Crimson's McNally two-way defenseman seeking one-way ticket to NHL

[FOurteenS inCisOr]

In general many NHLers past and present would disagree with you on finishing anytime. Many specifically finish their degrees before turning pro.

That said the second part of your statement is correct. He'll be 24 next summer and by camp he won't really have played hockey for 16 months. He won't be receiving anything more than tryout offers if this is his plan and if he isn't head and shoulders better than guys 3, 4, 5 even 6 years younger than him he won't be getting a contract.

You sure about that?

I'd suggest you take a quick browse of the recent NCAA players that have turned pro. The vast majority leave school early.

Harvard also honours scholarships even if you leave for a long period, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Aphid Attraction]

yeah no ****. he's sticking it out because his parents instilled in him a stupid outdated mode of thinking. he could finish his education whenever he damn well pleases

How can they be so close minded

 

[opendoor]

It's not like it's all that hard to finish up a 4th year working around a hockey schedule. Gaudreau is spending the next 2-3 summers at Boston College to finish his degree; Schneider did the same during his AHL offseasons; Lee Sweatt picked up a Master's Degree while playing pro hockey.

It's hard to see McNally having much of a career if he takes another year off of hockey.

 

[VanJack]

There's, more to life than hockey if McNally decides to get his Harvard degree....maybe he'd make the NHL if he turned pro, and maybe he wouldn't.....Lee Sweatt figured this out....was an all-star d-man in Finland...signed a 'Nucks deal and got the chance to play with his brother Bill in the AHL with the Chicago Wolves.....then scored his one NHL goal with 'Nucks but wasn't qualified and left to sign with the Sens as UFA...Rather than spend another long AHL season riding the buses he hung 'em up to go into business..wise move.

 

[racerjoe]

It's not like it's all that hard to finish up a 4th year working around a hockey schedule. Gaudreau is spending the next 2-3 summers at Boston College to finish his degree; Schneider did the same during his AHL offseasons; Lee Sweatt picked up a Master's Degree while playing pro hockey.

It's hard to see McNally having much of a career if he takes another year off of hockey.

Exactly!

There's, more to life than hockey if McNally decides to get his Harvard degree....maybe he'd make the NHL if he turned pro, and maybe he wouldn't.....Lee Sweatt figured this out....was an all-star d-man in Finland...signed a 'Nucks deal and got the chance to play with his brother Bill in the AHL with the Chicago Wolves.....then scored his one NHL goal with 'Nucks but wasn't qualified and left to sign with the Sens as UFA...Rather than spend another long AHL season riding the buses he hung 'em up to go into business..wise move.

There is more to life than hockey, of course, but you can come way father ahead by going pro.between your signing bonus, and the chance at making it and making millions, and still have a Harvard degree? There really is no reason to not go.

The Canucks didn't even give Sanguinetti a chance probably because he was 27, and he was one of the best dman in the AHL, McNally will be 25 when he leaves, with a long way to go. How many teams will take a chance on a guy who has missed has only played a handful of games in 3 years?

 

[tc 23]

Article says Benning's undecided on McNally and seems to believe McNally would indeed be an UFA on August 15

Canucks general manager Jim Benning said this week he did not want to comment on McNally, but acknowledged the team has a decision to make.

“We have talked about it, but we haven’t decided what direction we are going to go in yet,” Benning said. “That’s why I really don’t want to comment on it. I want to talk to the agent next week. We are undecided on him right now.”

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/...ing+their+options+Patrick/11066471/story.html

 

[Verviticus]

holy ****ing ****. he acknowledged he's alive! otherwise ****** news but whatever

 

[Seattle Totems]

Benning has gifted contracts and roster spots to young players that absolutely do not deserve it. What the hell does he have to decide with McNally?

 

[Hammer79]

Benning has gifted contracts and roster spots to young players that absolutely do not deserve it. What the hell does he have to decide with McNally?

He might be too smart, which wouldn't fit in with the team Benning wants to build.

Seriously though, I have no idea. The article seems to suggest that his defensive play is lacking.

 

[IComeInPeace]

I find it humorous to see all the guys jumping all over Benning for everything...

However, I think it really is funny that 'he's undecided on which way to go with McNally', after signing Stewart.

Memo to Jim: I think Mr McNally is just as 'undecided which way to go' .

 

[Ziostilon]

Ziemer doesn't know what he's talking about

McNally might have had defensive lapses years ago, but currently he's a #1 d-man that plays all situations

He is most definitely not a defensive liability

 

[alternate]

I doubt any of Benning's doubts are related to McNally's on-ice ability. Probably more about whether McNally has the "want" to be a professional.

 

[me2]

I find it humorous to see all the guys jumping all over Benning for everything...

He just keeps setting himself up for mockery. Dan Quale/George Bush of GMs.

Memo to Jim: I think Mr McNally is just as 'undecided which way to go' .

He probably doesn't now.

 

[ItsAllPartOfThePlan]

Ziemer doesn't know what he's talking about

McNally might have had defensive lapses years ago, but currently he's a #1 d-man that plays all situations

He is most definitely not a defensive liability

Exactly. I was pretty surprised to see that when all the other articles this year seemed to indicate otherwise. This guy has the potential to be a solid top-4 dman. Hope he gets signed.

 

[Kickassguy]

Exactly. I was pretty surprised to see that when all the other articles this year seemed to indicate otherwise. This guy has the potential to be a solid top-4 dman. Hope he gets signed.

Why sign someone with actual promise when we can burn contract slots on guys like Sautner, Stewart, and Cederholm instead?

 

[701]

Just looked at the final exam schedule and the Harvard finals have been over for about a week now.
A freshman Crimson reporter has been interviewing me by phone on an unrelated matter, and it just
occurred to me now that she owes me a favour. The deadline is tonight for the article she's writing, but then
I'll call in the chips and try to sic her on the McNally / NCAA "pardon" issue.

I've been travelling, so maybe something's come out that I've missed. Anyway, I'll arrive in Cambridge three evenings from now.

In any event, with exams well over, now would be the time for the McNally camp to make a decision unless the NCAA ruling is still pending.

 

[Ziostilon]

whoever that has Twitter

go tweet @JoshSeguin24

He covers the ECAC for college hockey news.

He has to have some connections to find out what's going on with McNally

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

The title of this thread is oddly not getting any more accurate as the years go by.

 

[IComeInPeace]

The title of this thread is oddly not getting any more accurate as the years go by.

Yes....it's actually the exact opposite of what the real life situation is.

"Crimson's McNally: Two way D-man Who Wants Nothing To Do With NHL."

 

[Seattle Totems]

He just keeps setting himself up for mockery. Dan Quale/George Bush of GMs.



He probably doesn't now.

"potatoe" and meat?

 

[701]

Tonight I dined and danced the night away inside the rink where McNally plays hockey when there's
ice in it. I felt pretty weird in there, thinking about McNally and hockey with a band, a dance floor, and
a gazillion big round tables in place. I talked with a Harvard track athlete who has a contact on the team,
Brayden Jaw. She emailed him and he said McNally wants to play another year of college hockey while
finishing his degree . . . but that the NCAA ruling hasn't come down yet, although it was expected long since.

In other words, I found out nothing. Nice try, but . . . just the same situation as before. The reunion has been
going on since Sunday, and tomorrow is Commencement. I'll be in an alumni procession and sit with my class in the Yard,
which is a massive sea of white folding chairs. Today during the class photo shoot, a classmate toppled over right in front of me
in the blazing sun and brutal humidity. I caught his head with the top of my runner before it hit the granite of the library steps.
We called 911, and my classmate doctors swarmed around him. Don't know if he's Ok or not. Sorry I couldn't get definitive answers about McNally.

 

[Jimson Hogarth*]

Tonight I dined and danced the night away inside the rink where McNally plays hockey when there's
ice in it. I felt pretty weird in there, thinking about McNally and hockey with a band, a dance floor, and
a gazillion big round tables in place. I talked with a Harvard track athlete who has a contact on the team,
Brayden Jaw. She emailed him and he said McNally wants to play another year of college hockey while
finishing his degree . . . but that the NCAA ruling hasn't come down yet, although it was expected long since.

In other words, I found out nothing. Nice try, but . . . just the same situation as before. The reunion has been
going on since Sunday, and tomorrow is Commencement. I'll be in an alumni procession and sit with my class in the Yard,
which is a massive sea of white folding chairs. Today during the class photo shoot, a classmate toppled over right in front of me
in the blazing sun and brutal humidity. I caught his head with the top of my runner before it hit the granite of the library steps.
We called 911, and my classmate doctors swarmed around him. Don't know if he's Ok or not. Sorry I couldn't get definitive answers about McNally.

 

[Verviticus]

sorry guys, i didnt really get any info, maybe saved someones life, sorry i couldnt be of more value or use as a human being. oh well

 

[IComeInPeace]

Tonight I dined and danced the night away inside the rink where McNally plays hockey when there's
ice in it. I felt pretty weird in there, thinking about McNally and hockey with a band, a dance floor, and
a gazillion big round tables in place. I talked with a Harvard track athlete who has a contact on the team,
Brayden Jaw. She emailed him and he said McNally wants to play another year of college hockey while
finishing his degree . . . but that the NCAA ruling hasn't come down yet, although it was expected long since.

In other words, I found out nothing. Nice try, but . . . just the same situation as before. The reunion has been
going on since Sunday, and tomorrow is Commencement. I'll be in an alumni procession and sit with my class in the Yard,
which is a massive sea of white folding chairs. Today during the class photo shoot, a classmate toppled over right in front of me
in the blazing sun and brutal humidity. I caught his head with the top of my runner before it hit the granite of the library steps.
We called 911, and my classmate doctors swarmed around him. Don't know if he's Ok or not. Sorry I couldn't get definitive answers about McNally.

Thanks for the efforts, either way.
Good toe save as well.

Hope you have a great time out there.

 

[tantalum]

You sure about that?

I'd suggest you take a quick browse of the recent NCAA players that have turned pro. The vast majority leave school early.

Harvard also honours scholarships even if you leave for a long period, if I'm not mistaken.

Yes. Several players do finish there degrees before turning pro. I likely should have restricted it to pros though. The more highly touted guys likely not but not many of them are actually highly touted. Plenty of guys have 4 years of college behind them before turning pro. They could theoretically have finished degrees (even if they didn't but that wasn't because they weren't there long enough).