Looking Ahead to the 2019-2020 Season
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^ When your program has advanced to a National Championship game and you have aspirations of remaining at that level, your recruiting level needs to be at a top level. You can't just expect players who were not NHL caliber players to develop into NHL caliber players. You need to recruit them as previously. Getting to the National Championship game is a huge accomplishment in any sport. Staying there is much tougher!
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Just answering your post that stated the program is only adding one defenseman. Pretty much anyone who joins will be a step down from Makar and Ferraro.TruBluMaroon wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 10:13 amAre either of these two NHL caliber? If they both aren’t, then it is a step down.78 wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 10:48 pm Gianfranco Cassaro is another defenseman who will be here next year.
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/2 ... co-cassaro
Jayson Dobay should also be here next season.
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/3 ... yson-dobay
Plus, there’s still time to bring in a grad transfer the way Carvey brought Pritchard in late.
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TruBluMaroon wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:06 pm ^ When your program has advanced to a National Championship game and you have aspirations of remaining at that level, your recruiting level needs to be at a top level. You can't just expect players who were not NHL caliber players to develop into NHL caliber players. You need to recruit them as previously. Getting to the National Championship game is a huge accomplishment in any sport. Staying there is much tougher!
Who says they aren't recruiting at that level? Maybe this class doesn't have that but who says they won't have that in the next class?
And no, you can't expect all players to develop into professional caliber players, but that doesn't mean it can't happen.
Lets not get all worked up right now... we'll see how the summer plays out and what they look like going into the preseason. While Makar may have fallen into his lap a bit, I trust in what Carvel is doing from both a recruiting and coaching perspective. We all should.
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^ And it's a pretty good bet that there won't be any "dickheads".
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"NewMass Hockey, No DickHeads"
Be a great T-shirt, but of course would offend somebody.
Be a great T-shirt, but of course would offend somebody.
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^^^InnervisionsUMASS wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:36 pmTruBluMaroon wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:06 pm ^ When your program has advanced to a National Championship game and you have aspirations of remaining at that level, your recruiting level needs to be at a top level. You can't just expect players who were not NHL caliber players to develop into NHL caliber players. You need to recruit them as previously. Getting to the National Championship game is a huge accomplishment in any sport. Staying there is much tougher!
Who says they aren't recruiting at that level? Maybe this class doesn't have that but who says they won't have that in the next class?
And no, you can't expect all players to develop into professional caliber players, but that doesn't mean it can't happen.
Lets not get all worked up right now... we'll see how the summer plays out and what they look like going into the preseason. While Makar may have fallen into his lap a bit, I trust in what Carvel is doing from both a recruiting and coaching perspective. We all should.
This, one thousand times this...
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Looks like we added another guy:
https://twitter.com/UMassHockey/status/ ... 4611598336
https://twitter.com/UMassHockey/status/ ... 4611598336
And another addition to our forwards group!
Welcome aboard @Kiefiuk13!
Calen comes to us from @ciflyingaces of the @USHL after serving as an assistant captain for the Flying Aces in 2018-19
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Already in here from May 27.InnervisionsUMASS wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 1:13 pm Looks like we added another guy:
https://twitter.com/UMassHockey/status/ ... 4611598336
And another addition to our forwards group!
Welcome aboard @Kiefiuk13!
Calen comes to us from @ciflyingaces of the @USHL after serving as an assistant captain for the Flying Aces in 2018-19
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5 new players to watch this year from WMUA:
https://umasshockeywmuasports.wordpress ... ss-hockey/
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Sorry, didn't realize that. Saw the official mention from UMass today and went with it.
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They’ve officially announced three forwards. Should be three defensemen coming up — Jones, Cassaro and Dobay. Think there is one more forward, Jeremy Davidson.
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Interesting - 5 forwards coming in next year and so far only one D man (I expect 2 more). Team only loses 3 forwards, so with 5 coming in, the competition is going to be interesting. If 3 D men come on board, that will counter the three we lost, at least in numbers.
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These are the new guys who are expected to join the team this year. Most of them committed a while ago and the Athletic Dept. has decided to announce them 1 at a time.
https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/107 ... /2019-2020
https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/107 ... /2019-2020
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^Gotta love college hockey, Makar is younger than two (2) , at least , of the incoming Freshman!
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Don’t think this list is accurate...I believe Sullivan will be here next year and not sure Reifenberg is even a commit anymore...69MG wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:52 pm These are the new guys who are expected to join the team this year. Most of them committed a while ago and the Athletic Dept. has decided to announce them 1 at a time.
https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/107 ... /2019-2020
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^ If they keep up the daily announcements, we'll know everyone within a week. It's interesting how different hockey recruiting is than BB.