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Re: 2025-26 Incoming Freshman and Transfers - Today
stereaxContinuing the tradition of players I will care about too much for a very weak link to the Devils who will inevitably sign in Europe LOL. Well said.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2026 and Beyond - Today
They all always have that anyway. Nobody in D1 is dogging it based on their draft status. They need to prove to coach they deserve premium minutes, to their draft team they are developing, and they'd never have reached this level without the neurotic thirst to achieve it takes decades of therapy to unkink.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Last-minute discounts to attend Syracuse Class of '29 - Today
Al DeFlorio billhoward NY Times article says Syracuse, riding a record wave of Class of 2029 applicants, may have been too stingy doling out financial aid. Too many admits chose elsewhere. And then Syracuse had to offer generous discounts post-May 1 to get desired candidates to decommit elsewhere. Not surprisingly, nobody at Syracuse is available for comment. The school currently stands at #73 onby Trotsky - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: 2025-26 Men's Schedule - Today
Jeff Hopkins '82 Trotsky Are they based out of Colorado Springs? They're outside of Detroit.That was my first guess but I convinced myself I was thinking of that Compuware team from back in the day run by that weird fuck Peter Karmanos. Or is it all the same thing?by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Someone is drunk! - Yesterday
Disappointed this is not a resuscitated thread. It was sitting there on a tee.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Opponent and other news and results of interest 2024-2025 - Yesterday
I don't see a good argument against this rule so far. The idea of the timeout is NHL teams can't throttle players' careers by holding their rights indefinitely. If the player develops sufficiently he should move up and into the pro system. If they can't come to terms, the player becomes a UFA and can shop himself to the whole league. The rules are there to protect the drafting team but alsoby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Pep Band Should Not Travel - 5 days ago
stereaxIf you want to feel really old... this thread was started before I was born, I just checked on my laptop.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Corey Leivermann One and Done - 18 days ago
I think he was a Casey guy until he saw daylight, and both of those things are good and appropriate. Also a good chance Casey has told him this isn't just a short say 3-4 year gig. "There are two times when a man should not speculate: when he can't afford it and when he can."by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Amateur athletic's last veil falls - 18 days ago
Why does a school put money into a sport? One theoretical reason is for the good of the social and intellectual development of the student. I'll pause for the laughter to subside. Andy White has been dead 106.5 years. Schools anticipate a ROI on every dollar. In some (most?) cases they are investing in a storefront to make back revenue directly generated by gate, merch, rights & assortby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: 2025-2026 Women’s hockey schedule - 18 days ago
I thought that was the Booze Surcharge.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Turn the page: the 2025 second half - 21 days ago
I wonder if Brit hockey has hooligans. Edit: no, but apparently it needs them.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: 2025-26 schedule - 21 days ago
ERI personally don’t think it’s worth it to travel to NYC thanksgiving day weekend just to see a regular season hockey game, but that’s just meIt's only worth it if you're from the city or the island. But if you're from the city or the island you're an asshole* anyway so F.U. * I am from the island, which supports this theory.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Amateur athletic's last veil falls - 21 days ago
TroyfanOn a darker note, if that is possible: "But some schools are increasing costs to fans through “talent fees,” concession price hikes and “athletic fees” added to tuition costs." I think that is a lighter note. May the NC$$ self-immolate by nakedly chasing $$$, turning to pass that onto fans, and having the fans take a hike. College sports plays in different key than the pby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2025 and Beyond - 21 days ago
Pghas So a bit off topic but of definite interest here. My son is a prep school player and we recently attended this big D1 showcase in Florida - they time it to be held just after the NCAA coaches annual conference and so literally there are either head coaches or assistant coaches from every hockey east and ECAC school there. Competition is pretty amazing. Anyway they have a conference portiby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: CORNELL WINS 2025 MENS LACROSSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! - 23 days ago
ugarte Weder mike1960 ER stereax ugarte scoop85 stereax Ken711 Last week, Walker Wallace, a first-team All-Ivy League long stick midfielder, helped the Cornell men's lacrosse team win the national title. Now, the Richmond native is transferring to #UVa to play football. He will be a tight end for the Cavaliers. To play football?? Yes, for football. Several lacrosse players have made the switch,by Trotsky - Other Sports
Re: Cornell Lacrosse legacy started before Richie Moran - 23 days ago
The hockey program is the bust of Ned. Someday the inevitable will happen. Lynah will be replaced by a Cheel-like antiseptic Chamber of Wraiths, and it will have a Cornell hockey museum (with overpriced gift shop) suspiciously similar to the Jackie Rotunda at Citi Field. The vaulted ceiling should be The Creation of Adam, with Ned about to pull Mike's finger.by Trotsky - Other Sports
Re: Recruits 2025 and Beyond - 24 days ago
The only strong team I can remember keeping religiously to their platoon in the playoffs was Harvard. I think in 89 but maybe one (or more) of their other Frozen Four years (83, 86, 87) during that incredible Cleary run.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2025 and Beyond - 25 days ago
Remember too that while Mike liked to go with a #1, Casey may prefer a platoon, as I do, being highly risk averse.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2025 and Beyond - 25 days ago
ugarte While fair, let's declare Jubilee and give everybody grace for a new year, a new coach, a new era. "What a difference in this generation!"by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: New assistant coach - 25 days ago
chimpfood Don’t like what he did to Rihanna but as long as he can coach I guessThey always whistle the retaliation.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2025 and Beyond - 28 days ago
I had not considered a guy announcing an NC$$ offer but staying CHL another year. That would be perfect. The CHL's blue chippers are significantly better and more numerous than the NC$$, so if he wants more time to learn to shut them down I am just fine with that. He does seems extremely savvy and hockey career-oriented which suggests to me he won't be here 4 years, but you had me at 6-4 andby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: 2025-26 schedule - 28 days ago
Jim (?) is the one who typically does it, closer to the season.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: CJ KIRST WINS 2025 TEWAARATON AWARD - 28 days ago
toddlose If we are just throwing names out there, there’s always Jiri Kloboucek. He was a housemate of mine and was always considered the best hockey practice player of all time when I was there.We called him "Mr. October" because he was amazing in the exhibitions against Canadian teams.by Trotsky - Other Sports
Re: CORNELL WINS 2025 MENS LACROSSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! - 28 days ago
It's all been shite since we put up lights.by Trotsky - Other Sports
Re: Future Predictions - 28 days ago
There are two approaches to these forums: observational vs critical. The observational approach is Montaigne. “Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.” The critical approach is Marx: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point is to change it." I'm content to just watch and enjoy. I have no advice nor would I have any stanby Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2025 and Beyond - 28 days ago
He's big. Really big. Great stats in a tough league last year. Darwinian selection in practice. Love it.by Trotsky - Hockey
Re: Recruits 2025 and Beyond - 29 days ago
Draft is Fri, Jun 27, 2025 – Sat, Jun 28, 2025, in LA. I did not know that. Islanders have the first pick overall. Rankings.by Trotsky - Hockey