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Quote from: tretiak on April 01, 2026, 05:34:53 PMTom Fitzgerald (thanks for catching that BL) goes "BIG good" and he's a (worthless) GM.

Absolutely fucking worthless. We could've had fucking Buium or Dickenson but noooo Silayev big.

Fml. I need to stop letting the Devils ruin my life.

SO GUESS WHAT JUST HAPPENED

I was worried the devils had signed caton ryan

lmfao no he's still draft eligible this year (and if he goes to a team i hate i will be Depressed about it, kempf on the rags was bad enough)

woooooooooooooooop fitz is OUT

I found out via text: The hockey terrorist is gone.

Does anyone know why there was beef between Goldstein and Penn fans? This game was chippy but I don't remember any prior history with Penn.

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Quote from: tretiak on April 03, 2026, 10:12:45 AMMoulson had 369 points. He's the clear #3 for now.

Manderville was a lauded defensive forward.

How many goals did Dryden score?

Do you have any stats for that? I don't know how good the analytics are from that era but Moulson has 4 more DPS than Manderville.

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Quote from: The Rancor on April 02, 2026, 10:42:31 PMI can't wait to read the apoplectic tirades when Cournoyer signs or transfers next season.

Goalies are different and need a lot more time to develop. Plus the goalie room in MTL is stacked between Fowler, Dobes, and Montembeault. He almost certainly won't sign after his sophomore year. Transfers, who the hell knows anymore.

That being said, we do have Cirka recruited...

When they're stacked, he's expendable... trade-able. One bag of pucks and a salary dump and he's signing with a team that didn't draft him. LeNeveu went after his Sophomore year, and, honestly, if he puts up numbers again like he did this season, what more is there to prove at the NCAA level? I don't want to say Bon Voyage, but it isn't unrealistic, especially if we make a deep playoff run.

He's also a goalie lol

Yegorov went from freshman cheat code to sophomore scapegoat. Even Augustine stayed 3 years. I think UDFA goalies are more likely to leave early after a hot year than those drafted after the 2nd round.

I can't remember which analytics person said it, but the NHL market inefficiency is undersized defensemen and goalies. Maybe that's the recruiting trick to get a veteran team.

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Quote from: scoop85 on April 03, 2026, 09:06:39 AMPeople seem to be forgetting Scrivens, who had a solid career that included a 59 save shutout.

Greening's c

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Quote from: stereax on April 02, 2026, 11:59:03 PMWho is #3 right now anyway?

Matt Moulson, most likely.

I vote Manderville.


1. Dryden
2. Nieuwendyk
3. Manderville
4. Hayward
5. Moulson
6. Murray
7. O'Byrne
8. R. Nash
9. Barron
10. Chartrand

I would definitely have Greening and Scrivens in the top 10 (and either one could easily replace O'Byrne, who played a handful of partial seasons and was mostly on the wrong side of +-.
 

3 Moulson had 369 points. He's the clear #3 for now.
4 Hayward
5 Murray
6 (tied) Manderville/Riley Nash seem to have identical careers in the NHL
8 Malinski - I agree with the poster that he's on a trajectory for top 3
9 Scrivens
10 Barron

Quote from: BearLover on April 01, 2026, 05:36:22 PMRay Shero passed away last year, so I would say your post is in bad taste.

Got the wrong GM. Corrected.

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Quote from: BearLover on April 01, 2026, 03:04:41 PMYes, we are certainly in agreement that Castagna leaving, on the one hand, and Bancroft/Stanley leaving, on the other hand, are two very different things. If just Castagna signs, we aren't having this discussion. It's the Stanley departure that's truly surprising and causing me to look back and reflect on the fact that this type of departure is mostly unprecedented in Cornell history.

In what way, shape or form is that "unprecedented"? In this thread alone, numerous examples have been pointed out of similar Cornell players leaving after their junior year.

I'd argue it's "mostly unprecedented" in the sense that he is only the third Cornell player drafted in the fourth round or higher to leave early in the last 30+ years, and because he does not project as an NHL player. He's the lowest drafted early departure among defensemen in the last 30+ years as well (and probably much longer, but I didn't look back that far).  It's been extremely rare for us to not retain this type of player.

depends who is doing the projecting! you keep substituting your judgment for the people involved. ottawa was interested enough to buy him out of his senior year with $500K+ over the next three years (between bonuses and minor league salary) regardless of whether he ever makes the NHL. He's only 21 and regarded as a solid defensive defenseman who is likely to grow into his frame. He doesn't project as an NHL star but I think they see him as someone who will get to skate on the good ice.

Not only do I think that it is unlikely that Stanley would turn down that offer, I further assume that Jones-the-mentor (as opposed to Jones-the-guy-who-wants-to-win) would advise him to take it.

Not really going off my own opinion - going mostly off buzz from scouts and publicly available reporting. For example, the Athletic's NHL prospect analyst Scott Wheeler listed Stanley as a "tier 3 prospect" ranked as the 10th best prospect in the Senators' 26th ranked farm system. Here's what Wheeler wrote a couple weeks ago:

10. Hoyt Stanley, RHD, 21, Cornell (No. 108, 2023)

Stanley was the best under-18 defenseman in the BCHL three seasons ago and earned a spot on the league's All-Rookie team after missing most of the prior season with a concussion. Then, as an 18-year-old freshman at Cornell, he looked like he belonged without standing out, which is kind of all you can hope for out of a player who has taken that path to playing college hockey (especially given his age at the time). He's now a junior, though, and his production hasn't taken a step despite expanded minutes — he averaged 20 per game last year and is up to 22 this year — and positive two-way results generally.

He's a long, mobile, pro-sized (6-3, 207 pounds) right-shot defenseman with impressive skating technique, enough ability to handle and maneuver with the puck on his stick, and a decent shot that I'd like to see him use more. He's still a little raw in some areas, but I expect him to blossom into a standout college defenseman as an upperclassman. He projects as an efficient, effective two-way D with some secondary puck-transporting elements, and I saw enough NHL potential to rank him No. 98 pre-draft (10 spots in front of where the Sens picked him) ahead of the draft. I'm not sure he has done enough to warrant an entry-level contract to this point, though, and while he's still young for a junior, the clock is now ticking.

every draft prospect guy fucking sucks at evaluation lmao, from my experience. a BUNCH of them mostly just go "points good".

anyway if they want Stanley as an upside bottom four minute muncher with a sneaky shot, I mean, that's what he is rn.

Tom Fitzgerald (thanks for catching that BL) goes "BIG good" and he's a (worthless) GM.

Yeah - Castagna got over $1 million a year for 3 years so chances are Calgary has him slotted into a middle 6 position at worst.  500k over 3 years is nice cheddar too and he can easily go back and finish his degree with $ in the bank.  So yeah he is just getting paid to walk away from a fourth year of Cornell hockey.
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That assumes Castagna sticks in the NHL. If he ends up in the AHL, he makes a small fraction of that.
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Pghas meant the total 3 year contract not a single year. At a minimum, they both average $190k a year for three years. That's $570k over the 3 years of the contract if they don't play in the NHL.

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Quote from: Al DeFlorio on March 24, 2026, 05:33:02 PMA real kick in the teeth: March 16, 1973, The Gahden, Wisconsin 6, Cornell 5, OT

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/17/archives/cornell-loses-65-in-hockey-tourney.html

Don't feed me this uninformed bullshit about Pelletier.

The most deflating and discouraging game I've ever attended. I don't think I could possibly imagine how horrible it was without having been there.

Kinda like being up 9-6 late in a lacrosse game. And 9-8 with the ball in the closing seconds.

Even after the title, I still have to stifle the urge to yell throw it away at the end of quarters.

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Quote from: BearLover on March 24, 2026, 12:19:23 PMBiggest hockey catastrophes since 1989

• 2020 playoffs canceled
• 2021 season canceled
• Q national championship
• Yale national championship
• Union national championship
• BU OT goal in Schafer's last game
• Alleged rampant stomach flu in Schafer's last game
• Ten separate blown calls in 2019 ECAC final including on the winning goal
• 2003 frozen four no-goal
• Robertson transfer
• 2013 playoff series vs Q
• 2015 home playoff series vs Union

Will supplement with more as I think of them.

The most upset I've been as a Cornell fan was the 2006 loss to Wisconsin, although that wasn't so much a travesty or miscarriage of justice as it was a heck of a game all around. That being said, did they really have to call matching minors for roughing that late?

1-10 when playing for the Frozen Four is the real catastrophe. In a vacuum, 2006 was a great game. As part of the rest, ugh.

That was my freshman year. I remember a loud "both teams suck" near the end of the first ot or start of the 2nd.

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Quote from: andyw2100 on March 20, 2026, 11:08:17 AMI remember the spontaneous "Our team's sleeping" chant one year in Albany as the second semi-final was going long and late.

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Quote from: chimpfoodWest coast game against UCSB today, for anyone up for a late night

It's a showdown of my two almae matres!  (Or should that be almarum matrum since it's genitive?)

That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said about UCSB's graduate schools. Beat the tortilla tossers.

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Quote from: stereaxPress release here.

Recently retired Cornell men's hockey head coach Mike Schafer '86 will captain Team Big Red while Matt Hedge '07, vice president and senior wealth advisor for Tompkins Financial Advisors, will captain Team Racker.

Casey Jones '90, the current Jay R. Bloom '77 Head Coach of Cornell Men's Hockey, will participate in the exhibition game, along with former Cornell players Pete Shier '78, Jeremy Downs '05, Matt Hedge '07, Cornell hockey fan favorite Topher Scott '08, and Tim Rego '25 are slated to suit up in the contest. Current assistant coach Chris Brown, equipment manager Sean Schmidt, and rising junior forward Jake Kraft and rising sophomore forward Charlie Major are also scheduled to participate.

I was '07. What in the world is a Matt Hedge?

He played club for 3 years and was a local kid. Marv McLeod and he were called up to varsity for 2006-2007 because of the short roster. I think O'Byrne, Pokulok, and a few others went pro. Matt never played but you probably ran into him at Dunbar's.

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It may have taken 48 years but we finally got the Pineapple Suite.

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Quote from: tretiakWhat a game. What a team. They went wire to wire as the dominant team this year - what a strange feeling.

I loved Buzcek's emotions at the end. What a coach. WD > MD. Cornell are the fucking champions. LGR!

Yesssssss!!!

Casual fan question: I think I can guess MD, but the only WD I know is 40.  What's that about?

The WD > WS is the lax team's motto. Well done is better than well said (WD > WS).