#25 on the PP
Knowing that Cush is on the prospect watch on a Friday is....
#25 on the PP
#25 on the PP
I think he is done after this year. He looks like he was ready this year.BC needs to win the Natty to make it a no brainer for Leonard to turn pro
I always figured that if they didn't win it all the three amigos would stay for another year. But yeah winning it might increase the odds.BC needs to win the Natty to make it a no brainer for Leonard to turn pro
Four primary apples it should be mentioned.Cristall 2+4 with 7 minutes left
2+5 nowFour primary apples it should be mentioned.
Last regular season game for Leonard tomorrow.
thing for me as well.Breakaway was pretty bad ass. Just can't tell if his foot speed translate. Players like Backstrom with that elite hockey sense and average speed can do fine just will be interesting to see how it translates when he turns pro and is in Hershey. Hershey fans should be pretty stoked with the prospects coming up.
Frozen Four finals around mid April. Theoretically Lenny could join the Bears for the last couple games of the year and then playoffs. Fingers crossed they win it all and he goes pro. Be surprised if they get knocked out of the FF and he turns pro instead of going back to BC but I guess stranger things have happened.Four primary apples it should be mentioned.
Last regular season game for Leonard tomorrow.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Ryan Leonard has to shake hands carefully right now.
Leonard, a Capitals prospect whose skill and promise make him a potential future star in Washington, was sporting a splint on his right hand, holding his middle and ring fingers together, after a Boston College game this month. It wasn’t from that night’s 6-1 win over New Hampshire, though.
“No,” he said when asked about the timing of the injury. “Last Friday.” Which meant he had been playing for the better part of three games with a broken finger — and had racked up two goals and two assists in that span.
Three days later, Leonard’s stat line jumped to three goals and four assists in four games with the injury after a three-point night in the Beanpot consolation game against Harvard. Then he scored two goals Friday and three more Sunday in a home-and-home sweep of Massachusetts.
Hockey players are known for playing through injuries, but it’s nonetheless fitting that Leonard, noted for his physicality, competitive drive and sheer force of will when the Capitals drafted him at No. 8 overall in 2023, hasn’t let his finger be a hindrance.
Leonard’s Eagles are the No. 1 team in the country with a month remaining in the regular season, so the 19-year-old freshman has much bigger things on his mind than a simple injury.
Apparently opposing coaches do too.“We’ve always said that number one doesn’t really mean anything right now,” Leonard said. “We want to be number one at the end of the year. Being number one right now, we’re putting ourselves in a good spot for the end of the year and our [NCAA tournament] bracket, but it’s kind of just all noise, honestly. We’re just trying to prove ourselves and make sure that we’re the best team in the country.”
“I’ve watched him for years. He’s a very good player,” UNH Coach Mike Souza said after the game. “I love him because he’s competitive — so competitive. You talk to guys at the next level, that’s what separates guys or gets guys there.”
Think about that: An opposing player left such an impression on a coach that, after a 6-1 loss, that coach used the word “love” when asked about him. That’s the kind of mark Leonard’s game leaves and what could make him an instant fan favorite when he arrives in Washington.