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Prospect Info: Tom Willander: 11th Overall 2023 Draft (Rogle BK J20) - Part 02

Lindgren said:
So that bad defending was deceptive—injuries and a lack of effort, rather than a serious systems problem?
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No they are bad at defending as the pairing are changing every weekend it seems like with injuries and inconsistencies.

But they play BC their primary rival and one a top 3 team in the Nation on Monday night

This game just seems kind of pedestrian
As it it is I. The middle of the beanpot

Announcers said they didn’t look interested and were probably looking ahead.
 
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Breakers said:
No they are bad at defending as the pairing are changing every weekend it seems like with injuries and inconsistencies.

But they play BC their primary rival and one a top 3 team in the Nation on Monday night

This game just seems kind of pedestrian
As it it is I. The middle of the beanpot

Announcers said they didn’t look interested and were probably looking ahead.
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Is Celebrini back, or is he still one of the injured?
 
Lindgren said:
Again, must be the goaltending, holding BU to one regulation goal.
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what's your point here?

bu played terribly and generated nothing except a couple times cole hutson did some magic. merrimack also played bad but that's because they are bad

bu is outcoached almost every game they play, they play scrambly, ugly hockey in both ends and it's shameful a team where like half the roster was drafted in the 3rd round or better (willander and eiserman in the first, bednarik, hutson, hughes, yegorov and greene in the 2nd, mccarthy, kaplan and svoboda in the 3rd, plus boumedienne will be a top 100 pick in july with an outside chance zetterberg is too) can lose to an unranked program like merrimack and look bad doing it

pandolfo is a terrible coach. if bu didn't have the best recruiting class in the nation year after year they'd be an unranked program too
 
credulous said:
what's your point here?

bu played terribly and generated nothing except a couple times cole hutson did some magic. merrimack also played bad but that's because they are bad

bu is outcoached almost every game they play, they play scrambly, ugly hockey in both ends and it's shameful a team where like half the roster was drafted in the 3rd round or better (willander and eiserman in the first, bednarik, hutson, hughes, yegorov and greene in the 2nd, mccarthy, kaplan and svoboda in the 3rd, plus boumedienne will be a top 100 pick in july with an outside chance zetterberg is too) can lose to an unranked program like merrimack and look bad doing it

pandolfo is a terrible coach. if bu didn't have the best recruiting class in the nation year after year they'd be an unranked program too
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Just trying to follow:

BU played terribly. Their defense is terrible. Their systems are terrible.

But Merrimack is terrible. But they must have had lots of chances, otherwise, the claim that BU's defense looked terrible makes no sense. BU's defense is terrible, so bad that they allowed a terrible team to generate lots of chances.

But Merrimack scored only once in regulation. Are they so terrible that they don't even score when given lots of chances by a terrible defense (also a team apparently undermanned because of injuries)? That seems unlikely. So BU probably got good goaltending.

More mysterious than my point is your point. It's anybody's guess as to why you and one other poster want to discuss BU, on the Canucks board, in the Willander thread, rather than in the NCAA discussion forum. You have little interest in Willander. Was he on the PK this game? Who was he paired with? Was he in on BU's lone goal? You don't want to say. You won't even note whether Canucks draftee Celebrini played. Some weird passive-aggressive #$%$ going down.

Serious question: why are you posting about BU here and not in the NCAA discussion?
 
Lindgren said:
Just trying to follow:

BU played terribly. Their defense is terrible. Their systems are terrible.

But Merrimack is terrible. But they must have had lots of chances, otherwise, the claim that BU's defense looked terrible makes no sense. BU's defense is terrible, so bad that they allowed a terrible team to generate lots of chances.

But Merrimack scored only once in regulation. Are they so terrible that they don't even score when given lots of chances by a terrible defense (also a team apparently undermanned because of injuries)? That seems unlikely. So BU probably got good goaltending.

More mysterious than my point is your point. It's anybody's guess as to why you and one other poster want to discuss BU, on the Canucks board, in the Willander thread, rather than in the NCAA discussion forum. You have little interest in Willander. Was he on the PK this game? Who was he paired with? Was he in on BU's lone goal? You don't want to say. You won't even note whether Canucks draftee Celebrini played. Some weird passive-aggressive #$%$ going down.

Serious question: why are you posting about BU here and not in the NCAA discussion?
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fair enough

celebrini was injured a few weeks ago and was expected back by now but still isn't playing. pandolfo hasn't mentioned him in the last few postgames so who knows if he's healthy or not. probably not

willander once again looked like the 5th or 6th best player on the ice. he lacks intensity and play dies on his stick. hopefully it's a motivation issue and not an effort or skill issue but i don't see how anyone ranks this player as a top prospect based on his play at bu this season
 
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credulous said:
fair enough

celebrini was injured a few weeks ago and was expected back by now but still isn't playing. pandolfo hasn't mentioned him in the last few postgames so who knows if he's healthy or not. probably not

willander once again looked like the 5th or 6th best player on the ice. he lacks intensity and play dies on his stick. hopefully it's a motivation issue and not an effort or skill issue but i don't see how anyone ranks this player as a top prospect based on his play at bu this season
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You're consistent; I'll give you that.

My other questions about Willander? Or is his play so bad that it's irritating to go into details that are, in relation to his poor play, irrelevant to you?
 
Lindgren said:
You're consistent; I'll give you that.

My other questions about Willander? Or is his play so bad that it's irritating to go into details that are, in relation to his poor play, irrelevant to you?
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he was on ice for merrimack's lone power play goal. bu split their penalty killing pretty evenly. only really boumedienne doesn't regularly kill penalities. hutson doesn't pk much either but i think that's more due to his usage than him being bad at them

willander was also on ice for bu's lone goal but wasn't involved in the play

he started the game paired with hutson on the top pairing but finished it playing with boumedienne on the second pairing. there were lots of ad hoc pairings though because there were 7 power plays in the game
 
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Beanpot Final Tonight at 430 pm on TSN.

Willander will try and shutdown Ryan Leonard, Gabe Perrault, #1 prospect James Hagens and the #1 Ranked Boston College.

These 2 teams have already met twice this season. Boston College has won both games.
 
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UrbanImpact said:
Beanpot Final Tonight at 430 pm on TSN.

Willander will try and shutdown Ryan Leonard, Gabe Perrault, #1 prospect James Hagens and the #1 Ranked Boston College.

These 2 teams have already met twice this season. Boston College has won both games.
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Ryan Leonard is a 'stud'.....a real 'find' by the Caps. And Gabe Perrault isn't far behind. In my wildest dreams, was hoping that a Grade A prospect like Perreault might have been made available by the Rangers in the J.T. Miller trade, instead of a first-round draft pick.

But hopelessly, wishful thinking. Wilander has got his work cut out for him tonight, containing those two.
 
VanJack said:
Ryan Leonard is a 'stud'.....a real 'find' by the Caps. And Gabe Perrault isn't far behind. In my wildest dreams, was hoping that a Grade A prospect like Perreault might have been made available by the Rangers in the J.T. Miller trade, instead of a first-round draft pick.

But hopelessly, wishful thinking. Wilander has got his work cut out for him tonight, containing those two.
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Even if the cap works, I dont think the Rangers would even consider 1 for 1 of Perrault for Miller.

Though with the Ranger's track record of development, Perrauly might just be another bust like Laffy.


As for the game, Willander and BU are just overmatched. Not to say they cant win the game but in the 2 games ive seen them play eachother this year, BC definitely had the bigger advantage.

BC is too deep and their top players are just way better than BU's top players.
 
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In a discussion a few posts above, I was guessing that BU was getting good goaltending. Their goalie is Mikhail Yeghorov, who only joined the team recently, apparently. In four games (2/2), his save percentage is .940.
 
After the first BC leads BU 1-0 in the Beanpot Final. BC is outshooting BU 16-9. Willander wasn't on the ice fot he BC goal
 
Willander's BU takes the Beanpot, beating BC 4-1 in the final. It was closer than the score indicates. BU potted two late empty-netters. But it's a surprise for the experts, who predicted that the ineptly coached BU would be crushed in this game. (Though that proves nothing, of course; anything can happen in a single game.)

Willander finished with that one rather nice assist on Cole Hutson's game-winner.

Shots were 44-44!
 
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Lindgren said:
Willander's BU takes the Beanpot, beating BC 4-1 in the final. It was closer than the score indicates. BU potted two late empty-netters. But it's a surprise for the experts, who predicted that the ineptly coached BU would be crushed in this game. (Though that proves nothing, of course; anything can happen in a single game.)

Willander finished with that one rather nice assist on Cole Hutson's game-winner.

Shots were 44-44!
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Think it was one empty netter.

Willander is great at keeping the puck moving. Great mobility which let’s him take some really aggressive positions.

Would like to see him a bit more aggressive initiating battles in front of the net rather than reacting but he’s good in all other areas.
 
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Think it was one empty netter.

Willander is great at keeping the puck moving. Great mobility which let’s him take some really aggressive positions.

Would like to see him a bit more aggressive initiating battles in front of the net rather than reacting but he’s good in all other areas.
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Maybe I'm reading it incorrectly, but here's the scorecard I'm relying on for "2 empty-netters."Boston U. vs Boston U. DI Men's Ice Hockey Game Summary - February 10th, 2025 | NCAA.com

... but now I've read another site that doesn't have it as an empty net goal. You're probably right.
 
Just finished watching the recording

2nd period was zero defense
quality win
Something about the beanpot, that is the only time BU beat BC last year as well, lost every other game.

Leonard was frustrated,
him and willander have something against each other. They seem to find each other in scrums and get face to face A LOT.
It started last year and they got after each other.
wont see each other in the NHL that much

Willander dummied Hagens with a stiff forearm after they put Hagens with Perrault and co
Leonard jumps in

they just talk soooooo much in every game, and in the world juniors.

Leonard plays so much bigger than his weight
 
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