F James Hagens - Boston College, NCAA (2025 Draft) Part 2

[Mathieukferland]

So I don't know about all teams, but I know the Caps are giving guys like Cristall and Leonard instructions/advice during the season. Both players have talked about this. Cristall, for example, said his workout plan was from the Caps. Neither mentioned specifically how that was coordinated with their current coaches.

Yeah it probably varies from org to org, the guys I was familiar with were in the Minnesota, St. Louis, Columbus and Montréal organizations. The overarching point I was trying to make relating to my comment about dev camps and organizational follow ups is that it would not greatly increase a player’s level (in the background so to speak) compared to the coaching and guidance they’re already getting with their current team

 

[newmanager]

BC (.552) and Michigan (.553) are essentially tied for the highest SoS in the NCAA, which uses USCHO's rankings, which uses RPI, which uses SoS. A huuuuge part of any RPI is strength of schedule.

Here is the official link:

Men's Division I RPI | Ratings Percentage Index | Rankings - College Hockey | USCHO.com

Rankings College Hockey Rankings, USCHO Poll, USA Today Poll, PairEWise rankings, PWR, PairWise Comaparison, RPI, Ratings Percentage Index

www.uscho.com

Question -- Did you just begin following college sports? I know they're not big at all in Canada, so maybe that explains it. Well, here in the U.S., SoS and RPI are quite relevant come bowl season, March Madness, and Frozen Four time, among other NCAA championship tournaments.

BC (.552) and Michigan (.553) are essentially tied for the highest SoS in the NCAA, which uses USCHO's rankings, which uses RPI, which uses SoS. A huuuuge part of any RPI is strength of schedule.

Here is the official link:

Men's Division I RPI | Ratings Percentage Index | Rankings - College Hockey | USCHO.com

Rankings College Hockey Rankings, USCHO Poll, USA Today Poll, PairEWise rankings, PWR, PairWise Comaparison, RPI, Ratings Percentage Index

www.uscho.com

Question -- Did you just begin following college sports? I know they're not big at all in Canada, so maybe that explains it. Well, here in the U.S., SoS and RPI are quite relevant come bowl season, March Madness, and Frozen Four time, among other NCAA championship tournaments.

I know how RPI and SOS works but with all the mistakes they make in the NCAA offices I am kind of sceptical on them applying it properly.

I used to follow NCAA hockey pretty closely but since moving to Canada have mostly stuck to the WHL rinks. I'll have to admit that now I much prefer the WHL to NCAA now. NCAA just doesn't have the same physicality as the WHL. I find the WHL more closely resembles the NHL than any other league I've been to with all that hitting and rough stuff. Just my personal preference.