Defections?

[Mark Lloyd]

Long-time reader, first time writer here. Love the site, (particularly the positive, constructive posts) and really appreciate the depth of knowledge people have for hockey in general and the Big Red in particular.  I would have just remained a reader but I noticed the other day (Tues. 3\\27) in the Syracuse Post-Standard Sports that a Ryan Kindret signed with the Memphis Riverkings of the CHL.  Usually the elynah faithful are all over this type of news so I waited 'til now to write.  I went to the CHL website to find out more but couldn't come up with anything.  Anyone know if it's thee Ryan Kindret; can't think there are a lot of professinoal caliber Ryan Kindret's out there.  If so, we may need to look into signing one or two more recruits than originaally anticipated.

[Jacob '06]

Press release mentions it here: http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3442782 It also talks about how he came from Cornell University, so it is the Ryan Kindret.

[Jordan 04]

Did Kindret see the ice this year?  1 or 2 games?

[CowbellGuy]

http://db.elynah.com/player.php?id=142

4 games. 11 last year. Perhaps he didn't see much chance of getting significant ice time here, so he decided to try to continue his career in the C.

[ebilmes]

Wow. As the lone person with a Kindret jersey I've been disappointed that he hasn't been given more playing time. I guess it's best for his hockey career to leave.

As for recruiting, I don't see how this has much of an impact. With the backlog we had this season at forward, it's not critical to find a replacement for someone who saw so little action.

Anyone know any more details?

Edit: team site says it's an "Amateur Try-Out Agreement for the Playoffs"

[calgARI '07]

He got more of an opportunity than Connors did.  Now two of Connors's teammates from Nichols are headed to the Frozen Four playing prominent roles for Michigan State.

[theforgottencowbell]

heard a rumor that Milo will not be invited back to the team next year.

[KeithK]

[quote ebilmes]As for recruiting, I don't see how this has much of an impact. With the backlog we had this season at forward, it's not critical to find a replacement for someone who saw so little action.
[/quote]
I think the coaching staff intentionally recruits moer players than can play on the ice at one time.  Having extra bodies means you have depth in case of injury and also creates competition for playing time.  It's a lot easier to motivate some guys if you can hang threat of being scratched over their heads.

One consequence of this is that some guys aren't going to get ice time and may well want to leave the program in order to play more.  Since these guys are the lesser players in the coaching staff's estimation (or at least less suited to playing the system) they are the most readily replaceable.

[CowbellGuy]

[quote calgARI '07]Now two of Connors's teammates from Nichols are headed to the Frozen Four playing prominent roles for Michigan State.[/quote]

Marc Habscheid had some pretty good teammates on the Edmonton Oilers in '81-'82, too.

[calgARI '07]

[quote CowbellGuy]

Marc Habscheid had some pretty good teammates on the Edmonton Oilers in '81-'82, too.[/quote]

How many of them did he outscore?

[wewantmore]

is this true?

[Will]

[quote wewantmore]is this true?[/quote]

I will say that I heard the same rumor about Milo before theforgottencowbell's post, although it might be from the same second/thirdhand source, so I wouldn't exactly call it confirmed just yet.

[evilnaturedrobot]

wow.  That would be big news, if true.  I thought Milo was really starting to play well as the season wore on, and I imagined that he figured quite prominently in this teams future.  I can only imainge that it would take a highly irresponcible act to get him thrown off the team (if there's any merit to the rumor.)

[Trotsky]

Was Justin one of the freshmen left home for disciplinary reasons (North Country?) last year?

[Giffy]

He was.  Scrivens, Krueger, Greening, and Scali were the only freshmen to play that weekend.  That would mean Milo, Nash, Romano, and Gallagher were the ones left behind.