Ohio State’s 2017-18 hockey team lost two of its top three scorers, its top scoring defenseman and both of its top two goalies to graduation. And yet the team is still ranked in the preseason top 25 with a chance at having similar success as last year’s team. Based on last year’s shooting percentages, the talent leaving and whatever is going on in net, that may be, let’s say, optimistic. But there is still talent here.
The 2013-14 team lost Max McCormick and Ryan Dzingel and promptly fell to 13-18-3. That team lost a lot, but not significantly more than last year’s NCAA tournament appearing team did.