NHL Draft

[jtwcornell91]

Mike wrote:
Heh... Perfect for the Swiss Cheese defense that the Rangers are known for!!!   ::nut::

Are you kidding?  He'll block the opponents up like a fondue! :-}

[atb9]

A quick NCAA draft breakdown from hockeysfuture.com...

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/article.php?sid=6084&mode=threaded&order=0

They listed Cornell as a "Notable school" stating, "5 players were chosen from Cornell -- their Cinderella season caught the eye of many scouts."

[KeithK]

[Q]5 players were chosen from Cornell -- their Cinderella season caught the eye of many scouts.[/Q]
Well, that's really annoying.  I would hardly consider our season a "Cinderella story".  It's not like Union or Princeton made it to the FF.  Besides, I hardly think Hynes, O'Byrne, etc. were drafted because of this season's finish (esp. not the incoming guys).  Not that this surprises me much, but I felt the need to vent.



Post Edited (06-25-03 17:13)

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

The author of the article is from Denver, and apparently follows DU.

Once more we see the WCHA bias against the ECAC.  :-( :-(

JH

[Al DeFlorio]

Adam Brown '03 wrote:
They listed Cornell as a "Notable school" stating, "5 players were chosen from Cornell -- their Cinderella season caught the eye of many scouts."

If we're Cinderella, does that make Harvard an ugly sister?

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

I think they're the rats that got changed into coachmen by the fairy godmother.

JH

[ugarte]

I think that you are overreacting a little, Keith.  To those who weren't paying attention, I'm sure that it seemed like a Cinderella season.  I also don't think we are reading the scribblings of a writer that has spent a lot of time at workshops hoping to improve his craft.

Sure, 01-02 should have given the rest of the country a clue as to what 02-03 would be like, but I think Cornell exceeded everyone's preseason expectations - even ours.  (I think by tournament time, everyone here was convinced that Cornell could win the whole thing, so the UNH loss was still a disappointment.)

[jason]

Here's an indication of what some of us had for expectations going into the year (kind of interesting to read now):
http://elf.hockey.cornell.edu/read.php?f=1&i=8098&t=8092

[KeithK]

Of course I'm over-reacting a little.  Thus the need to vent. :-)  I don't think Cinderella is a fair description for Cornell if you were paying attention.  But the writer probably wasn't paying attention - that's the point.  I didn't lose any sleep over the description. I just couldn't resist the urge to complain about it.

[Rich Stamboulian]

I think the so called "experts" view any ECAC FF team as a "Cinderella" story....the same was said about St. Lawrence a few years ago...e.g., ad nauseum by Jack Edwards on ESPN with his references to "tiny" and "little" SLU taking on "mighty" Boston College.

It's not gonna stop until an ECAC team wins it all....if then!

[Robb Newman]

"Cinderella" is a little unfair, I think, but "Fairy Tale" would certainly apply - just a slight difference in connotation.