. UNH will be a very big team and hopefully that's put to use in the right way. The CHL fowards all had 10-15 points if they can improve on that and having Tournas and Svartstrom who should have an immediate impact. I think the Defense should be solid and should be better than last year.
You lose a year for every year of hockey you play after turning 21. He lost 1 year in Spring 2024 in the OHL, then all of last year, then this year was year 3.
I understand that, but he was only 20 when his last year in the OHL started, so he shouldn't lose that year. He then had his AHL/ECHL year, then ECHL/Providence year, so he should have 2.
It's possible that he can get a waiver so it's 2 years instead of 1
Alex Carr turned 21 during his last OHL year and was considered a freshman last year.
He turned 21 during the season and then played games after turning 21. Usually teams get around this with overagers by having them enrolled in a local college so it's technically a "transfer" in, which preserves that year of eligibility. However, a CHL guy would not have prepared to do that properly like most players in junior hockey. An example of this is Oliver Peer at bemidji or Jacob Maillet at Niagara, who both came in with 2 years of eligibility and now only have 1 (barring an approved waiver). Another example is Declan McDonnell at Niagara only went there with 1 year of eligibility and had to sign ECHL following the season.
See my reply above. The players that commit during junior hockey are able to prepare for this by enrolling in a local or community college and then use that loophole. The ones who didn't prepare and ended up in pro hockey or USports aren't able to use the loophole
So, why is Alex Carr different? He didn't apply for a waiver and is a sophomore this upcoming season and is already 22. He didn't play USports. Anyways, it doesn't matter I'll take him for a year if that's the case, since we grabbed another good goalie and have two potential younger ones to come in.
He turned 21 in March of his last season in the OHL.
I feel like you haven't read anything I said about the loophole that overagers use. That's what he did. Simpson did not because he wasn't prepared to ever play NCAA hockey until Providence added him for the spring
Agree Barr probably belongs here but not sure he's a "loser" perse because I get the feeling reading the Maine thread that he wanted to clean house as much as some of those guys wanted to leave. Like he wanted to rip the house down to its studs. There seems to be a focus, if not an obsession, with "culture." Barr is in uncharted waters in that he's heading into his sixth season at the same place. He'd never been anywhere more than five years, and always as an assistant building nationally prominent teams. Even coming of a championship Barr seemed miserable this past season, kind of reminded me of Tom Brady when he said he was the most miserable player on an undefeated team. Not sure if it's a "heavy weighs the crown thing" or what now that he' realizes he's in a permanent situation and the buck stops with him. Perhaps he's not a prick, maybe he's just a better recruiter than a head coach. (Not that he's not a good coach, so please don't flame me Black Bear fans.)
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