<<<<I think I can say in confidence that Crowley is a better college player than any of the others mentioned were.>>>> To defend myself and my opinion, the above statement mentions that Crowley is a better COLLEGE player than either Mike Grier, Chris O'Sullivan or Jeff Libby. This is not to take away from any of the accomplishements of these players, just a compliment directed at Crowley. Crowley is a legit Hobey Baker candidate and led the WCHA in scoring last year. He has the ability to put up over 70 or 80 points in this upcoming season and I think he's a better player than any of the three listed were AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL. Jeff Libby has done very well for himself. He came from being a redshirt walk-on to getting a nice, lucrative pro contract before his eligibility was up. He was clearly the best defenseman on Maine last season (in my opinion), but he was nowhere near the best player in Hockey East while arguments can be made that Crowley was the best in the WCHA. Libby is a professional longshot-a kid with good physical attributes but lacking many NHL tools. The only thing Crowley lacks is size (and the things that come with lack of size like physical play etc.). I was very impressed with Grier and O'Sullivan last season as NHL rookies (Grier played the entire season great and got stronger as things went on while O'Sullivan started strong and faded big-time) and Jeff Libby might surprise me, but none of them have come close to the accomplishments of Crowley in his three years. And before anyone starts crying bias, this is coming from a diehard Hockey East guy. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.