O'Byrne goes pro

[icecoldJB]

Thought this deserved its own thread with the Sasha thread getting real long.

Ryan O'Byrne signed with the Canadiens.

http://www.canadiens.com/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=habsNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=5129

The hits just keep on comming.  Guess that "A" wasn't enough to keep him on the hill. Good luck Ryan!

[Ben Rocky '04]

Oh no!! He signed with the Habs twice in two days?  ::twitch::

[ursusminor]

[quote icecoldJB]The hits just keep on comming.  Guess that "A" wasn't enough to keep him on the hill. Good luck Ryan![/quote] I couldn't blame for leaving if he played for BU where the letter "A" is scarlet. ::rolleyes::

[Cactus12]

I think we should start posting flyers around campus... "WANTED- Hockey Defensemen, Experience Preferred, Inquire at Athletic Office"

[Liz '05]

I realize this was a joke, but does anyone think a walk-on dman could make the team this year?
We had trouble last year finding enough defensemen to suit up when the team was hit badly by injuries and, realistically, this year will be the same.  Who might play back?  Would we borrow club players?  How does everyone think the team will adapt?

[Jacob '06]

[quote Liz '05]I realize this was a joke, but does anyone think a walk-on dman could make the team this year?
We had trouble last year finding enough defensemen to suit up when the team was hit badly by injuries and, realistically, this year will be the same.  Who might play back?  Would we borrow club players?  How does everyone think the team will adapt?[/quote]

Or is it even possible that the Devins come this year as one of them is a d-man?

[Liz '05]

That was the question I forgot - do we have D recruits that we can pull in early a la Dave McKee?  And is it wise to bring them?

[calgARI '07]

Way too late to get anyone in for this fall.  They are stuck with seven defensemen.    There is basically no way the coaching staff would even consider a walk-on.

[Rich S]

Yes it is pretty late but would they not consider a walk-on if it was the right walk on based on talent?

It may take a stroke of luck but it's possible that a player who wasn't recruited or who had decided to play another year of juniors or prep could hear about the need for a D man and contact the coaching staff.

[Robb]

J-frosh, on the other hand...

[Will]

[quote Robb]J-frosh, on the other hand...[/quote]

Theoretically, if we somehow got a J-frosh, would he use up an entire year of NCAA eligibility by starting to play in January, or would it only be a half-year?

[ithacat]

It's got to be way too late to get someone through, but if it could be done there are still good prospects out there. It actually would be an opportunity to swoop in a grab someone who thought they were going to wait.

Academic preparation aside, here's some interesting ones:
Ryan Wagner, Penticton, BCHL. (could Justin Krueger help out?)
Luke Brisebois, Notre Dame, SJHL. (could Blake Gallagher help out...or Sasha?)
Cam Cooper, Tri-City, USHL. Formerly of Holy Angels. (could incoming lax recruit Ryan Hurley, captain of last year's HA's hockey team help out?)
Mike Cornell, Walpole, EJHL. (with that last name?)

There's others as well, but it's so late...it's got to be impossible -- admissions, financial aid, etc.

A kid I'd love to see Cornell steal would be Kevin Quick. He's an '88 from Buffalo who's at Salisbury Prep -- of course I have no idea if he's qualified and truly prepping or if he's finishing his studies. Quick was drafted 78th in this year's draft.

[French Rage]

Is it too late to bring Starchiski back? :-D

[ursusminor]

[quote ithacat]It's got to be way too late to get someone through, but if it could be done there are still good prospects out there. It actually would be an opportunity to swoop in a grab someone who thought they were going to wait.

Academic preparation aside, here's some interesting ones:
Ryan Wagner, Penticton, BCHL. (could Justin Krueger help out?)
Luke Brisebois, Notre Dame, SJHL. (could Blake Gallagher help out...or Sasha?)
Cam Cooper, Tri-City, USHL. Formerly of Holy Angels. (could incoming lax recruit Ryan Hurley, captain of last year's HA's hockey team help out?)
Mike Cornell, Walpole, EJHL. (with that last name?)

[/quote] Has Brisebois gotten over his injury that caused him to miss most of last season?

[Pete Godenschwager]

Here's an article in today's Ithaca Journal about O'Byrne with quotes from Schafer:

http://www.ithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060811/SPORTS/608110352/1006