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Valid points on the injury questions. I guess your right depth would be a question mark if one of your top 6 dman got injured.
 
Coming from the AHA with only 10 scholarships you knew the talent deficit was going be there....and you knew that Cav and his staff (who both played at a high level as players in HE) know what they need talent wise to build the roster up to a HE competitive roster talent wise. Nichols has been the main reason we haven't had games like last night week in and week out. The fact we are not in last place says a lot about Cav having these kids buying into his system. When they deviate from it..like last night..VERY bad things happen. This will take some time to build...like I have said in previous posts. Next year at 14 scholarships they will still be 4 behind everyone else...the following year he gets the full 18. Somewhere in there they have to decide on concrete plans for the on campus barn/team facility so he can recruit with a even hand.
 
@FDNY99 What would happen though in the situation I outlined ever came to pass? Surely Cav should be bringing in some other bodies off of scholarships just in case of emergency but instead he seemed to have given T. Cooke his walking papers leaving us dangerously thin at D depth for this season and the next.
 
Lets not start using the "Scholarship Number" as an excuse for not winning hockey games now. Union and Yale don't offer scholarships at all and the both won National Championships in the past two years. UConn can offer "financial aid" packages just like Union and Yale so please don't use that as a crutch why UCONN cant win hockey games now. I don't buy it. In addition you give the coaching staff and players reasons why they are not winning ( not enough scholarships etc.) they will cling on to that and use it as an excuse every time they loose a hockey game.
 
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TheDoggPound said:
@FDNY99 What would happen though in the situation I outlined ever came to pass? Surely Cav should be bringing in some other bodies off of scholarships just in case of emergency but instead he seemed to have given T. Cooke his walking papers leaving us dangerously thin at D depth for this season and the next.
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I never thought of that for next year...although he plays center up front...Ojantakanen plays the point on the pp he may be able to slide him back there in a pinch...or he just goes with the 5. He definitely has to bring in another d for next season though
 
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Lets not start using the "Scholarship Number" as an excuse for not winning hockey games now. Union and Yale don't offer scholarships at all and the both won National Championships in the past two years. UConn can offer "financial aid" packages just like Union and Yale so please don't use that as a crutch why UCONN cant win hockey games now. I don't it.
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Yale and Union also have VERY nice on-campus barns and team facilities...have played in a good league where they can shop top in conference teams to recruits. Let's face it Cav has had one full recruiting season to bring in kids to this team. Berard and Marshall didn't exactly kill it on the recruiting trail and load this team up with talent while they were here. The talent level is about where this team is in HE standings...middle of the pack to lower 1/3.
 
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FDNY99 said:
I never thought of that for next year...although he plays center up front...Ojantakanen plays the point on the pp he may be able to slide him back there in a pinch...or he just goes with the 5. He definitely has to bring in another d for next season though
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He should of given Huson his walking papers instead of Cook. Cook could at least skate.
 
I thought Cooke looked decent when I watched the games we had vs. Penn State.
 
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Lets not start using the "Scholarship Number" as an excuse for not winning hockey games now. Union and Yale don't offer scholarships at all and the both won National Championships in the past two years. UConn can offer "financial aid" packages just like Union and Yale so please don't use that as a crutch why UCONN cant win hockey games now. I don't buy it. In addition you give the coaching staff and players reasons why they are not winning ( not enough scholarships etc.) they will cling on to that and use it as an excuse every time they loose a hockey game.
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With the possible exception of some players from affluent backgrounds, yes, Union and Yale each provide Grant-in-Aid financing. Call it a scholarship or grant-in-aid financing, there's absolutely no way UCONN's been on competitive terms nor is it likely UCONN's been in a financial position to allocate as much aid to men's hockey as far better endowed hockey programs and schools, e.g., Union and Yale.

That's not making excuses, but it's also more reasonable then heightened levels of naivety required to suggest UCONN's suddenly come up with equivalent funds or will offer hockey-specific financial aid packages. Over a few seasons, hockey funding and total scholarships will increase in Storrs. Consequently, the number of scholarships available to allocate to players will eventually be more on par with other HE programs and ECAC grant-in-aid and scholarship schools.
 
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