Foppa2118
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Seems like Taylor has taken a nice step this year. If he takes another next year, maybe we have another LOC story on our hands. Wouldn't be surprised if he's taken that as motivation.
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Seems like Taylor has taken a nice step this year. If he takes another next year, maybe we have another LOC story on our hands. Wouldn't be surprised if he's taken that as motivation.
That's an interesting way of looking at it.
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I just highly disagree on Makar... the dude makes Wood look like a hockey savant. He will get a contract because of his last name... but he's going to find his way into every coach's dog house with bad penalties, antics, poor motor, and overall complete stupidity (I don't think I've ever seen a player love to be offsides as much as him). He was good yesterday, but that is not the norm with him.
Think Ritchie will be a July 1 ELC signing.
Makar probably sucks in the end, but he looks really good on the forecheque and as long as Bednar is around, those types of players will get the chance to succeed. It depends on if he falls to being a Greer type of player, which he probably does turn into.
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very angry indeed
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Eastern top seed Oshawa upset 2-4 by the 8th place Barrie in game 1. Ritchie did have an apple on both Oshawa 3rd period goals though.
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I mean I wish Ritchie and his team all the success in the world but selfishly I would love to see how he looks in the AHL playoffs.
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The coach/player relationship is strained to say the least. It has been this way since about 6 months into Taylor playing at UMass.
AvsFan2123
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He was someone who I thought could be working his way towards dark horse prospect territory with him having a solid sophomore season on a team that can’t score goals. This year was kinda crappy and seemed to have more injury trouble. Let’s hope he lands somewhere nice and has a big senior year.
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BaconNater
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Do players go into the portal to hopefully get into bigger/better schools or are they hoping for more playing time? Crazy how easy it seems to move around
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There are many different reasons. Makar needs a fresh start and hopefully a bigger role. He won’t end up at a Michigan or BU… but maybe an Omaha or Arizona State or Bemidji State level program and get more minutes.
Am I reading too much into that when I think that it could be a sign that they’re hedging their bets with Spencer Knight or is this just a normal progression with a goalie prospect?
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Black doesn’t have much to do with Knight. You need a few guys who can take roles. Knight is more about keeping his head straight and earning the spot of over Stolarz
BaconNater
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The transfer portal is hammering the CCHA this year. From Michigan Tech we lost our lone NHL prospect in Kukkonen, too bad.
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There are a lot of NIL rumors flying around that too. It might have just been delayed, but it seems this is the year it starts to crumble. The small schools are going to have a tough time figuring this out.
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BaconNater
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Thank you I appreciate your input it's hard to find good info on college hockey! It was such an exciting year in college I hope it doesn't continue to sway towards the big guys too much
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I think DU will figure it out. Private school with big donors. Much like BU they’ll find a way.
I hope so too… the influx of Canadian talent may hold it off for a bit, but I can’t see it being held off forever.
