The Sicatoka

I've been pondering ... Covid. Covid paused about everything for a year, including player development specifically reinforcement of fundamental concepts. Did Berry and staff not understand this and fail to compensate? I say that because many of the problems this season were fundamental miscues. It's was like the concepts on defense were foreign instead of reactionary habit. "High off the glass" should be an action as easily done as a drink from the water bottle. How many of the D could do it casually and consistently? Mentioning fundamentals, how many times did we see a forward make a blind pass into space? You don't do that. And don't get me started on the lack of speed. If you're not going fast it's either because you're slow or you have no idea what you are or should be doing.

To me, above all else, this is the red flag.

You realize that is the apocalypse scenario: Need 8 defensemen. (2 3 7 out of time, 15 25 sign, 4 6 24 portal)

The aura of the "business suits" was they were special. Wearing them all too often makes them no longer special. Frankly, after wearing black so much recently, the greens on St Pat's would've been more special.

@Irishdrinking on St. Pat’s … whodathunkit.

If we keep three D (meaning 4, 24, 15) we can bring 5 freshmen D. No Frisch or need six D, yeah, probably a portal D. But we have to stop relying on the quick hit feel good portal. It’s an addictive drug and those are not good in the long run.

In baseball they talk about “five tool” guys. Not sure what the hockey equivalent analogy is but 17 is not a five tool guy; he’s two at best.

Our incoming pipeline D are ready. We just need to hang onto a leader for the group. ‘Now goalie is a whole other matter.

And now we wait … I bet Kleven signs before month end.

Speed down the slot we don’t do or defend well. We need to add it to our game so we expect and defend it better.

Wow … a late penalty … on DU?

Would it be wrong to say Midco/CBSSN on the 65” plasma looks good?

Hulu free trial?

Chrona saved DU’s bacon once already. He looks good for a guy in his 15th collegiate season.

Dreger doing the DU/CC game. Which officials will UND get …

Levi is gone. MTU's Blake Pietila has a year left and Quinnipiac's Yaniv Perets has two. One of them must want to be a pilot.

Please tell me they aren't going against the Irish gods of St. Paul (who former Gov Ventura said were drunk when they laid out the city streets) and that we are fully "wearin' o' the green" today.

Oh yeah ... when I think 'loveable' this place and @Oxbow6and @MafiaManand @Blackheartand @stoneySIOUXjust race to mind ... Now 'quirky', you might be onto something.

There's your first mistake: "Wrong Brain" -> You're trying to apply Logic Brain to things the NCHC and The X do. To correctly interpret this situation use the "How can we piss off the most North Dakota fans" Brain.

He was kinda-OK at the WJC a couple years ago: 7 GP 0.75 GAA 0.964 3 shutouts 6-1-0 record

https://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/IH24.pdf Like @Dustinsays, I'm guessing going from 100' down they had to live in existing physical constraints.

Conte at BC is odd-ball 200x90. Must be a thing when your colors are bloody stool and dehydrated urine.

Put Oshie out in a shoot-out and flip a coin.

The one with the SCSU goalie ... I hope three times actually.