2024-25 Players Graduating

[CUDrew0105]

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.

[BearLover]

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.

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[Beeeej]

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.

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[BearLover]

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.)

[stereax]

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.

That definitely tracks, that he'd want to move to a team where there's a good shot at NHL team even if he's a sub-NHL caliber player. (Which we do not really know yet.) Any word on whether Walsh is joining him?

[scoop85]

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 sorry, this is a pathetic response. If you were a 24-year-old offered this contract, would YOU stay in college one extra year? Give me a F__ing break.

[BearLover]

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 sorry, this is a pathetic response. If you were a 24-year-old offered this contract, would YOU stay in college one extra year? Give me a F__ing break.

Many players every year get offered a similar contract and choose to stay in college. The same contract almost certainly would have been on the table next year if he stayed in school, anyway.

[scoop85]

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 sorry, this is a pathetic response. If you were a 24-year-old offered this contract, would YOU stay in college one extra year? Give me a F__ing break.

Many players every year get offered a similar contract and choose to stay in college. The same contract almost certainly would have been on the table next year if he stayed in school, anyway.

You're being amazingly obtuse and selfish; he's 24 years old!!!

[Dafatone]

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 sorry, this is a pathetic response. If you were a 24-year-old offered this contract, would YOU stay in college one extra year? Give me a F__ing break.

Many players every year get offered a similar contract and choose to stay in college. The same contract almost certainly would have been on the table next year if he stayed in school, anyway.

You're being amazingly obtuse and selfish; he's 24 years old!!!

Also, it's hockey. He blows an ACL and that's that as a 24 year old non-prospect.

[BearLover]

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 sorry, this is a pathetic response. If you were a 24-year-old offered this contract, would YOU stay in college one extra year? Give me a F__ing break.

Many players every year get offered a similar contract and choose to stay in college. The same contract almost certainly would have been on the table next year if he stayed in school, anyway.

You're being amazingly obtuse and selfish; he's 24 years old!!!

I'm confused. I root for Cornell hockey, not for the Boston Bruins. As I said, I was hopeful the ending to this season would have motivated Bancroft to stay. Particularly given it is an extreme long-shot he makes the NHL and because it is highly likely the same contract will be available to him next year. He took the cash. I didn't say I faulted him for it, I just said the situation absolutely sucks for the team I root for. Also, I don't know the terms of this contract, is the money guaranteed if he spends the year in the AHL?

[bernie]

congratulations to bancroft!  i wish he could play another year at cornell but probably not nearly as much as he does.  i trust that he's thought this through and made the right decision.  wishing him nothing but the best of luck!

[BearLover]

I'm a lacrosse guy now anyway.

[marty]

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).

Look on the bright side, Brian.  You now have more content for your course on the Psychology of Pessimism.  Please let us know when the Podcasts drop.

[Snowball]

Bearlover,

I think that your negative comment about Bancroft was probably made impulsively and a bit irrationally. For his or his parents' sake, would you consider editing it or deleting it entirely?  

He's given so much to Cornell hockey: been a super-valuable and exciting team player with a real zest for the game.  Personally, I'll never forget his hat trick at MSG.

I'm sure you wish him the very best at the Bruins, as we all do.

[Al DeFlorio]

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.

Thanks for writing this.  First sentence is simply exquisite.