How big a loss is Shane?

[French Rage]

Well, he always played like he had one foot out the door, so this makes it official.

[Trotsky]

[Q]French Rage Wrote:

 Well, he always played like he had one foot out the door, so this makes it official.[/q]

Wha--?

[MNetravali]

No sweat.  We won't miss a beat.  This just gives one of the young guys a chance to step in and step up.  We'll still win the league fairly easily and make a run at the NCAA title.

This is the type of problem we WANT to have. It reflects well on our program.  We want to be known as the Ivy school that can put players regularly in the NHL.  Pokuluk being drafted in the 1st round and Hynes leaving show that we are up there with the elite programs.  

[Will]

[Q]French Rage Wrote:

 Well, he always played like he had one foot out the door, so this makes it official.[/q]

I never saw that myself personally.  Did he talk about it much in the past?

[Steve M]

When I met Shane after the ECAC QFs on the ice in March, I told him I was a Ducks fan from California and couldn't wait to see him play in Anaheim.  I forgot to say "after you win a National Championship in your senior year."  ::twitch:: Congratulations to Shane on getting a good contract and I hope he works his way through the minors up to the NHL quickly so I can see him play live.  It will be great to have a Cornellian on the Ducks, but it's too bad he couldn't have waited one more year.  I can't blame him, just like I couldn't blame Lenny for going for a great opportunity.  I agree with others who have said that Schafer's recruiting job will be easier as more of his players sign NHL contracts.  

[min]

with hynes leaving, is the team now down a player? can/will the coach fill the open spot with another prospect before the season begins? if so, any idea who might that be?

[duffs4]

Good luck Shane!  

It would have been great to have him this year but the team wont miss a beat.  

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]MNetravali Wrote:
We'll still win the league fairly easily and make a run at the NCAA title.
[/q]

DO NOT TEMPT THE HOCKEY GODS!!! :-( :-(

[KeithK]

[q]I forgot to say "after you win a National Championship in your senior year."[/q]So it's YOUR FAULT!  If you'd just told him to stay...

IAYF!  IAYF!  IAYF!

[KeithK]

[Q] with hynes leaving, is the team now down a player? can/will the coach fill the open spot with another prospect before the season begins? if so, any idea who might that be? [/q]I'd be surprised if Schafer picked up anyone to replace Hynes at this point.  It's pretty late in the process - school starts next week, right?  Besides, the team still has 14 forwards on the roster, 2 more than will dress on any given night.  This doesn't provoke a crisis of manpower (like a goalie leaving right before the season might) so there's no reason to coerce someone to coming early.

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]KeithK Wrote:

 [Q2] with hynes leaving, is the team now down a player? can/will the coach fill the open spot with another prospect before the season begins? if so, any idea who might that be? [/Q]
I'd be surprised if Schafer picked up anyone to replace Hynes at this point.  It's pretty late in the process - school starts next week, right?  Besides, the team still has 14 forwards on the roster, 2 more than will dress on any given night.  This doesn't provoke a crisis of manpower (like a goalie leaving right before the season might) so there's no reason to coerce someone to coming early.

[/q]

Also, since we're a non-scholarship school, it's not like Shane's departure frees up another scholarship.

[Trotsky]

[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote:

DO NOT TEMPT THE HOCKEY GODS!!![/q]

"Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball."

[Bio '04]

[Q]KeithK Wrote:
I'd be surprised if Schafer picked up anyone to replace Hynes at this point.  It's pretty late in the process - school starts next week, right?  Besides, the team still has 14 forwards on the roster, 2 more than will dress on any given night.  This doesn't provoke a crisis of manpower (like a goalie leaving right before the season might) so there's no reason to coerce someone to coming early.
[/q]

Can McLeod or McKeown rejoin the team (of course depending on the reason why they left)?

[Steve M]

I knew that was coming.  I guess I have to accept responsibility. ;-)

[jas27]

Couldn't find a link to a very interesting article on this topic in today's Boston Globe.  A few tidbits...

"The collective bargaining agreement mandates that college players, if unsigned by Aug. 15 of their graduation year, are rendered unrestricted free agents.  With that kind of leverage looming out there, NHL clubs, rather than getting backed into a negotiation corner with 22 and 23 year olds, will be far more motivated to turn kids pro a year or two ahead of that strike date.

"No question, they'll be coming at them earlier", said local agent Matt Keator, on of many who believed the rolled back salaries would benefit everyone..."The NHL clubs just won't want to be backed up against the deadline, and you'll see kids turning pro before they're ready -- ready in terms of their game, or just ready in life in general

Bruins GM Mike O'Connell, realizing that he'll be doing business differently said he called BC coach Jerry York and BU coach Jack Parker, essentially out of courtesy to explain what could play out in years. to come....our preference has been to leave the kids in school, let them develop, let the schools benefit from their staying there.  "Now the CBA really forces us to take them out early.  It's no the way we've preferred to do business but we're all learning here.  It's a whole new system.  Some of it good, some of it not so good.

~~~~~
Sounds like we'll be seeing even more of this down the road.  I wonder what a NHL 3rd liner, let's say a Marty Reasoner, for example would say?  Was it 'worth' it to leave the college game for a 'jump' at the AHL and a checking role in the NHL, or looking back would he stay at BC for a run at championship, and the pure enjoyment of college (stress on the non-college-hockey benefits as well)?