2022-23 Predictions

[Trotsky]

It's tough that the bad teams in the ECAC now seem to be the bad teams nationally. I don't have any data but I think the bad ECAC teams used to be way better than the Canisius and Mercyhurts of the world - doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

It has frequently been the case that our terrible teams can lose to anybody.

I'd check TBRW but I just noticed it's down.  Maybe I should have paid that server bill after all.

[Trotsky]

imo we have a young team that had a rocky start to the year (partially because UMD was too early in our prep but tbh UMD's subsequent performance is killing us as much as the games against them is). i don't know if we can come back from that start well enough to survive in the postseason without winning the conference title. that said, it's definitely a squad that shows promise for the next couple of years; the upperclassmen have been the problem, not the kids imo.

I'm an optimist but I think the upper classmen are still playing well.  Stienburg, Andreev, Berard are the ones people are worried about not producing, and I think they are all playing good Cornell hockey, getting to pucks, setting things up, getting a ton of good shots off.  The points will come.

We are where I thought we would be -- UMD series was trouble; we all knew that.  The ECAC has no surprises this year except Colgate is doing better and Clarkson worse than expected.  Those 4 games will decide whether we finish 3, 4 or 5.  Finishing 3rd would be playing a QF opponent we ought to beat.  Otherwise it will be a crapshoot to get back to Placid.

IMO any Ivy not absolutely devastated after missing an entire season should count their blessings.

[Dunc]

It would be interesting to compare the percent of Harvard draft picks that end up with lasting ahl/nhl contracts compared to us and the rest of the league (This could maybe point to how good programs are at prepping players for higher level of play)

Of course we'd have to define what "lasting" contract means

That would be interesting.  I would look at two things: (1) the net NHL GP of each school's alumni going back over various intervals and (2) that against some predictive measure of how like draft picks are expected to produce.

It's probably just selective perception but I would swear that Boston area teams' players are hyped more and pushed into higher draft slots than their subsequent NHL production justifies, and of these Harvard is the chief beneficiary/offender.

Yeah that seems like a good proposal - I'll look into working out the numbers once my finals are over haha

And yeah I have the same perception about prospects from Boston (being a Bruins fan it's even more skewed for our team cuz our management *really* likes to select players either from Boston or those committed to a college in Boston)

[adamw]

Cornell up to 18 in Pairwise after a stellar weekend

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Cornell up to 18 in Pairwise after a stellar weekend

We were up to 17 before Notre Dame won.

[arugula]

Cornell up to 18 in Pairwise after a stellar weekend

Someone wise once said that sometimes the best course of action is to do nothing.

[billhoward]

Someone wise once said that sometimes the best course of action is to do nothing.

You mean like playing a pair in front of 750 fans against American International?