2024-25 Players Graduating

[stereax]

Rego to the LAK organization.

[Snowball]

Bancroft has signed with the Bruins. He will be assigned to Providence for the remainder of this season before a one-year entry level contract with the Bruins starts next season. Based on a recent conversation I had with one of the seniors, it sounds like it is a good scenario for him to join a team that is rebuilding and might get some play.

XO

[CUDrew0105]

To answer the question above, I did not ask about Walsh in my conversation (mainly because I felt like I wasn't supposed to know about Bancroft in the first place since this conversation happened before today's announcement).

[stereax]

To answer the question above, I did not ask about Walsh in my conversation (mainly because I felt like I wasn't supposed to know about Bancroft in the first place since this conversation happened before today's announcement).

Copy!! No worries

[arugula]

Bancroft has signed with the Bruins. He will be assigned to Providence for the remainder of this season before a one-year entry level contract with the Bruins starts next season. Based on a recent conversation I had with one of the seniors, it sounds like it is a good scenario for him to join a team that is rebuilding and might get some play.

I was hoping the silver lining of our season ending in such excruciating fashion was that Bancroft would stay to help his program finally get to a frozen four. I guess he decided he'd rather have a bunch of cash. This is very bad news for our chances next year, hopefully we can add someone from the portal or a CHL overager to replace him (unlikely).

I'm sure he thought of your specific personal anguish with glee as he inked the contract.

I usually stay silent about your bullshit, BL, but now you're just being an irredeemable asshole. You know nothing of the Bancroft family's circumstances or the reasons Bancroft might have for his decisions, and pretending you do is deeply offensive. Wish Dalton the best of luck, hope for the best for next year's Cornell team, then sit down and shut up.

Oh I certainly have no idea of Bancroft's family situation. It's a lot of cash though, so I have to imagine it's the reason. Bancroft isn't the first to jump early and he won't be the last. I am personally indifferent to the success of Cornell players who leave early—I don't root for them, but don't root against them either. Anyway, this is unlikely to work out for Bancroft. I can't remember the last time a Cornell player left early and had a good pro career since Riley, who was a first round pick and stayed three years. (Not counting the players who left during COVID.)

I root for them because if they do well it will help the schools reputation and recruiting.  At least it should.

[upprdeck]

Bancroft was in a pickle due to his age.

He gets a small bonus most likely like 50K and a salary of like 75K or so.

But he also had he come back might have gotten a different deal completely.  Could have been better or worse.

[underskill]

And a new coach

[stereax]

Bancroft was in a pickle due to his age.

He gets a small bonus most likely like 50K and a salary of like 75K or so.

But he also had he come back might have gotten a different deal completely.  Could have been better or worse.

He's getting a signing bonus of $97,500 and a minors salary of $85,000. Plus, if he makes the NHL, his base salary there is $852,500. And a nice performance bonus of $25,000 for 5 NHL GP. So even if he "only" plays 5 games at the NHL level, he's making over $200,000 on the year. Puckpedia, source. (Will be putting it on CapSized as soon as we get an NHL ID for him.)

That's money that's hard to refuse.

[Snowball]

Bancroft was in a pickle due to his age.

He gets a small bonus most likely like 50K and a salary of like 75K or so.

But he also had he come back might have gotten a different deal completely.  Could have been better or worse.

He's getting a signing bonus of $97,500 and a minors salary of $85,000. Plus, if he makes the NHL, his base salary there is $852,500. And a nice performance bonus of $25,000 for 5 NHL GP. So even if he "only" plays 5 games at the NHL level, he's making over $200,000 on the year. Puckpedia, source. (Will be putting it on CapSized as soon as we get an NHL ID for him.)

That's money that's hard to refuse.

Signing bonus + minors salary = $182,5000, so $136,753 after taxes. Sigh.
He's a Cornell student, so he's probably acquainted with the misery of taxes.

Good luck in the NHL Dalton!

[arugula]

Surprised no team has taken a flyer on Ondrej.

[Snowball]

Surprised no team has taken a flyer on Ondrej.

Someone's going to pick him up, there has been a lot of interest in him.

[arugula]

Can't teach 6'6". In addition to his many good attributes.

[stereax]

Surprised no team has taken a flyer on Ondrej.

If it is NJ, as I recall there was interest there, both Utica (AHL) and Adirondack (ECHL, though I'd suspect he'd go to AHL first) aren't in their respective playoffs, and both teams are pretty miserable. Likely enough, in that case, that he'd finish the year at Cornell and sign in the summer. Plus, iirc from his Daily Sun article, his family put a strong emphasis on academics.

[The Rancor]

Surprised no team has taken a flyer on Ondrej.

Someone's going to pick him up, there has been a lot of interest in him.

He might be more interested in European leagues, considering the state of our country and it's immigration policy. He's likely on a student visa. Who knows what hoops he has to jump through (especially at 6'6"!!)

[stereax]

Surprised no team has taken a flyer on Ondrej.

Someone's going to pick him up, there has been a lot of interest in him.

He might be more interested in European leagues, considering the state of our country and it's immigration policy. He's likely on a student visa. Who knows what hoops he has to jump through (especially at 6'6"!!)

I forgot the student visa angle of it. Also a factor for sure. Though I'd be mildly surprised if he goes back to Europe. As we've talked about, you can't teach 6'6" (plus he's also pretty good at the whole hockey thing) and it's likely enough that one or more NHL teams will want to take a flyer on him. (Y'all already know who I want that to be, lol.) With an ELC similar to Bancroft's, he could be in the $150K a year range without playing a single NHL game - that's likely much more than he can get in Europe. Plus, the "boom" of the NHL - if he can secure a stable roster spot, it could be worth millions of dollars. Additionally, if it "doesn't work out" in North America and he tops out in the minor leagues, it's easier to go back to Europe to be a star there than it is to go from Europe to America.

I'd also note that Czechia's also got a tumultous political climate, if we want to go there, though I'd suspect that's not his number one priority, lol.