Riley Nash commits to Cornell

[ebilmes]

::banana:: I just got a lot more excited for the next couple years.

[scoop85]

Uplifting news for the program.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote ugarte][quote CowbellGuy]Seems silly to be pondering this hours from his committing, but if he's as good as he seems to be, I wonder how long he'll stick around.[/quote]
If his flame doesn't last it is only because he shone brightly while he was here.[/quote]

The question then will be, did the team's flame shine as brightly? If the team shines brightly and he doesn't last that long (ala: LeNeveu), fine. If he's the best on a 'eh' team (ala: Nieuwendyk), not so great (ok, maybe a bad example, we did win the '86 ECAC title, but you get the point).

Its also a question if he'd leave early due to current skill or due to potential - ala: O'Byrne (we beat out Maine to get him) and Sasha - who were quite good but were pulled before they'd really had a chance to shine at the collegiate level.

No matter what though, its a great win. The only question is whether it'll be good, very good, or great. That's a choice I'm happy to watch play out.


Meanwhile, love the attitude from the article that redhair posted.

"I'd describe [my style] as more of a playmaker," says Nash. "I like to set up my wingers more often than score, but lately it's been a little bit different. I've been scoring more goals and not really setting my wingers up as much. Hopefully I can get things going again soon."

He needs to 'get things going again' cause he's been scoring too much!

Does anyone else not see it on Heisenberg's blog, or am I missing something? Please tell me I'm missing something.

Its not on the blog, but its on his recruits page (which is currently over-bandwidth, but here's the cache.

http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:YvBy7od1eg8J:members.aol.com/cheisenber/Recruit07.htm+heisenberg+recruits&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a

And its also here:
http://bigredpuckhead.blogspot.com/

[redhair34]

[quote Josh '99][quote redhair34][quote CowbellGuy][quote calgARI '07]have a Doug Murray impact on the team.[/quote]

Seems silly to be pondering this hours from his committing, but if he's as good as he seems to be, I wonder how long he'll stick around.[/quote]

I think a lot of it will depend on when he's drafted.[/quote]For such a highly-recruited player, he's fairly low in the CSB rankings, #99 among North American skaters (a few spots ahead of Brendon).[/quote]

I was told that although the CSB midterm rankings are released sometime around the first of the year, they are pretty much put together in November.  Riley's stock has risen significantly since then.  So, I expect when the final rankings come out he will be better than 99th.

[oceanst41]

Great news! Now the offseason will just fly by. ;-)

[calgARI '07]

I think it is very realistic to expect Nash to go in the first round which will pretty much seal his fate as being at Cornell for no more than two years.  As was mentioned, his stock has skyrocketed since the mid-term rankings came out which makes it all the more surprising that he didn't go the WHL route as many had speculated.  

I think that the worst case scenario for Nash based on what I know of him as a player from reliable sources is that he turns out to be another Shane Hynes (who coincidentally chose Cornell over Denver).  That is worst case.  Best case is that he is the best Cornell forward since Nieuwendyk.  He has tremendous upside in all facets of the game and will arguably be the top freshman next season after Turris who will be a top five pick in June.

This guy will be the difference between Cornell being a second tier program and a legitimate contender.

[Rita]

[quote CowbellGuy][quote calgARI '07]have a Doug Murray impact on the team.[/quote]

But can he hit the net? I kid. I kid.

[/quote]

From the subsequent posts it sounds like it... granted it is the back of the net, but it is with a puck!  ::banana::

Gee, and I thought yesterday, opening day for baseball, was the day that all hope springs eternal, even for Royal's fans (who, unfortunately, still have hope for another few days :-/).

[bothman]

I think you are right.  It all depends on where he is drafted and by whom.  Noah Welch was a 2nd rounder and stayed all 4 years.

The one disadvantage that Cornell or any Ivy team has is that it plays in a weak league and it does not play as many games as the other NCAA teams.

If I am a NHL GM, do I want my 1st-3rd rounder playing 30 games a season or 60?

Great pickup for Cornell and congrats.  It raises the profile of the league which is always a good and much needed thing.

[Rosey]

Great news.

But now I think I'll go back into hibernation until October.

Zzzzzzzzzz.....

Kyle

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

This is major.

Nice to be able to smile about hockey as well as lacrosse.

[KeithK]

Way to step up, financial aid office!  (I'm assuming...)

[Trotsky]

Wow.  Enormous.  And we might not be done.

[Ben Rocky '04]

[quote ftyuv]But in seriousness, from what I've read from my various unbiased sources (read: ELF, ELF and more ELF), this is great news.  Let's go Red![/quote]

We report, we decide!

[French Rage]

And it's a tree syllable name: RI-LEY NASH!  RI-LEY NASH!

[ithacat]

[quote Trotsky]Wow.  Enormous.  And we might not be done.[/quote]

I suspect we'll find out soon...

One of things that's very encouraging about Nash is how he seemed to really pick up his game after Ben Winnett got hurt. It sounds like he played better as the year went on and as more was expected of him.

I bet Ari's working on line combinations...