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Maybe it was someone else in disguise wearing Deveaux's jersey. The other thing I took away from that story is that somehow he was allowed to play in the game. What a joke.

There damn well better be. I don't know how anyone could argue against that being a case of assault.

As long as we don't turn to the fake stories about some random famous person dying. Those are where this day gets really ugly.

I love when current BC students act like that chant is creative, like they just thought it up that day. Originality died a long time ago in the world of sports chants.

Sorry, needed a break from the petty bickering in every thread. Anyway, those first two games have worked out well so far. The transformation that Eichel has brought to BU is nothing short of amazing. Evan Rodrigues, the second leading scorer in the nation had 60 points combined in the first three seasons of his career. This year he has 61 so far. That's what Eichel has done to this team. So if anyone wants to look down on him because he only picked up one point so far in the tourney, remember that he has brought so much more than just what you see on the score sheet. And speaking of Rodrigues, both of those goals against UMD were great, especially that game winner. That kid seemed so useless last year, so he's been a very pleasant surprise. One thing about him that absolutely blows my mind is that Hockey East somehow voted him as a second team all star. So he's the 2nd leading scorer in the nation, second only to his own teammate, he's a first team all american, but Hockey East somehow thought they had 3 forwards in the conference who had a better season than him. Figure that one out.

Let's not spout off this information as if it is fact. Burning the first year of their contract has absolutely nothing to do with them being undrafted college free agents. They are in fact entry level contracts but their is a provision in the CBA where if the player plays less than 10 games, the team and the player can agree to not add that one extra year onto the contract. In this case, that is going to be a part of the negotiations when these players are shopping themselves to clubs. They won't sign any deal unless they get they burn that first year. After that, they're handled just like any other player on an ELC, they become restricted free agents once their first contract expires.

If I ran the board, April Foods Day threads would be a bannable offense.

Congratulations are due for everyone. The entire board has become completely unreadable now. :death:

Seeing as how hoser is a Canadian term, I feel like there needs to be a "u" in there somewhere.

Sometimes both teams lose on a trade.

All we can hope for is a guy who doesn't throw picks. As long as the opposing offense doesn't get to work with a short field very often, I'll be happy.

Nothing will come of it. Far worse has been explained away a million times in college sports. From the NCAA point of view, there is no actual proof there.

Apparently I have the power to make it go away. I had no idea I started this thread.

So far. We'll see how he holds up as they hit the playoff stretch.

That night after winning the beanpot is about as crazy as it gets. It has to kill their entire week. There's a reason why both BU and BC typically lose their next game after that tournament. I've seen the BU celebration first hand several times over the years. It'll be a good mix of the players and even some of their parents. I was still drunk at 8PM the next night a few times after those games. It's not pretty.

You can only let players and equipment grow for so long, allowing them to fill up more net, until you try to balance that out with bigger nets. Shooters are so incredibly accurate today, but it doesn't matter when they have next to nothing to shoot at. Give them a bigger target and scoring will increase... and not just fluke goals either.

So does Larsson finally get an extended look now or do they wind up going with someone like Schaller or Varone again?

Mike Bossy was the most beloved New York Ranger of the 1980s. Does that one work better for you? :D

I missed this one. Thug is a word I've used a million times to describe countless hockey players. I won't let someone tell me it is suddenly racist. Wait, if I've used it a million times, how could the quantity of hockey players be countless? Now I've gone and confused myself.

It's probably a discussion for another thread, but bigger nets. That will wind up being the key point to any future changes meant to increase scoring.

I don't want to put too much stock in the thought, but spending most of the year in Rochester also gets him a cheaper contract next year, probably just his 1 year qualifying offer.

Groundbreaking stuff

It seems like a case where the pedigree is actually working against him. There's no way any of this stuff would be making the rounds if he was the son of anyone else.

Stupid weather is going to delay the building of ours, most likely. We are supposed to have a final appointment on Thursday before they start building, but now there's talk of snow. Congratulations to you though. I know I'm looking forward to that day... whenever it winds up being.

This makes me miss Wilbur. Squirrel!