1/4 vs. ASU

[arugula]

Beat UMAss-go up 5 spots. Lose to asu-drop 7.  Ok.

[Dafatone]

A split vs Umass and ASU isn't bad at all. The pairwise doesn't care about margin. Next week a sweep would be massive especially with the road bonus.

Cornell is now 27th in the PWR with a .5200 RPI. We can pretty much stop worrying about an at-large bid and make other plans during the Holy Cross weekend.

The ASU announcers said we'd be in. So we've got that on our side.

[Trotsky]

A split vs Umass and ASU isn't bad at all. The pairwise doesn't care about margin. Next week a sweep would be massive especially with the road bonus.

Cornell is now 27th in the PWR with a .5200 RPI. We can pretty much stop worrying about an at-large bid and make other plans during the Holy Cross weekend.

The ASU announcers said we'd be in. So we've got that on our side.

Which is nice.

We went up 5 with our last win.  Can people stop worrying about it for a bit? it's pretty clear there are a shit ton of mid teams bulging between 15 and 25.  Every gust of wind can blow you to the top or bottom of that pile.

[fastforward]

It's going to be a long flight home for them and an even longer week of practice

[Big Dingus]

A split vs Umass and ASU isn't bad at all. The pairwise doesn't care about margin. Next week a sweep would be massive especially with the road bonus.

Cornell is now 27th in the PWR with a .5200 RPI. We can pretty much stop worrying about an at-large bid and make other plans during the Holy Cross weekend.

Exactly, the at large is gone pending a miracle, which this team has shown is not going to happen

[Dafatone]

A split vs Umass and ASU isn't bad at all. The pairwise doesn't care about margin. Next week a sweep would be massive especially with the road bonus.

Cornell is now 27th in the PWR with a .5200 RPI. We can pretty much stop worrying about an at-large bid and make other plans during the Holy Cross weekend.

The ASU announcers said we'd be in. So we've got that on our side.

Which is nice.

We went up 5 with our last win.  Can people stop worrying about it for a bit? it's pretty clear there are a shit ton of mid teams bulging between 15 and 25.  Every gust of wind can blow you to the top or bottom of that pile.

Compromise? I'm not capable of not worrying about the PWR rankings but I can do so optimistically.

[BearLover]

I think most people expected Castagna to be one of the best players in the entire league this season. The reality hasn't been anything close. Clearly less effective than last season IMO.

Those most people included the opposing coaches. He is being played very different from last year.  He has the best players on the other team matched against him -- last year they were on Seger.  He has .67 Pts/GP, last year he had .71.  And 8 of his points last year, and 5 of his 11 goals, came in just two games: 6-goal blowouts of Princeton and Union.

As I said I have watched him and he is playing better than last year.  You are right he is not scoring, and that sucks, but goal droughts happen and IMO he is good process bad result.  Points and goals will come.

Castagna has 1 goal and 5 assists this season through 13 games, not counting ENG. He seems to me to be creating fewer chances than last year. If I'm not mistaken he was moved off the first PP unit as well (at least he was moved off of it prior to this weekend, after starting the year on the first PP unit).

[stereax]

well that sucked. on to the next one?
somehow not even the worst L my teams took last night, giving that to the absolute embarrassment that is getting season swept by the san jose sharks in the year of our lord 2025 as a "cup contender" team...
the one thing I will mention about Castagna is that, every game I've been to, he's getting SOME sort of medical attention from the bench, whether that's a nasty shot block or med-taping his shoulder or whatever. doubt he's fully healthy.
haven't been as impressed with the D as some of you guys. feels like they give up a lot of easy chances for the opponents.
Shane has been WEIRD. the crowd at Lynah will chant for him on fairly routine saves (at least, to my eyes). I haven't watched Cornell hockey as long as most of you, but from what I understand, if Shane's off the entire team is screwed, and it certainly feels like he gives up a soft one at least once a game...
well. they sure got some work to do. what's the plan with Keopple/Katz, anyway? do we have a goalie coming in next year? I'd think atp you'd want to prioritize Katz, no, given Keopple only has one more year with the program?

[Trotsky]

I haven't watched Cornell hockey as long as most of you, but from what I understand, if Shane's off the entire team is screwed

That's a pretty fair summary, yes.

To be a conference contender we need Shane to be as good as last year.

To be a national contender we need Shane to be a Hobey Finalist.

He is nowhere near the first bar, let alone the second.

[stereax]

I haven't watched Cornell hockey as long as most of you, but from what I understand, if Shane's off the entire team is screwed

That's a pretty fair summary, yes.

To be a conference contender we need Shane to be as good as last year.

To be a national contender we need Shane to be a Hobey Finalist.

He is nowhere near the first bar, let alone the second.

Yep. Isn't he under .900 on the year? That's pretty... yikes.

[ugarte]

there's a point when the defenders need to chill out a bit and let the critics have their space. the results are shit and everyone knows it. lashing out at the people pointing it out is ridiculous. save your energy on here and write a check or something.

[adamw]

there's a point when the defenders need to chill out a bit and let the critics have their space. the results are shit and everyone knows it. lashing out at the people pointing it out is ridiculous. save your energy on here and write a check or something.

There are plenty of valid issues. The exaggeration and invention of non-issues is what's annoying.

[adamw]

Do these games count as road games? I'm worried they're somehow "neutral" for RPI purposes.

Game vs. UMass was neutral. Game vs. ASU was road.

[Dafatone]

Do these games count as road games? I'm worried they're somehow "neutral" for RPI purposes.

Game vs. UMass was neutral. Game vs. ASU was road.

Makes sense, thanks.

[Trotsky]

I haven't watched Cornell hockey as long as most of you, but from what I understand, if Shane's off the entire team is screwed

That's a pretty fair summary, yes.

To be a conference contender we need Shane to be as good as last year.

To be a national contender we need Shane to be a Hobey Finalist.

He is nowhere near the first bar, let alone the second.

Yep. Isn't he under .900 on the year? That's pretty... yikes.

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