Wisko McBadgerton
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Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
Eagles Fly? Tell the truth, is this Shane Connelly?
The reason I think they are hard after Bordeleau is because I know somebody who would know. Who Wisconsin is competing against, is every other team in the NCAA as undoubtedly everyone wants him badly. One would think the Big Eastern Schools might have an edge due to proximity to home, but Wisco is obviously an attractive choice as a place to play as are other B1G and a couple Nacho schools.
Bordeleau mostly grew up playing in Quebec and the QMHL team closest to his home town has his rights. When Bordeleau decided on the NTDP his parents were very adamant that they wanted Thomas to go the University route. His father, Sebastien, suffered a major injury at 27 that effectively ended his NHL career, although he played in Switzerland for several years after. This fact made them want Thomas to get an education along with developing his hockey career, so it's pretty likely that Bordeleau goes NCAA. However the QMJHL certainly will be pushing for him hard as things certainly do change.
Eagles Fly? Tell the truth, is this Shane Connelly?
The reason I think they are hard after Bordeleau is because I know somebody who would know. Who Wisconsin is competing against, is every other team in the NCAA as undoubtedly everyone wants him badly. One would think the Big Eastern Schools might have an edge due to proximity to home, but Wisco is obviously an attractive choice as a place to play as are other B1G and a couple Nacho schools.
Bordeleau mostly grew up playing in Quebec and the QMHL team closest to his home town has his rights. When Bordeleau decided on the NTDP his parents were very adamant that they wanted Thomas to go the University route. His father, Sebastien, suffered a major injury at 27 that effectively ended his NHL career, although he played in Switzerland for several years after. This fact made them want Thomas to get an education along with developing his hockey career, so it's pretty likely that Bordeleau goes NCAA. However the QMJHL certainly will be pushing for him hard as things certainly do change.
I have the same thoughts regarding college students/20 somethings attending games. I was basically the only person in my friend group who followed the team seriously during my time at UW. A lot of people I knew would go to a handful of games a year just for the experience but weren't interested in following the team in any capacity beyond that. I haven't followed Badger Hockey or college hockey in general for very long so I don't have anything to compare the last few year to, but from what I gathered a lot of people were turned off by the team's lack of success (Eaves' last year as a coach was my freshman year) or the relative success of the football team.