Recruits 2026 and Beyond

[Beeeej]

Pfft.  You've attacked and fought with and snarled at and pouted about half the members of the cafe.

"When you see an asshole on your way to work, you've seen an asshole.
When you see assholes all day long, you're the asshole."

Yes, but I think it's pretty clear who the asshole is this time, and it's not me. There's a reason why I've never snapped at Jim Hyla.

hyla's a national treasure

And not the sequel.

[The Rancor]

NAHL Statement

The NAHL, USHL and NA3HL have collectively, under USA Hockey, banned any players playing in 'unsanctioned' Junior Hockey Leagues. Is this just about money or is there a genuine safety and development issue that I don't understand? Doubt this will affect many of our recruits, but it is a curious development in the wake of the CHL and NCAA situation.

[abmarks]

Pfft.  You've attacked and fought with and snarled at and pouted about half the members of the cafe.

"When you see an asshole on your way to work, you've seen an asshole.
When you see assholes all day long, you're the asshole."

Yes, but I think it's pretty clear who the asshole is this time, and it's not me. There's a reason why I've never snapped at Jim Hyla.

Clownlover..notice yet that, as so often is the case, not a single person here is coming to your defense or agreeing with your take?

Do the math. 

[LGR14]

Pfft.  You've attacked and fought with and snarled at and pouted about half the members of the cafe.

"When you see an asshole on your way to work, you've seen an asshole.
When you see assholes all day long, you're the asshole."

Yes, but I think it's pretty clear who the asshole is this time, and it's not me. There's a reason why I've never snapped at Jim Hyla.

Clownlover..notice yet that, as so often is the case, not a single person here is coming to your defense or agreeing with your take?

Do the math. 

That doesn't mean he's wrong, it just means that others either (1) aren't speaking up or (2) don't agree with him.

[BearLover]

Pfft.  You've attacked and fought with and snarled at and pouted about half the members of the cafe.

"When you see an asshole on your way to work, you've seen an asshole.
When you see assholes all day long, you're the asshole."

Yes, but I think it's pretty clear who the asshole is this time, and it's not me. There's a reason why I've never snapped at Jim Hyla.

Clownlover..notice yet that, as so often is the case, not a single person here is coming to your defense or agreeing with your take?

Do the math. 

Are you not capable of starting a post without name-calling or personal insults? How old are you? You act like a teenager. 

In between your personal insults you showed you are uninformed on this matter but instead of responding to the substance you're bringing up the fact that on a forum with like 15 posters, none came directly to my defense, as though that would be expected or warranted. If you can't engage with the argument at all and resort to personal attacks, it probably means you've lost the argument.

Do the math.

And I've had plenty of people come to my defense/DM me support the last few months. I would name them but it would be deeply embarrassing for them, so I won't. They can speak for themselves here if they'd like, but I don't care. Once again, you evidence a total inability to comport yourself like an adult.  I'll try to go back to ignoring you. Of all the posts on this website, yours truly are the worst.

[The Rancor]

boooooooooring. boooooooooring.

[stereax]

NAHL Statement

The NAHL, USHL and NA3HL have collectively, under USA Hockey, banned any players playing in 'unsanctioned' Junior Hockey Leagues. Is this just about money or is there a genuine safety and development issue that I don't understand? Doubt this will affect many of our recruits, but it is a curious development in the wake of the CHL and NCAA situation.

I suspect this is part of the new transgender policies. To be "sanctioned" under USA Hockey, you gotta implement some anti-trans shit because of the Oval Office.

They're essentially saying, if you played in a (presumably organized) league outside of the scope of USA Hockey (and presumably things like Hockey Canada as well) you can't play in the USHL/NAHL that year. I don't think this actually impacts any of our guys.

[The Rancor]

NAHL Statement

The NAHL, USHL and NA3HL have collectively, under USA Hockey, banned any players playing in 'unsanctioned' Junior Hockey Leagues. Is this just about money or is there a genuine safety and development issue that I don't understand? Doubt this will affect many of our recruits, but it is a curious development in the wake of the CHL and NCAA situation.

I suspect this is part of the new transgender policies. To be "sanctioned" under USA Hockey, you gotta implement some anti-trans shit because of the Oval Office.

They're essentially saying, if you played in a (presumably organized) league outside of the scope of USA Hockey (and presumably things like Hockey Canada as well) you can't play in the USHL/NAHL that year. I don't think this actually impacts any of our guys.

Really? Damn. I hate this timeline.

[andyw2100]

And I've had plenty of people come to my defense/DM me support the last few months. I would name them but it would be deeply embarrassing for them, so I won't. They can speak for themselves here if they'd like, but I don't care. Once again, you evidence a total inability to comport yourself like an adult.  I'll try to go back to ignoring you. Of all the posts on this website, yours truly are the worst.

I'm one of the people who DM'd BearLover in the past few months. I told him, essentially, that I had noticed that he seemed to be making an effort to be less confrontational / antagonistic than in the past, and that I appreciated it. I also told him that I thought he actually had a lot to offer and was often insightful.

I think there's a lot of history here that some of us are more willing to forget about than others are. I personally don't think I had any history--good, bad, or otherwise--with BearLover. I guess I can understand that for those of you who did, it may be hard to put all that aside. I do think, however, the forum would be more fun if everyone made an effort to get along better. I really do believe that with exceptions for when people have gone after him, BearLover has been making an effort.

[fastforward]

And I've had plenty of people come to my defense/DM me support the last few months. I would name them but it would be deeply embarrassing for them, so I won't. They can speak for themselves here if they'd like, but I don't care. Once again, you evidence a total inability to comport yourself like an adult.  I'll try to go back to ignoring you. Of all the posts on this website, yours truly are the worst.

I'm one of the people who DM'd BearLover in the past few months. I told him, essentially, that I had noticed that he seemed to be making an effort to be less confrontational / antagonistic than in the past, and that I appreciated it. I also told him that I thought he actually had a lot to offer and was often insightful.

I think there's a lot of history here that some of us are more willing to forget about than others are. I personally don't think I had any history--good, bad, or otherwise--with BearLover. I guess I can understand that for those of you who did, it may be hard to put all that aside. I do think, however, the forum would be more fun if everyone made an effort to get along better. I really do believe that with exceptions for when people have gone after him, BearLover has been making an effort.

We're all here for the same reason-supporting the Big Red!
Keep it real
Keep it fun

[Snowball]

We're all here for the same reason-supporting the Big Red!
Keep it real
Keep it fun

+1 and thank you Andy.

[ursusminor]

And I've had plenty of people come to my defense/DM me support the last few months. I would name them but it would be deeply embarrassing for them, so I won't. They can speak for themselves here if they'd like, but I don't care. Once again, you evidence a total inability to comport yourself like an adult.  I'll try to go back to ignoring you. Of all the posts on this website, yours truly are the worst.

Sorry, we don't all support

I'm one of the people who DM'd BearLover in the past few months. I told him, essentially, that I had noticed that he seemed to be making an effort to be less confrontational /

And I've had plenty of people come to my defense/DM me support the last few months. I would name them but it would be deeply embarrassing for them, so I won't. They can speak for themselves here if they'd like, but I don't care. Once again, you evidence a total inability to comport yourself like an adult.  I'll try to go back to ignoring you. Of all the posts on this website, yours truly are the worst.

I'm one of the people who DM'd BearLover in the past few months. I told him, essentially, that I had noticed that he seemed to be making an effort to be less confrontational / antagonistic than in the past, and that I appreciated it. I also told him that I thought he actually had a lot to offer and was often insightful.

I think there's a lot of history here that some of us are more willing to forget about than others are. I personally don't think I had any history--good, bad, or otherwise--with BearLover. I guess I can understand that for those of you who did, it may be hard to put all that aside. I do think, however, the forum would be more fun if everyone made an effort to get along better. I really do believe that with exceptions for when people have gone after him, BearLover has been making an effort.

We're all here for the same reason-supporting the Big Red!
Keep it real
Keep it fun

antagonistic than in the past, and that I appreciated it. I also told him that I thought he actually had a lot to offer and was often insightful.

I think there's a lot of history here that some of us are more willing to forget about than others are. I personally don't think I had any history--good, bad, or otherwise--with BearLover. I guess I can understand that for those of you who did, it may be hard to put all that aside. I do think, however, the forum would be more fun if everyone made an effort to get along better. I really do believe that with exceptions for when people have gone after him, BearLover has been making an effort.

We're all here for the same reason-supporting the Big Red!
Keep it real
Keep it fun

Sorry, we don't all support the Big Red. I have gotten over regarding Cornell as a bunch of thieves as I learned from upper classmen when I entered RPI in 1964. I am rooting for them today.

Maybe it is time that I change my avatar back to Doug Hearns scoring against Ken Dryden in OT on 12/4/68.

[Beeeej]

And I've had plenty of people come to my defense/DM me support the last few months. I would name them but it would be deeply embarrassing for them, so I won't. They can speak for themselves here if they'd like, but I don't care. Once again, you evidence a total inability to comport yourself like an adult.  I'll try to go back to ignoring you. Of all the posts on this website, yours truly are the worst.

I'm one of the people who DM'd BearLover in the past few months. I told him, essentially, that I had noticed that he seemed to be making an effort to be less confrontational / antagonistic than in the past, and that I appreciated it. I also told him that I thought he actually had a lot to offer and was often insightful.

I think there's a lot of history here that some of us are more willing to forget about than others are. I personally don't think I had any history--good, bad, or otherwise--with BearLover. I guess I can understand that for those of you who did, it may be hard to put all that aside. I do think, however, the forum would be more fun if everyone made an effort to get along better. I really do believe that with exceptions for when people have gone after him, BearLover has been making an effort.

Poopyhead.

[BearLover]

And I've had plenty of people come to my defense/DM me support the last few months. I would name them but it would be deeply embarrassing for them, so I won't. They can speak for themselves here if they'd like, but I don't care. Once again, you evidence a total inability to comport yourself like an adult.  I'll try to go back to ignoring you. Of all the posts on this website, yours truly are the worst.

I'm one of the people who DM'd BearLover in the past few months. I told him, essentially, that I had noticed that he seemed to be making an effort to be less confrontational / antagonistic than in the past, and that I appreciated it. I also told him that I thought he actually had a lot to offer and was often insightful.

I think there's a lot of history here that some of us are more willing to forget about than others are. I personally don't think I had any history--good, bad, or otherwise--with BearLover. I guess I can understand that for those of you who did, it may be hard to put all that aside. I do think, however, the forum would be more fun if everyone made an effort to get along better. I really do believe that with exceptions for when people have gone after him, BearLover has been making an effort.

Thanks for writing this. I was hopeful that certain people on this website might take to heart your suggestion that "the forum would be more fun if everyone made an effort to get along better." Unfortunately, this hasn't been the case. In the days since you wrote this, the five or so people on here whose presence on this forum revolves around insulting me have not changed anything. The vitriol continues unabated. Frankly, given that I don't think I've said anything in the past couple weeks particularly controversial or antagonistic, the fact that these people have nevertheless gone out of their way to act like this indicates to me that nothing is ever going to change around here.

[chimpfood]

Season over for Maddex Marmulak, Cole Tuminaro, Sam Peckham, and Nick Cirka.

I forgot about Anthony Dontigny last time but his season with Rimouski in the Q ended after the regular season. Forward, Turned 18 in March, scored 1 point in 20 BCHL games and 6 in 26 in the Q. Probably needs two more years at least in juniors.

Marmulak - 18 year old center, 27 points in 64 games which is minimal improvement from last year despite a better team. Needs two more years most likely.

Tuminaro - 19 year old 6 foot 4 D man. 16 points in 57 games but is ranked on the NHL draft list, so presumably uses his size well and is solid defensively. Should come in this summer.

Peckham - 18 year old D man, had a drop off in scoring for Edina High before going scoreless in 4 USHL games. Probably 2 more years.

Cirka - 6 foot 4 goalie, turned 18 in March. Awful .873 save percentage with Halifax this year, but his team sucked. Also on the NHL draft list, so presumably has something more than his size, just haven't seen it yet. Needs at least another year in juniors.