Jessiman Out Indefinitely

Especially when college hockey is the most exciting thing going for the Rangers organization right now. Oh the life of a Ranger fan...thank God for Cornell hockey.

As far as I can tell this can only be bad. As a Ranger fan, clearly, I hope this isn't career threatening. As a Faithful, Jessiman has been as effective against the Red as Sucks fans in Lynah, so we needn't be worried there. Unfortunately, now Dartmouth is even worse for schedule strength purposes, as it appears he'll not be ready to go for their non-conference run throughout December. Oh well.

Tough luck for the ECACHL and Dartmouth. I was really looking forward to taunting him in late January and now I can only hope that I will get the opportunity. Man, he's a lot of fun to watch and to cheer against.

According to USCHO, this might be a season ending injury.

Uh no...thank God for Clarkson hockey, despite the dreadful start and NJ high school hockey too for this Ranger fan.

Jessiman is overrated in the minds of many, another questionable pick by Sather. I sa whim play in Albany in March...well, I tried to watch him. He was practically invisible.

New lead stroy on USCHO ... have at it:

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Over the past year there have been a bunch of posts by people who've seen Jessiman play a couple times and most say he's overrated. Really? Or is this sour grapes because he didn't matriculate here?

He was quite the goon last year in Lynah. Gave the crowd the finger as he left the ice. I've seen him play at least twice and he hasn't stood out at all. However, I was watching the wolfpack game today and the announcers said they had watched him play and they were impressed by his play. They know better than I do.

[Q]Jacob '06 Wrote:

He was quite the goon last year in Lynah. Gave the crowd the finger as he left the ice. I've seen him play at least twice and he hasn't stood out at all. However, I was watching the wolfpack game today and the announcers said they had watched him play and they were impressed by his play. They know better than I do.[/q]

One of the most overrated players I have ever seen. Dartmouth will still finish top 4 in the ECACHL without him. He has no edge to his game. The fact that the Rangers drafted him made him even more overrated, much like every other prospect in their system.

No sour grapes here. Definitely overrated. I'm not at all concerned that he didn't go to Clarkson, I'd bet we were never in the mix for him, being a Connecticut kid. Oops, Chris Clark is from CT but he's cut from a different bolt of cloth than "Huge Speciman".

I watched him in Albany with my coach's eye...lol. I was amazed at his lackadaisical play. How can you play so soft with an ECAC title and NCAA bid on the line? Stempniak was by far the better player that night and from folks I talked to in Albany, was by far more impressive all season as a more complete, hard-working player.

Interesting...what did the Rangers' scouts see in him?

[Q]RichS Wrote:

No sour grapes here. Definitely overrated. I'm not at all concerned that he didn't go to Clarkson, I'd bet we were never in the mix for him, being a Connecticut kid. Oops, Chris Clark is from CT but he's cut from a different bolt of cloth than "Huge Speciman".

I watched him in Albany with my coach's eye...lol. I was amazed at his lackadaisical play. How can you play so soft with an ECAC title and NCAA bid on the line? Stempniak was by far the better player that night and from folks I talked to in Albany, was by far more impressive all season as a more complete, hard-working player.

Interesting...what did the Rangers' scouts see in him? [/q]

3 NHLers from the state of Connecticut: Chris Clark, Chris Drury, and alum of my high school, Eric Boguniecki.

Don't forget Brian Leetch (listed as born is Texas, but raised and played HS hockey in Ct)

I really hate seeing players get seriously hurt, especially those that arguably could be great. I can't see how Jessiman's injury helps Dartmouth and the ECAC. Regardless of how much heart he may or may not have, he has put the puck in the net quite a few times.

What's cool though, is that people are using the "sour grapes" metaphor correctly in this thread. Maybe it's not dying after all.

[Q]Steve Marciniec Wrote:
What's cool though, is that people are using the "sour grapes" metaphor correctly in this thread. Maybe it's not dying after all.[/q]
Somewhere, Aesop is smiling.

Wait, what is the *wrong* way to use "sour grapes"? You can't reach something beyond your grasp, so you say they're probably no good anyhow. That's it.