Where are our Alumni Playing Now

[billhoward]

From ECAC.com, an article on Riley Nash in the Gloucester Times.

Old-timey sportswriting:

No flash. No dash.
Just Nash

But the plethora of injured Bruin forwards has forced [Bruins coach Bruce] Cassidy to mix and match his lines more than Cher changes wardrobes in concert. And that's where Nash's true value lies: he can play any line, with anyone, at any time.

(Cher? I did a seminar on automotive writing/reviewing for a group that included a lot of people 50-and-over. Said try not to backreference cars you had as a kid because that's long ago. If you make a musical reference, try to make it current. So one guy raises his hand, says, "You mean like Green Day?" [Facepalm.])

[Trotsky]

Old-timey sportswriting:

No flash. No dash.
Just Nash

Awful.

One of the few good things about the internet is it has shown that there are a thousand good sportswriters out there for every hack in regular media.

[Jim Hyla]

Old-timey sportswriting:

No flash. No dash.
Just Nash

Awful.

One of the few good things about the internet is it has shown that there are a thousand good sportswriters out there for every hack in regular media.

Are you saying the whole article is awful and the writer is therefore a hack, or just that the phrase is awful?

[Trotsky]

Are you saying the whole article is awful and the writer is therefore a hack, or just that the phrase is awful?

I'm saying that style of writing is awful.  The writer may be Tolstoy, but when they use that Hi-lights for Kids style I want to stab them in the face.

Metaphorically.

To start with.

[billhoward]

Not everyone is blessed with writing skills equal to their love of hockey or baseball. They labor in the minor leagues of sportswriting even covering a major league sport. They may be getting on in years and this is supplemental income (just not very much). Or they're kids who didn't have a place in college like the Daily Sun to polish their skills.
It is.
So sad.
<-- This writing reminds me of a long-ago Ithaca Journal publisher who decided it was his role in life to also cover Cornell hockey, coincidentally during the Dryden/Cropper years when seats were hard to come by in Lynah, let alone the old 2000-seat rink in Lake Placid. Most of his paragraphs were one sentence.

[RatushnyFan]

Dan Ratushny was fired from Lausanne.  Seems odd as they did this 12 games into the season and last year he was coach of the year?

I'm probably a bit biased on this issue.

Ratushny let go

[Trotsky]

Speaking of, kinda, has the Ratushny-Manderville union produced any prospective Cornell players in the pipeline?

[pfibiger]

Speaking of, kinda, has the Ratushny-Manderville union produced any prospective Cornell players in the pipeline?

It has: Ethan Manderville, 6'4" 200lbs and eligible for the upcoming NHL draft, where he's a C-rated prospect. He's playing for the Ottawa Jr Senators, but was drafted by the Cedar Rapids Roughriders. He's also toward the top (top 10) of Heisenberg's roughly-sorted Eastern Canada recruits:

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=300743

[abmarks]

It has: Ethan Manderville, 6'4" 200lbs and eligible for the upcoming NHL draft, where he's a C-rated prospect. He's playing for the Ottawa Jr Senators, but was drafted by the Cedar Rapids Roughriders. He's also toward the top (top 10) of Heisenberg's roughly-sorted Eastern Canada recruits:

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=300743

Not surprisingly, he wears #25.

I also stumbled on this other NHL-offspring while looking up the kid at the CCHL website:  We could use some more muscle on the team... http://www.thecchl.ca/stats/player/165/1/matthew-barnaby

[Trotsky]

Not surprisingly, he wears #25.

Kent was 21.  I don't know what Kim was, but the sum is what he should wear if he comes here.

Unless it's > 29.  Non-goalie uniform numbers greater than 29 should be banned.

[CU2007]

.  Non-goalie uniform numbers greater than 29 should be banned.

https://cnet4.cbsistatic.com/img/J7IjMpFxZdG-isdWohNAyXxXxeo=/fit-in/970x0/2016/11/15/8dc5785b-107f-4ec1-817a-612023870d2c/oldman.jpg

[abmarks]

Not surprisingly, he wears #25.

Kent was 21.  I don't know what Kim was, but the sum is what he should wear if he comes here.

Unless it's > 29.  Non-goalie uniform numbers greater than 29 should be banned.

F my early onset....

[BearLover]

Riley just made a nice pass to a streaking teammate, resulting in a breakaway and go-ahead goal against the Pens. The game is nationally televised on NBC. 8 minutes remaining.

[Trigger]

I've got two more additions:

Joe Deven is playing with the South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)

John McCarron is playing with the Florida Everblades (ECHL)

Deven is actually the Stingrays captain.

Let's Go Red!

[Jim Hyla]

I've got two more additions:

Joe Deven is playing with the South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)

John McCarron is playing with the Florida Everblades (ECHL)

Deven is actually the Stingrays captain.

Let's Go Red!

Thanks, done