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Wrong comparison. We got nothin' from Monty compared to Weatherby. If Johannes rolls a 5-10-15 (optimistic) and busts a guy's jaw for hacking on Blake (video, please) that's a far better "have to find a guy" pickup than Monty (and is comparable to Judd even).

What part of "late backfill for Judd" don't you see?

When the Q went down 2, I wrote them off. I posted "Game". As I've said, I was wrong. I underestimated Q. I forgot this game: On the road, harsh environment, give up 2 to go down one ... five unanswered.

Like Wisconsin when they had 40 in the pipeline and anyone with fingers and toes could see the math didn't work? Our problem at D right now is Frisch didn't use the Covid year, Kleven signed, and 4, 6, and 24 portal'd out. If anything we might be pulling pipeline in early (see: Strathmann).

This to me is the significant red flag. The rest is noise. I'm happy for the portal in one way: Last time we had a surprise departure we got Montgomery for Weatherby. Dare I predict Johannes for Caulfield turns out better.

We have four Fs that'll be 19+ on Oct 1: Croal, Emerson, Panzer, Singleton. Two aren't ready, one's an enigma, the remaining is inbound. Of the other five pipeline Fs, Perron is ahead of schedule; the rest are on schedule.

That should be the conversation, not Johannes the rental to replace Judd. So do it along with me ... because I have to the longer we don't hear about D ... In through the nose, out through the mouth, breathe in, exhale, serenity now, serenity now, ... in, exhale out, ...

Sure am glad you didn't get a vote on recruiting Tucker Poolman <- the late-bloomer's late bloomer.

Johannes was the second highest available scorer at his announcement. And he's big and his PIMs say mean. Again, he's a one-year backfill rental. Judd's rights being traded (PIT -> ANA) and then signed after he said he's returning probably caught them off guard. This is amazingly good under that scenario.

Or is someone else scheduled for off-season work that they're concerned about? Not saying, just wondering aloud.

You just had to ...

A Schloss's article earlier today strongly hinted at going 16F this year. It said "one more" even with Johannes. A couple-three D depending on Strathmann staying in the USHL.

Chrona finally moving the wife, kids, and grandkids out of Denver.

Ah, now I understand ... yet the old upperclassmen won.

I knew there was something fundamentally wrong with it.

The Q roster has 11 Sr or Gr. Those are upperclassmen. They've played games and gathered experience. https://www.collegehockeynews.com/reports/roster/Quinnipiac/47

If he does that with all the other options, well ...

Defense is like the old LawnBoy mower my parents had: Guaranteed one-pull starting every time on that. Offense is like a 1970's era Briggs and Stratton four-stroke motor: It may start right away, or you may need to visit a chiropractor to work on your shoulder and elbow. I say if the offense is running you leave it running until you're absolutely sure (like up 3 with 5 to play sure).

This game showed college hockey is still an upperclassman's game. See also: Schlossman's tweet about only one first round pick in the last six years has won a title. Most of Q's team picked up a Championship hat and their first Social Security check on the same walk.

If this wasn't just a drop-in replacement for Caulfield (but with some edge) I'd be concerned.

Minus Kleven plus Johannes. Net better. And we needed a guy to "wear the badge" to protect our smaller forwards.

They did, but with an accent: The 1-1-3 or The 1-3-1. The late 90's NJD could've learned from the Q's execution of it.

Minnesota shots in first period: 8 Minnesota shots remainder of game: 7 Yes, 15 shots. Did Motzko have a "Berry moment" and think his team could nurse a one-goal lead home* or were they shut down by Q. If it's the latter good on Pecknold; if it's the former that's on Motzko. *To my eye "nurse" is not a good plan for that Gopher team; they are possession. They should be possessing and attacking not defending. That's their best defense.