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Message: [QUOTE="Lax Mouse, post: 5512423, member: 8158"] Hop is in an interesting spot this year, and I feel like projecting how this year goes for them is difficult. Could range from missing the playoffs completely to a quarterfinal run (I'd be a bit shocked if they made it farther than that, but here's to hoping). All depends on how some players are able to take a leap. Offense should be interesting. They have their knowns in Collison, Chauvette, & English, but a bevy of players who have shown flashes but need to show consistency across a whole season (Iler of course, but also Rawson, Chick, and Ayers). There's also a top 100 recruit in Sorichetti that's barely seen the field. A number of freshman got runs last year and looked okay in limited action (Crogan & Burke) but their more highly touted offensive freshmen were redshirted or didn't see the field (Gregorek & McCleary). Nolting should provide a boost - there's been a lot of hype - but there are a few other intriguing freshmen as well. Lots of speed - size is a bit limited beyond Collison. FO, they're replacing Callahan but bring in an exciting recruit in Swinnie and perhaps Hobot builds of his showing from last year, which showed some typical first year growing pains. SSDM and Goalie seem in a good place, but depth at LSM and defense beyond Kilrain should be an adventure. They have a high upside freshman in Sorenson and the often buried Brown (much to folks disbelief over at fanlax). Lots of time between now and March (or whenever these two teams play), but I have to say that on paper, this seems like a team that this year's Syracuse squad should run past. Not sure if the defense will have become cohesive enough by that point in the season to be effective combatting what this Cuse offense is capable of. Cuse has enough strong defensive personnel to lock down the Jay's top options and should have a clear edge at the FO. A hot goalie or lack of discipline could give Hopkins an opening, but one would think that being a veteran laden team, Cuse will be able to prevent either of those factors from being an issue. But again, lots of time before then, and anything could change! [/QUOTE]

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