Monday, December 17, 2007

Welcome to College Hockey Recruit Exchange!!

Following the ins & outs of college hockey recruiting has become a little hobby of mine. But I'll be the first to admit; I'm no scout. I don't get out to see too much junior, high school, or midget hockey, so I'm relegated to checking the message board buzz and stat sheets. That's where I need your help in making this blog relevant. I'll come up with various recruit rankings, and you, my knowledgeable readers, can give me your feedback as to how you would rank them differently. The process to do so will be simple: If my recruit rankings were stock prices, and based on where I've ranked them, would you buy a recruit because he's undervalued, sell a recruit because he's overvalued, or hold the recruit because he's valued correctly? Basically, in your comments, just write the recruits' names and if you would buy them, sell them, or hold them. The next edition of the rankings will take into account your feedback, as well as the recruits' performances in the interim. I know this blog will get it's share of critics, naysayers, and ballot box stuffers, but I'm hoping it'll get it's fair share of fans and regular contributors too. At the very least, I hope you don't regard reading this first post as a waste of your valuable time. Enjoy!

2 comments:

fangers said...

Nice blog, look forward to reading it.

I'd recommend you add the Midwest Elite Hockey League to your Stats links/sites to watch. Many top players commit while still playing on MWEHL Midget Minor/Major teams even before they get to juniors...

http://www.pointstreak.com/stats/am/players-leagues.html?leagueid=207

Duck Fan said...

It looks like you may have missed a top 91 from Minnesota. Brad Robbins returned to Shattuck after Thanksgiving after starting the season on the LA Jr. Kings Midget Major team. Since he returned to school late in the season, he is playing on the Midget 18 AAA team and is doing extremely well once again after teaming with Sam Alfieri last season to lead the Shattuck U-16 team to the National final.