BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

[Puck It]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

Secretly it's actually Switzer looking for more playing time

My thoughts exactly.

[ericredaxe]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

Took a quick look and looks like you can just click on the "Click here to purchase premium tickets from season ticket holders." link at the login page.
https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/agganis/EN/account/


logged in and looked at the exchange and it's the same page/tickets/seats/etc

Interesting, so you have to go to the login page to access it.... they sure don't promote the ticket exchange very well! (I guess they want to sell other unsold tickets first). Would be nice if they made it easier to find!

[Tater]

Interesting, so you have to go to the login page to access it.... they sure don't promote the ticket exchange very well! (I guess they want to sell other unsold tickets first). Would be nice if they made it easier to find!

There used to be a tab on the Agganis/Ticketmaster page when you went to order single game tickets (same screen as the seating bowl map.) At some point in the last few years that tab was removed. Probably as you surmise they don't want the competition. I used it when I lived in Vermont from 07-10 and the tickets I put on there didn't sell often. I would say it is virtually useless in its current form.

[Friend_of_BU_Hockey]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

Secretly it's actually Switzer looking for more playing time

Concussions are no joke...

[St. Clown]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

I have to keep up with the players that got my team's coach a WJC gold medal.

[Rhett Hot]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

I have to keep up with the players that got my team's coach a WJC gold medal.

You're welcome.

[Tater]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

Now that the BUnottogether drama seems to have at least temporarily subsided, I'm surprised there is not more discussion being one day away from BU/BC weekend.

I got an email saying that the WJT participants from both BU and BC will be recognized PRIOR to the game start at 7:30pm tomorrow.

[BU Fan 84]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

So Prawdzik left to play in the NAHL to, according to Quinn, "play 25 or 30 games." And then he'll be returning to the team next year as a Sophomore (after redshirting last season). I couldn't figure out why he would return to BU, since LaCouvee will be a senior and Oettinger will be a sophomore - nothing will be different next year, there won't be more playing time available. If Oettinger had already said he is planning on going pro after being drafted, I would expect we'd have a goalie recruit lined up. So I guess I expect LaCouvee to graduate and move on, and that is why Prawdzik will return.

[Agganis]

So Prawdzik left to play in the NAHL to, according to Quinn, "play 25 or 30 games." And then he'll be returning to the team next year as a Sophomore (after redshirting last season). I couldn't figure out why he would return to BU

He preferred to be BU's 3rd goalie, with a chance to be the backup as an upperclassman, than to be a backup at a smaller school when he originally committed. Unless he no longer feels this way I can't figure out why he wouldn't return.

[BU Fan 84]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

He preferred to be BU's 3rd goalie, with a chance to be the backup as an upperclassman, than to be a backup at a smaller school when he originally committed. Unless he no longer feels this way I can't figure out why he wouldn't return.

If that is the case, then why would he leave now?

[Agganis]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

If that is the case, then why would he leave now?

No inside info, but since he is scheduled to have 5 years at BU he could easily take a semester off and still graduate. Maybe he didn't want to go a full 3 years without live game action before potentially being the backup?

I'm not guaranteeing anything, but I don't think him taking a semester off automatically means one of the current goalies is departing before next season starts.

[brassbonanza]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

So Prawdzik left to play in the NAHL to, according to Quinn, "play 25 or 30 games." And then he'll be returning to the team next year as a Sophomore (after redshirting last season). I couldn't figure out why he would return to BU, since LaCouvee will be a senior and Oettinger will be a sophomore - nothing will be different next year, there won't be more playing time available. If Oettinger had already said he is planning on going pro after being drafted, I would expect we'd have a goalie recruit lined up. So I guess I expect LaCouvee to graduate and move on, and that is why Prawdzik will return.

I don't think there's any indication Jake is leaving after he's drafted this summer. He just turned 18, what's the rush? He's played very well this year, but isn't regarded as some kind of prodigy that will immediately suit up in the NHL this fall. He'll have an opportunity to play in the WJC again next year, will once again have the starting job for BU next season, and most certainly has areas he can improve before turning pro. Even if he stayed three years he'd be turning pro <20.5 years old and start his first season well before he turned 21.

[mookie1995]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

hooray!!!! we don't stink again

[defkit]

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hooray!!!! we don't stink again

5 in a row. Hooray indeed.

[Mike799]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

Flight Risk odds
McAvoy - 95%
Keller - 80%
Hickey - 50%
Macleod - 50%
JFK - 50%
Fabro - 20%
BEllows - 10%

Thoughts?