ECAC Early and Grad Departures 2024

[Trotsky]

Hopefully Q losing their top guns has the impact Harvard losing theirs did.  Watch Rand's head explode...

Q can just reload with whatever's available.  Harvard has to at least ostensibly pretend to observe admissions requirements (I know, I know).

[Dafatone]

Hopefully Q losing their top guns has the impact Harvard losing theirs did.  Watch Rand's head explode...

Q can just reload with whatever's available.  Harvard has to at least ostensibly pretend to observe admissions requirements (I know, I know).

I had a sort of friend about a decade ago who played in some American junior hockey league, not quite sure which. He said he thought about continuing with hockey and was recruited by Harvard, but he couldn't meet the academics needed.

He and I wound up not getting along, but I don't think he was making that up. It's more fun to think he was really dumb than a liar.

[arugula]

Hopefully Q losing their top guns has the impact Harvard losing theirs did.  Watch Rand's head explode...

Q can just reload with whatever's available.  Harvard has to at least ostensibly pretend to observe admissions requirements (I know, I know).

Hopefully what's available isn't great.  The grad years types are the danger.

[BearLover]

Hopefully Q losing their top guns has the impact Harvard losing theirs did.  Watch Rand's head explode...

Q can just reload with whatever's available.  Harvard has to at least ostensibly pretend to observe admissions requirements (I know, I know).

Quinnipiac can take anybody out of the portal at any time. Harvard really can't, whether for admissions reasons or (more often) because they're a grad student.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

DOESN'T ANYONE WITH SCORING TOUCH WANT TO LEARN HOW TO RUN A MARRIOTT?

Hockey players aren't hotelies.  They're business majors.

[David Harding]

I just saw a post that Northern Michigan has 13 players in the transfer portal!

They're probably looking for a more rigorous academic experience.

Or warmer weather.

[RichH]

I just saw a post that Northern Michigan has 13 players in the transfer portal!

They're probably looking for a more rigorous academic experience.

Or warmer weather.

The one guy on the NMU roster from SoCal is not in the portal. But he was born in 1998 and is probably ready to be done. Arizona State has 7 players in the portal.

Really, just wanted to point out that NMU has someone named Viking Gustafsson Nyberg, which is just...really spectacular for names.

[ugarte]

DOESN'T ANYONE WITH SCORING TOUCH WANT TO LEARN HOW TO RUN A MARRIOTT?

Hockey players aren't hotelies.  They're business majors.

the hotel school IS a business school

[abmarks]

Couple of related items from the athletic.


From an article listing the top potential free agents. Broken down into categories by potential impact in NHL.   In the category of "Long shot to play games"

27. Dalton Bancroft, RW, Cornell-ECAC

Bancroft is a strong-skating winger with a decent-sized frame. He was a point-per-game player as a sophomore this season in college. He has some puck skills and offensive creativity, but I don't think he's a natural playmaker or going to be a major scorer at higher levels. The pace in his game gives him a long-shot chance to play some games, especially given that he's quite physical too.


Full piece on Graf (paywall, though if you have some NYTimes subscriptions you get the athletic for free) https://theathletic.com/5378477/2024/04/04/collin-graf-sharks-contract?source=user-shared-article

Interesting nuggets from that article:

"In 112 collegiate games, Graf had 54 goals and 130 points. He was pursued by roughly 25 NHL teams. About three weeks ago, he cut the list to six finalists and held Zoom calls with those teams. Earlier this week, he met with each of the teams again before trimming his list of suitors to one"

"wanted to go to a team he could see himself playing for long-term, not just five or six games down the stretch. Along with agent Jerry Buckley, he went through every finalist with a fine-tooth comb to review depth charts, prospect pools, draft picks, coaching styles, management and which teams may have a dearth of right-shot forwards."

Kid has a great agent- I love that process.

[Iceberg]

DOESN'T ANYONE WITH SCORING TOUCH WANT TO LEARN HOW TO RUN A MARRIOTT?

Hockey players aren't hotelies.  They're business majors.

Scrivens was a hotelie, no? I'm sure there are quite a few others players who have been hotelies in the past 15 years.

[ithacat]

DOESN'T ANYONE WITH SCORING TOUCH WANT TO LEARN HOW TO RUN A MARRIOTT?

Wish that was Matthew Wood's career dream.

[scoop85]

Couple of related items from the athletic.


From an article listing the top potential free agents. Broken down into categories by potential impact in NHL.   In the category of "Long shot to play games"

27. Dalton Bancroft, RW, Cornell-ECAC

Bancroft is a strong-skating winger with a decent-sized frame. He was a point-per-game player as a sophomore this season in college. He has some puck skills and offensive creativity, but I don't think he's a natural playmaker or going to be a major scorer at higher levels. The pace in his game gives him a long-shot chance to play some games, especially given that he's quite physical too.


Full piece on Graf (paywall, though if you have some NYTimes subscriptions you get the athletic for free) https://theathletic.com/5378477/2024/04/04/collin-graf-sharks-contract?source=user-shared-article

Interesting nuggets from that article:

"In 112 collegiate games, Graf had 54 goals and 130 points. He was pursued by roughly 25 NHL teams. About three weeks ago, he cut the list to six finalists and held Zoom calls with those teams. Earlier this week, he met with each of the teams again before trimming his list of suitors to one"

"wanted to go to a team he could see himself playing for long-term, not just five or six games down the stretch. Along with agent Jerry Buckley, he went through every finalist with a fine-tooth comb to review depth charts, prospect pools, draft picks, coaching styles, management and which teams may have a dearth of right-shot forwards."

Kid has a great agent- I love that process.

But how did he find time to prepare for his finals?

[marty]

DOESN'T ANYONE WITH SCORING TOUCH WANT TO LEARN HOW TO RUN A MARRIOTT?

Hockey players aren't hotelies.  They're business majors.

Scrivens was a hotelie, no? I'm sure there are quite a few others players who have been hotelies in the past 15 years.

Ugarte attempts humor and rather than critique the joke it's all out war over whether the team is stacked with Hotelies.  Pure eLynah.

[ugarte]

DOESN'T ANYONE WITH SCORING TOUCH WANT TO LEARN HOW TO RUN A MARRIOTT?

Hockey players aren't hotelies.  They're business majors.

Scrivens was a hotelie, no? I'm sure there are quite a few others players who have been hotelies in the past 15 years.

Ugarte attempts humor and rather than critique the joke it's all out war over whether the team is stacked with Hotelies.  Pure eLynah.

ugarte succeeds but some countervailing forces are just too strong

[Trotsky]

Per the Q USCHO thread they have only 5 guys left from the title team, despite the 5-year plan.  IINM they have lost their top 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13 scorers from 2024, and their big goalie.