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

[Scarlet]

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

Who would sit?

[BU Fan 84]

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

I'd actually like to see the Curry line become our fourth line and have our third line be some combo of Cloonan, Kelley, and the best remaining scorer. I think they have a little more scoring potential. McDermott and Chabot haven't really done anything for me yet. Not that they've been bad, but I think there is more upside with my idea.

[Scarlet]

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

A little college hockey talk in the New York Times.

[defkit]

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Tough to know after one game what Chabot and McDermott are going to bring. I think Kelley belongs on the 4th line. Credit to him for sticking through all the changes (he seems to be the last of the group of forwards that worked their way out after Quinn arrived - Lawrence, Duane, etc.), but I don't think he has the talent that Roberto and Olsson have.

Cloonan is more of a third line type than Kelley, IMHO. Speed and decent skill level.

I'm guessing that Chabot or McDermott will sit (or both if Phelps and Cloonan are back).

[Rogie21]

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

Tough to know after one game what Chabot and McDermott are going to bring. I think Kelley belongs on the 4th line. Credit to him for sticking through all the changes (he seems to be the last of the group of forwards that worked their way out after Quinn arrived - Lawrence, Duane, etc.), but I don't think he has the talent that Roberto and Olsson have.

Cloonan is more of a third line type than Kelley, IMHO. Speed and decent skill level.

I'm guessing that Chabot or McDermott will sit (or both if Phelps and Cloonan are back).

I agree that Cloonan, if healthy, should be in the line-up. Before his injury, he was pencilled in at C3 between Olsson and Roberto. But Quinn seemed very pleased with the third line's chemistry vs. Colgate, so Cloonan may drop to the fourth line with Phelps and Kelley.

In the U18 and Colgate games, McDermott showed a nice combination of speed, physicality and tenacity. Reminiscent of John McCarthy who worked his way up from the fourth line as a freshman to LW on the second line on the '09 team.

Very nice job on the New York Times article by Neal Boudette, who has written a few guest articles for the blog.

[BU Fan 84]

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

Tough to know after one game what Chabot and McDermott are going to bring. I think Kelley belongs on the 4th line. Credit to him for sticking through all the changes (he seems to be the last of the group of forwards that worked their way out after Quinn arrived - Lawrence, Duane, etc.), but I don't think he has the talent that Roberto and Olsson have.

Cloonan is more of a third line type than Kelley, IMHO. Speed and decent skill level.

I'm guessing that Chabot or McDermott will sit (or both if Phelps and Cloonan are back).

Have you seen Kelley play yet this season? He looks much improved. He's gone from being a decent depth guy on the bench/4th line fill-in to a more skilled guy. He's made a lot of nice moves with the puck that I never thought he'd be capable of before this season. If he dresses for all the games, I won't be surprised if he scores ten goals.

[defkit]

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Have you seen Kelley play yet this season? He looks much improved. He's gone from being a decent depth guy on the bench/4th line fill-in to a more skilled guy. He's made a lot of nice moves with the puck that I never thought he'd be capable of before this season. If he dresses for all the games, I won't be surprised if he scores ten goals.

Good to hear. I have only seen bits on stream. I hope he continues to look as good against the tougher competition.

[Sean Pickett]

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

In the off-season thread I asked who was the last Terrier to have hat tricks in consecutive games and one poster correctly answered Chris Drury. Today I was asked if I had footage of Chris and I found that I had recorded and saved both of those games. I have uploaded rough edits of all 7 goals to YouTube: BU Hockey - 1995 Dec 9 vs Merrimack - Drury 4 Goals and BU Hockey- 1995 Dec 12 vs Dartmouth- Drury Hat Trick

Sean

[brassbonanza]

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

Have you seen Kelley play yet this season? He looks much improved. He's gone from being a decent depth guy on the bench/4th line fill-in to a more skilled guy. He's made a lot of nice moves with the puck that I never thought he'd be capable of before this season. If he dresses for all the games, I won't be surprised if he scores ten goals.

Kelley has vastly improved over last year in nearly all phases of his offensive game. He could provide a bit of a necessary scoring touch to an otherwise physical fourth line.

[Sean Pickett]

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I've uploaded several more clips, mostly of Chris Drury goals. I'd forgotten how great he was.

Sean

[FiveHole12]

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

Who would sit?

Harper is gonna get shooters elbow. Sit Harper.

[goldy_331]

Any comments on Bellows so far?

[BU Fan 84]

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

Any comments on Bellows so far?

Who?

[defkit]

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Any comments on Bellows so far?

I haven't watched too much of the first 3 games (2 exhibitions), but it was surprising that in a game when Keller had a Hat Trick, Bellows had no points. To me he doesn't look out of place, and I think he is getting some scoring chances, just maybe not as many as he is used to. I'm not worried, he is top-2 line material for sure, and unless things really go south, I'm sure Quinn will keep him paired with Keller.

[kbz]

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Any comments on Bellows so far?

Seeing him play twice so far, he reminds me of Brian McConnell. McConnell was a fine player and a very good captain, but I think much more was expected out of him offensively. Bellows reminds me of him because similar size, both left sticks, same number?, both have offensive talent, but perhaps a half step too slow? Hopefully Bellows adjusts and I'm eating my words, but those are my thoughts for now.