HE Pre-Season Media Poll

[upstater]

Hockey East is the most fun league in all of collegiate sports, and it's an awesome league to be a part of. It's really a neighborhood league. Put an arena on campus and build a competitive program, and this will be one of the most enjoyable experiences you could have as a UConn fan.

Boston U. is going to be a traveling circus this year with all the fans wanting to see Eichel. Most NHL scouts are saying this is going to be a helluva draft.

Eichel and McDavid are Sidney Crosby, Jagr, Malkin, type talents.

This means that Eichel will be the highest rated college player since the draft was instituted in the 1970s. Granted there have been #1 choices like BU's own Rick DiPietro, but that draft was not considered to have a star talent available.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Boston U. is going to be a traveling circus this year with all the fans wanting to see Eichel. Most NHL scouts are saying this is going to be a helluva draft.

Eichel and McDavid are Sidney Crosby, Jagr, Malkin, type talents.

This means that Eichel will be the highest rated college player since the draft was instituted in the 1970s. Granted there have been #1 choices like BU's own Rick DiPietro, but that draft was not considered to have a star talent available.

Eichel's on another level than just about any player that's come into the college game since I started following the sport 11 years ago. He played his first game today, albeit exhibition, but tallied five assists in what amounted to a period and a half of legitimate shifts. It was clear his level of skill was in another world than everyone else on the ice, including his own team. He won't be at BU past this season barring something totally unforeseen.