Next Year's predictions/Expectations 2017-18

Started by Jim Hyla, March 27, 2017, 02:35:36 PM

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Jeff Hopkins '82

#46
October 06, 2017, 04:12:35 PM
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Seems like the same thing every year.

dbilmes

#47
October 10, 2017, 08:06:03 PM
This "expert" predicts Princeton to finish third and us to finish fifth, even though we both have question marks in goal.

Trotsky

#48
October 10, 2017, 10:22:37 PM
Quote from: dbilmesThis "expert" predicts Princeton to finish third and us to finish fifth, even though we both have question marks in goal.
I can see Princeton in 3rd.  Us in 5th seems pretty tough.  Union in 10th is interesting.  This person is definitely using lost performers as a big driver.

Brown 8th.  Well, alrighty, then.

Jim Hyla

#49
February 11, 2018, 09:45:48 PM
It looks like we're on track to fulfill most peoples expectations.
"Cornell Fans Made the Timbers Tremble", Boston Globe, March/1970
Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005

RichH

#50
February 12, 2018, 10:19:41 AM
Quote from: Jim HylaIt looks like we're on track to fulfill most peoples expectations.

And 7 people have already popped the champagne corks.

Beeeej

#51
March 26, 2018, 12:30:09 PM
It's funny, but given how everyone (including Coach Schafer) has been talking about the way this team outperformed expectations for such a freshman-heavy squad, about 61-69% of us are looking pretty prescient right now. At least that's until you remember that we lost in the ECAC semifinals, which in most other seasons would probably have landed us right below the bubble for an at-large bid. In fact that's exactly what happened in 2008 and 2014 - and in 2011, we made it all the way to losing in the ECAC finals and still didn't get a bid. It's by virtue of our unexpectedly great regular season record that we got the at-large and the 1 seed this year despite the early departure in Lake Placid.

So I'm also still looking at this season as outperforming expectations, this poll notwithstanding. (Maybe we should also poll on expectations for regular season record?)

That doesn't mean it's not still really disappointing that we couldn't get further this weekend. I'm one of many who believe that the team did just about all the things they needed to do on Saturday, but didn't get the bounces against a good team, and sometimes that's just how it goes. But it's always sad when a promising season ends, and I'm not going to be interested in polling on next year for a while, especially when we know so little so far about our OOC schedule. In fact, I'm kind of shocked Jim posted this poll so soon after last year's much more humiliating defeat to UMass-Lowell. :-)

May your off-season be filled with optimism.
Beeeej, Esq.

"Cornell isn't an organization.  It's a loose affiliation of independent fiefdoms united by a common hockey team."
   - Steve Worona

Trotsky

#52
March 26, 2018, 12:43:01 PM
Expectations are a moving target.  The season exceeded my pre-season expectations but not my January expectations.  But although going one and out in both Placid and Worcester is a bummer, Being There was still a good feeling.  I hope that no matter how well we do in future getting to the ECAC SF and the NCAA 1R will always feel good.
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