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Been quiet on this front lately, but a rumor making the rounds on USCHO is that the vacancy left by Jeff Hill's departure will be filled by RPI assistant Scott Moser. Canisius alum, followed Smith to RPI.
If they're good, yes. Rounds 1-4 generally means better NHL prospects, and 5-7 is hit or miss, especially in college. But, it's a crapshoot. It's nice for the optics. Having 5-6 picks on the roster next year is better than like 2-3 that they had in the last 5 years of Sneddon. It's really about these players coming in, contributing, helping the team get competitive and getting better so they do go succeed at the next level. NHL is the goal because it'd be nice to bolster the alumni ranks with a few more outside Colton and Miller, but even very good AHL and high-level European league players will lead to a higher caliber of player considering UVM...but hey, the best player in school history was undrafted and he became an NHL hall of famer.Is that good for a UVM recruiting class?
If you read what's been said on that USCHO forum about some of the added job responsibilities they made hockey coaches take on during the pandemic (having to administer the tests to players/also getting furloughed), I don't blame him for deciding to make the move. The volunteer spot will be interesting if they look to double it with goalie coaching...underrated reason UVM has always had good goalies even with terrible teams is they've had a dedicated goalie coach or a coach who specializes in goalies for years (Terry Lovelette, and Hill)Been quiet on this front lately, but a rumor making the rounds on USCHO is that the vacancy left by Jeff Hill's departure will be filled by RPI assistant Scott Moser. Canisius alum, followed Smith to RPI.
Looks like this is a go:Been quiet on this front lately, but a rumor making the rounds on USCHO is that the vacancy left by Jeff Hill's departure will be filled by RPI assistant Scott Moser. Canisius alum, followed Smith to RPI.
My Lightning (shaving that beard this morning!) are in salary cap hell, so some decisions will have to be made.Ross Colton scored the series-winning goal for the Lightning last night, to win the Stanley Cup.
Good for him. The smartest decision he made was forgoing his last two years to skate around in the AHL and develop instead of sticking around where he got no help at UVM and its dumpster fire. I honestly don't even know if he'd have made it if he had. That, and he only played 30 regular-season games with the Lightning after being a mid-season call-up, and between that and 23 playoff games he had 13 goals and 5 assists. I'd say he cemented his spot as a regular for the Stanley Cup champs next year.
Sure. Lots of bad no-movement clauses on that roster. Gotta figure out the Brayden Point situation too. Not to get too into the cap details, but I'd go out on a limb and say the cost-controlled rookie like Colton who made $700k pro-rated and is an RFA is more likely to get some sort of team-friendly deal offered likely no more than $2 mil a season and stick around because Tampa is going to have to shed other guys making more off in trades to get their cap under control and they at least know he can compete for them.My Lightning (shaving that beard this morning!) are in salary cap hell, so some decisions will have to be made.
Doesn't look like Tinling got picked so that's a bummer. Woodcroft did media time after the draft, I saw it on UVM's twitter...I guess he thought Tinling, Vitolins and Tarkiainen would get picked too. He mentioned Tinling and Vitolins getting drafted next year...which I trust he's right but I do wonder something about the rules, which state:Cal Thomas goes 171 to Arizona. If I'm counting right UVM and UMass have the most picks in HE thus far, and we still have Tinling on the board.
And former netminder Andrew Allen ('01) has been named Goaltending Coach for the NHL's newly-expanded Seattle Kraken.Some alumni news spotted today: Nick Luukko ('15) has been named head coach & Director of Hockey Ops of the ECHL's Jacksonville IceMen.