Opponent and other news and results 2025-2026

[stereax]

This annoys me to no end 😡
I understand he has to do what is best for him but what the heck ever happened to commitment

welcome to the NIL era baby

[ugarte]

This annoys me to no end 😡
I understand he has to do what is best for him but what the heck ever happened to commitment

annoys me too but if you want a commitment get a judge a priest or a military recruiter to make it binding. otherwise the world is at-will.

[Dafatone]

This annoys me to no end 😡
I understand he has to do what is best for him but what the heck ever happened to commitment

I'll just say that you never know the circumstances. Maybe he's miserable in Ithaca or has some other reason to want to leave.

Or maybe he's pursuing a big bag of cash. I can't really fault him for that, either.

[RichH]

It appears Adam knows already who is incoming

Unless it's an elite goalie you can write off next season

we make average goalies look elite pretty often. just need someone to be League Average and get hot at the right time.

You mean "It's the system."

If it is Wisconsin, I'm a little non-plussed about the seedling idea that "Goaltender U." East becomes essentially a feeder for "Goaltender U." West.

For many years I had a buried worry that with more attention on this level, Jock State U's "haves" would completely overwhelm the small arts & engineering "have nots." I didn't ever see a portal system like this being the impetus.

[stereax]

You mean "It's the system."

Look at Denver's system!
They made a 5'10" guy win the natty!

Obligatory disclaimer, Johnny Hicks is really fucking good. But there's also a really good system at play there, too.

[chimpfood]

In hindsight, we shouldn't be surprised that the guy that bailed on his MJAHL team as soon as he got a chance in the Q, and bailed on his Q team as soon as he got a chance in college left for a better opportunity. I'm somewhat hopeful that this first wave of CHL guys will use the portal like crazy but it will wind down a little in the future

[BearLover]

This annoys me to no end 😡
I understand he has to do what is best for him but what the heck ever happened to commitment

I'll just say that you never know the circumstances. Maybe he's miserable in Ithaca or has some other reason to want to leave.

Or maybe he's pursuing a big bag of cash. I can't really fault him for that, either.

I get it but wondering how a prospective employer looks at these types of situations beyond hockey

This dude isn't finding any white collar employment, I'll tell you that much.

[RichH]

You mean "It's the system."

Look at Denver's system!
They made a 5'10" guy win the natty!

Obligatory disclaimer, Johnny Hicks is really fucking good. But there's also a really good system at play there, too.

It's also an odd time since we're moving from the Schafer System to a Casey Style. I don't know if CU goalies will have the same level of elite defensive support once the recruiting completely transitions to a Jones-only squad.

[stereax]

This annoys me to no end 😡
I understand he has to do what is best for him but what the heck ever happened to commitment

I'll just say that you never know the circumstances. Maybe he's miserable in Ithaca or has some other reason to want to leave.

Or maybe he's pursuing a big bag of cash. I can't really fault him for that, either.

I get it but wondering how a prospective employer looks at these types of situations beyond hockey

"I played college hockey"
"Oh ok"

[stereax]

In hindsight, we shouldn't be surprised that the guy that bailed on his MJAHL team as soon as he got a chance in the Q, and bailed on his Q team as soon as he got a chance in college left for a better opportunity. I'm somewhat hopeful that this first wave of CHL guys will use the portal like crazy but it will wind down a little in the future

Eh, I mean, the MJAHL is clearly a step below the Q. I wouldn't read into that too much. And going from the Q to NCAA is another step up in difficulty, plus iirc he'd be an overager if he went back to the Q. So also, not bailing in the traditional sense.

[Weder]

This annoys me to no end 😡
I understand he has to do what is best for him but what the heck ever happened to commitment

I'll just say that you never know the circumstances. Maybe he's miserable in Ithaca or has some other reason to want to leave.

Or maybe he's pursuing a big bag of cash. I can't really fault him for that, either.

I get it but wondering how a prospective employer looks at these types of situations beyond hockey

I think it's irrelevant these days. I changed employers every couple years for about a decade with no issues, and it's common in many industries.

[adamw]

This annoys me to no end 😡
I understand he has to do what is best for him but what the heck ever happened to commitment

I'll just say that you never know the circumstances. Maybe he's miserable in Ithaca or has some other reason to want to leave.

Or maybe he's pursuing a big bag of cash. I can't really fault him for that, either.

I get it but wondering how a prospective employer looks at these types of situations beyond hockey

I think it's irrelevant these days. I changed employers every couple years for about a decade with no issues, and it's common in many industries.

coach told me today that he knows kids at the u-18 girls hockey level that have been on 4 teams in 4 years. He said "it's the societal norm in youth sports these days" ... they don't think anything of jumping around.

[stereax]

This annoys me to no end 😡
I understand he has to do what is best for him but what the heck ever happened to commitment

I'll just say that you never know the circumstances. Maybe he's miserable in Ithaca or has some other reason to want to leave.

Or maybe he's pursuing a big bag of cash. I can't really fault him for that, either.

I get it but wondering how a prospective employer looks at these types of situations beyond hockey

I think it's irrelevant these days. I changed employers every couple years for about a decade with no issues, and it's common in many industries.

coach told me today that he knows kids at the u-18 girls hockey level that have been on 4 teams in 4 years. He said "it's the societal norm in youth sports these days" ... they don't think anything of jumping around.

Yeah, I think the question was more, in a professional, post-hockey setting, "why did you start your degree at Cornell and end it at (idk) WMU?" and the answer is "I played college hockey".

[RichH]

This annoys me to no end 😡
I understand he has to do what is best for him but what the heck ever happened to commitment

I'll just say that you never know the circumstances. Maybe he's miserable in Ithaca or has some other reason to want to leave.

Or maybe he's pursuing a big bag of cash. I can't really fault him for that, either.

I get it but wondering how a prospective employer looks at these types of situations beyond hockey

I think it's irrelevant these days. I changed employers every couple years for about a decade with no issues, and it's common in many industries.

I had to convince my parents' friends that just because I worked for 3 companies in 4 years, there wasn't anything wrong with me. They were used to a world where everyone would work for a company for 40 years and get a gold watch and a pension at the end.

[BearLover]

In hindsight, we shouldn't be surprised that the guy that bailed on his MJAHL team as soon as he got a chance in the Q, and bailed on his Q team as soon as he got a chance in college left for a better opportunity. I'm somewhat hopeful that this first wave of CHL guys will use the portal like crazy but it will wind down a little in the future

Hockey players switch teams all the time. The problem is more that these late-blooming CHL kids probably don't care about education at all, they just want the fastest opportunity to jump up a level in hockey. If a kid commits to an Ivy at a younger age it indicates they and their family are specifically seeking out an education.