ECAC preseason polls

Rich S · September 28, 2006, 12:30:58 AM

Glad to see you're making progress. ;-)

Trotsky · September 28, 2006, 10:34:51 AM

[quote French Rage]His is based solely on an equation, no subjectivity or such.[/quote]

Correct. It is defined in the "Never Apologize" link. (The first one -- I see the bottom one is broken... stupid job keeps distracting me. :-( )

FWIW, my personal, subjective prediction from the USCHO thread:

01. Colgate
02. Harvard
03. Dartmouth
04. Clarkson
05. St. Lawrence
06. Quinnipiac
07. Cornell
08. RPI
09. Princeton
10. Union
11. Yale
12. Brown

Dpperk29 · September 28, 2006, 10:44:13 AM

much better, thank you.

Josh '99 · September 28, 2006, 11:04:45 AM

[quote Dpperk29]slowly drew... slowly... my blood is now more of a redish green and gold... instead of straight ride and white[/quote]Green and gold blood? That doesn't sound healthy. You should probably stick with red. :-}

calgARI '07 · September 28, 2006, 11:30:12 AM

[quote Trotsky][quote French Rage]His is based solely on an equation, no subjectivity or such.[/quote]

Correct. It is defined in the "Never Apologize" link. (The first one -- I see the bottom one is broken... stupid job keeps distracting me. :-( )

FWIW, my personal, subjective prediction from the USCHO thread:

01. Colgate
02. Harvard
03. Dartmouth
04. Clarkson
05. St. Lawrence
06. Quinnipiac
07. Cornell
08. RPI
09. Princeton
10. Union
11. Yale
12. Brown[/quote]

You've really got St. Lawrence high. Think about all that they lost. Trevelyan, Zeiler, Rank, Madill. They had a good freshmen class last year and a good one coming in this year as well, but I still don't see them finishing in the top six.

Trotsky · September 28, 2006, 12:01:04 PM

[quote calgARI '07]
You've really got St. Lawrence high.[/quote]

I believe North Country teams are an ever-present danger. Of course, I also believe the USSR has been sandbagging to lull us into complacency. As has the Spanish Empire!

Beeeej · September 28, 2006, 12:33:18 PM

Progress on the Clarkson fan characteristic of loyalty and defending one's team, or progress on the Clarkson fan characteristic of knee-jerk reactions to things he hasn't investigated carefully? :-}

Cheap Shots R Us,

Ben Rocky '04 · September 28, 2006, 01:43:36 PM

Why do you rate Union so low on your personal list compared to the TBRW's listing? They've gotten more consistent (save for March play) and they have talent of late.

Or am I just being biased because of my constant, hope beyond hope, the- glass- is- always- half- full dream that Union will some day make it to Albany...?

Liz '05 · September 28, 2006, 02:15:38 PM

[quote Ben Rocky 04]
Or am I just being biased because of my constant, hope beyond hope, the- glass- is- always- half- full dream that Union will some day make it to Albany...?[/quote]

Why do you have that dream, Ben? It seems somewhat...random.

French Rage · September 28, 2006, 02:23:44 PM

[quote Liz '05][quote Ben Rocky 04]
Or am I just being biased because of my constant, hope beyond hope, the- glass- is- always- half- full dream that Union will some day make it to Albany...?[/quote]

Why do you have that dream, Ben? It seems somewhat...random.[/quote]

And you should really have more modest dreams, such as them actually winning a playoff series.

Rita · September 28, 2006, 02:25:48 PM

[quote French Rage][quote Liz '05][quote Ben Rocky 04]
Or am I just being biased because of my constant, hope beyond hope, the- glass- is- always- half- full dream that Union will some day make it to Albany...?[/quote]

Why do you have that dream, Ben? It seems somewhat...random.[/quote]

And you should really have more modest dreams, such as them actually winning a playoff series.[/quote]

Or at least of them breaking the all-time record for the length of a college hockey game (men's and women's). :-P

Trotsky · September 28, 2006, 03:03:45 PM

[quote Ben Rocky 04]Why do you rate Union so low on your personal list compared to the TBRW's listing?[/quote]

Sheer bias. For one thing, I don't like them; never have. For another, I think their program is fundamentally handicapped by lack of interest / outright sabotage at the hands of their administration.

I nearly always overestimate Clarkson and underestimate Union. I just expect the former to achieve and the latter to flounder. I have no good reasons.

Trotsky · September 28, 2006, 03:05:38 PM

[quote Beeeej]the Clarkson fan characteristic of knee-jerk reactions to things he hasn't investigated carefully?[/quote]

That's not a characteristic of "the" Clarkson fan, but of "a" Clarkson fan.

Ben Rocky '04 · September 28, 2006, 03:16:30 PM

Everyone can dream!! Don't judge me! ::crazy::

Rich S · September 28, 2006, 04:03:45 PM

You talking about others taking cheap shots is a riot considering your illogical criticism of me for not walking over to see you in March at Lynah.

The progress I referred to is in the small steps he has taken to become afan of the school where he's matriculating as opposed to the one closest to his hometown.

It's that simple and nice to see. :-)