Opponent and other news and results of interest 2024-2025

[ursusminor]

Eric Lang press conference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuUwVA6iNAs

[upprdeck]

Big Stud from NDak transfered to BU

[BearLover]

Brown is getting absolutely ravaged by the portal and early departures. I think 3/4 of their top scorers and their starting goalie who put up a .917 sv% on a weak team are all leaving early via pro contract or portal. For a team that made strides this year but relied heavily on its goalie and top line, this is a disaster for them.

For our purposes though, the goalie, Lawton Zacher, could be a very realistic portal target. He has only played two years of college so he would be eligible to transfer here for his final two years. He is from Buffalo, NY. He's coming from another Ivy. And we need a goalie. Seems like we should have a real shot at him, should the coaching staff choose to pursue it. This would require carrying four goalies on the roster next year, something we never do but other programs do. Seems like it's mostly a question of how badly do we want to win next season versus upsetting team chemistry by taking in a goalie who would presumably play ahead of the three goalies who would already be here.

Zacher is headed to Northeastern. Ugh, can we please be somewhat competitive in the portal?

[stereax]

NCHC might sign a deal with ESPN?

[chimpfood]

NCHC might sign a deal with ESPN?

Yes, please

[BearLover]

https://www.cleansheethockey.com/news-1/ncaa-ties-in-nhl-central-scouting-final-rankings

Notes:
Cornell needs to step up recruiting
Quinnipiac recruiting very well
Harvard seems to be recruiting worse, continuing a trend from the last couple years
Both Clarkson players are from the CHL

[chimpfood]

https://www.cleansheethockey.com/news-1/ncaa-ties-in-nhl-central-scouting-final-rankings

Notes:
Cornell needs to step up recruiting
Quinnipiac recruiting very well
Harvard seems to be recruiting worse, continuing a trend from the last couple years
Both Clarkson players are from the CHL

Im surprised Saint Lawrence managed to trick a guy that's ranked into attending. I'll set the over under at 50.5 days for the decommitment.

[Trotsky]

Simon Haoxi Wang is wild.  6-6 defenseman from Beijing, committed to BU.

[abmarks]

https://www.cleansheethockey.com/news-1/ncaa-ties-in-nhl-central-scouting-final-rankings

Notes:
Cornell needs to step up recruiting
Quinnipiac recruiting very well
Harvard seems to be recruiting worse, continuing a trend from the last couple years
Both Clarkson players are from the CHL

Do you really think that we're not doing as much as the coaches and athletics think we can do already given who we are as a school, our location, our resources financially, etc?  And even if Casey has some new and improved recruiting plan, you couldn't expect it to slam into gear right at the change-over.

Even if getting the CHL/OHL/ etc kids as recruits was the holy grail, it's a LOT easier for teams like Q to put that plan in place right away, because they've got 4 or 5 spots a year they expect to fill through the portal.  It's an easy shift for them.   OTOH, we have a full pipeline.  Do you want us to go grab three guys from the OHL and have to yank commitments made years ago to three other kids so we have roster space?
 
You're a keyboard karen yelling at how unfair the world is.  Unless you actually have some reasonable, concrete, novel, and implementable recommendation that you are willing to directly phone in to Nicki and/or Casey to save the day, please STFU with this recruiting whining already. (Try therapy instead. Less fun, more productive than being here).

[Trotsky]

keyboard karen

If this is original it should get the Nobel Prize for Literature.  Bravo.

[abmarks]

keyboard karen

If this is original it should get the Nobel Prize for Literature.  Bravo.

TY Sir. I don't think I'd heard it anywhere before, but i'm not surprised that someone beat me to the punch.

Urban dictionary:

Keyboard Karen

A person who stalks the comment section on social media platforms and harassess anyone with an opinion that could be perceived as different from their own. They are often entitled and speak down to others with a prominent self righteous attitude. When cornered in an argument, they may resort to accusations of bigotry or assume the role of victim.

ex: I commented on a joke last night and a Keyboard Karen spent 2 hours trying to make me feel like a terrible person!

by Just Ignore Them December 18, 2021

[BearLover]

https://www.cleansheethockey.com/news-1/ncaa-ties-in-nhl-central-scouting-final-rankings

Notes:
Cornell needs to step up recruiting
Quinnipiac recruiting very well
Harvard seems to be recruiting worse, continuing a trend from the last couple years
Both Clarkson players are from the CHL

Do you really think that we're not doing as much as the coaches and athletics think we can do already given who we are as a school, our location, our resources financially, etc?  And even if Casey has some new and improved recruiting plan, you couldn't expect it to slam into gear right at the change-over.

Even if getting the CHL/OHL/ etc kids as recruits was the holy grail, it's a LOT easier for teams like Q to put that plan in place right away, because they've got 4 or 5 spots a year they expect to fill through the portal.  It's an easy shift for them.   OTOH, we have a full pipeline.  Do you want us to go grab three guys from the OHL and have to yank commitments made years ago to three other kids so we have roster space?
 
You're a keyboard karen yelling at how unfair the world is.  Unless you actually have some reasonable, concrete, novel, and implementable recommendation that you are willing to directly phone in to Nicki and/or Casey to save the day, please STFU with this recruiting whining already. (Try therapy instead. Less fun, more productive than being here).

You are completely insane, dude. Let's go look at what I said: "Cornell needs to pick up recruiting." I wrote this on an Internet forum of hockey fans. And you got so triggered by this total harmless message that you wrote three paragraphs screaming at me.

Also, lmao, our recruiting class in 2023 had 5 draft players. You think one kid ranked by central scouting is the best we can do? We have a new coach and the population of recruitable kids just doubled, there is massive room for growth. And where did I say I expected our recruiting to pick up overnight? I'm looking towards the future, obviously. You also say a bunch of other nonsense that I've already spoken about countless times in other posts. You spent your entire post knocking down an imaginary strawman (stupid BearLove doesn't realize our pipeline is full, yet he expect our recruiting to magically improve overnight despite the fact we are already doing as well as we possibly can). That's completely untrue, all of it.

Let's just be clear what happened here: I, a fan of a college hockey team, wrote on an Internet forum: "Cornell needs to pick up recruiting." This is not a rude nor uninformed opinion. And you went berserk. You couldn't handle it! You are nuts!

[Al DeFlorio]

https://www.cleansheethockey.com/news-1/ncaa-ties-in-nhl-central-scouting-final-rankings

Notes:
Cornell needs to step up recruiting
Quinnipiac recruiting very well
Harvard seems to be recruiting worse, continuing a trend from the last couple years
Both Clarkson players are from the CHL

Do you really think that we're not doing as much as the coaches and athletics think we can do already given who we are as a school, our location, our resources financially, etc?  And even if Casey has some new and improved recruiting plan, you couldn't expect it to slam into gear right at the change-over.

Even if getting the CHL/OHL/ etc kids as recruits was the holy grail, it's a LOT easier for teams like Q to put that plan in place right away, because they've got 4 or 5 spots a year they expect to fill through the portal.  It's an easy shift for them.   OTOH, we have a full pipeline.  Do you want us to go grab three guys from the OHL and have to yank commitments made years ago to three other kids so we have roster space?
 
You're a keyboard karen yelling at how unfair the world is.  Unless you actually have some reasonable, concrete, novel, and implementable recommendation that you are willing to directly phone in to Nicki and/or Casey to save the day, please STFU with this recruiting whining already. (Try therapy instead. Less fun, more productive than being here).

You are completely insane, dude. Let's go look at what I said: "Cornell needs to pick up recruiting." I wrote this on an Internet forum of hockey fans. And you got so triggered by this total harmless message that you wrote three paragraphs screaming at me.

Also, lmao, our recruiting class in 2023 had 5 draft players. You think one kid ranked by central scouting is the best we can do? We have a new coach and the population of recruitable kids just doubled, there is massive room for growth. And where did I say I expected our recruiting to pick up overnight? I'm looking towards the future, obviously. You also say a bunch of other nonsense that I've already spoken about countless times in other posts. You spent your entire post knocking down an imaginary strawman (stupid BearLove doesn't realize our pipeline is full, yet he expect our recruiting to magically improve overnight despite the fact we are already doing as well as we possibly can). That's completely untrue, all of it.

Let's just be clear what happened here: I, a fan of a college hockey team, wrote on an Internet forum: "Cornell needs to pick up recruiting." This is not a rude nor uninformed opinion. And you went berserk. You couldn't handle it! You are nuts!

A classic example of a keyboard Karen response.

[Trotsky]

"Officer, I'd like to report a murder."  ::popcorn::

[BearLover]

https://x.com/schlossmangf/status/1914722642587689104?s=46

Maybe he wants to play for Casey again. Or maybe he wants a big payday from the big 10, if that's a real thing that exists (unknown).

Edit: oh wait, he's a rising senior, he can't transfer to Cornell.

The ECAC is really getting ravaged by the portal. It's going to be Quinnipiac, huge gap, and then everyone else next season. If we still had Robertson and Bancroft we'd easily be the second best team, but without them we'll be rebuilding like the rest of the league.