Comments on: TIME FOR NESS AND ISLANDERS TO STRIKE A DEALStruggling 2008 2nd round pick needs to turn pro

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By: lbj

lbj — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:30:31 +0000

“He would rather play for a great college program.”

But he’d have to sit out a year to transfer and I can’t imagine he’ll do that.

By: Bones

Bones — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:18:35 +0000

Ness isn’t going to sign get a clue! He would rather play for a great college program. Why would he sign with a crappy NHL team so he can play in the minors?

By: Darren

Darren — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:38:12 +0000

Again another undersized d-man.What are the brass thinking?If this guy has many questions about his development signing him should not be that hard.If his demands get out of range then trade his rights on draft day to move up.Don’t really want to see another 5/10 d-man.Hillen is enough!

By: beaubeau

beaubeau — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:31:31 +0000

I’ve watched Ness play many games this season and 2nd half of the year, he was pretty much a no show-can’t blame the coach for that…last few games he was terrible–turn overs, no back checking, appeared dis-interested..he gets pushed around in College I can’t imagine what will happen in the pros. By the way, the Islanders are terrible!

By: va

va — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:01:53 +0000

I watched a U Minn game recently v. Wisconsin and I can tell you Ness was a big non factor. Not sure you can just blame the coach..Would not get your hopes up because he did not really make any significant plays or skate very well.

By: geno

geno — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:44:53 +0000

71-sure you can. you can say “i don’t like how that coach develops players….i’m not going to draft him”

By: Mike P

Mike P — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:20:34 +0000

69- you just can’t not draft a kid you like because you don’t like the school or team he plays for.

By: geno

geno — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:02:26 +0000

i am a die hard gopher fan first of all….

why does garth snow keep drafting gophers if he doesn’t like how they are developed? he drafted ness after the okposo debacle. lucia is a great coach and has been for a long time, however i think he needs to go. some new scenery for lucia and the gophers. someone made the point that ness accelerated his schooling to be a gopher a year earlier than he should be. so really this year would have been his freshman year. HE IS TINY TOO. how do you expect him to play against seasoned 21 years olds in the best conference in college hockey. HE NEEDS a couple more years to come into his own just like HILLEN. btw the islanders are terrible (i love their uniforms though)

By: KHS

KHS — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:49:34 +0000

I still don’t see how being in a pro league will be better for him than MN. College is a little less physical, there is more practice time and more time to bulk up. Put him in the AHL, and he might not ever get the confidence back if he gets bounced around too much. He is young. From where I sit, KO was looking for a mid-season out after he decided he should have left after one year instead of staying, so used the development card. In addition to the examples I posted above of players who developed well under Lucia (counter to the one main example of KO people are using here), there are several examples of guys who leave college and never develop, in the supposedly better development system under the NHL. (How many Islander prospects never see the NHL?) Even players like Ryan Potulny, who clearly progressed each year at MN to become one of the better college player in the country, after leaving early, needed several years to become somewhat regular in the NHL this year. I think Ness would benefit from one more year at MN before he is thrown to the dogs at the next level.

By: JPinVA

JPinVA — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:44:50 +0000

I’ve only seen Ness play a few games, and I’m no expert, but I don’t see him playing effective NHL games any time soon. In the games I saw he was less than effective as a puck mover when time and space became less available. He didn’t win any of the one on ones in his own end, nor was he agressive in the offensive end.
I hope I only caught his bad games. I’d much rather see guys like Hamonic or Donovan higher on the depth charts until Ness is SUCCESSFUL in the ECHL and AHL.

By: thepolishprince

thepolishprince — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:52:26 +0000

True Ray @ 62. There is no way in he** I want to see Ness in the NHL this year; not even for 1 game.