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PK is looking great PP looking awful

Duluth’s forecheck is killing us and forcing a lot of turnovers. It’s going to wear us down and catch up to us quickly. It’s going to be an ugly one. TJ needs to be a champ (and also stop flopping because he’s embarrassing our whole team)

TJ flopped and I wish these guys should call it out.

This is a very interesting stat. I’ll give Jammer a little more leeway since he got injured 2 weeks after the Duluth series. He hasn’t had the punch he had prior to his injury but he still seems to play with a pace and edge that Kunz lacks. I’d take him or strinden on the power play as the net front guy any day of the week over Kunz because they have the quickness the get a greasy one down low.

Is it bad to say that I’d rather see Andrew in the lineup than Kunz? I’d feel differently if Kunz were put on the 4th line where he belongs but we know Berry can’t help but out an offensively challenged senior in a scoring role.

These metrics would not hold up for a proper argument on who is a better goalie haha. Less than 1% difference in save percentage when the sample size is 7 games vs 22 games? I saw the Denver game and TJ was truly great; I’d even say it’s safe to note he probably won us that game even though our team D was better than it’s been most of the year. But being great here and there hardly equals the leash he’s been given. Hobie has had great games and then TJ still gets the start the next Friday. Hobie has had good games where we lose and the goals allowed were when he was absolutely hung out to dry. Berry has said he wanted one goalie to take over but what he meant was he wants TJ to just play well enough so he could take over. Watch TJ play enough and you see how often he gets out of position laterally and sometimes it’s not just a little bit. Hobie is not perfect but he is better at staying in position and not swimming out in La La land. Hobie also has the size advantage which matters nowadays with the exception of some outliers (and if you don’t have the size you have to be incredible positionally, which TJ is not). Let’s be clear, there’s not a massive chasm of difference between them because neither has been spectacular. But Hobie has never been given a chance to string a few together because if he makes a mistake (especially since most nights we are bad in our D zone), it’s automatically TJ the next night. give TJ the edge in playing the puck but only by a small margin. With 2 goalies who are similar in metrics, play the one with size and who can be developed. He’s only a sophomore but the last time we won a natty was with a sophomore in net.

I’d lean toward Maine or BC since they are both thriving, let their offensive players flap their wings, and will have some openings for top 6 forward roles next year. Plus those are closer to home for him. Michigan state is getting a ton of high end recruits, are displaying a winning culture and will possibly lose a couple forwards early to pros. All speculation haha

yes but only the part that says it's 100% speculation, there are no sources, and that it must be taken with a grain of salt.

The one thing is that Duluth's top players are producing big-time as of late. And as we learned with Alex bump, if you have one line that is really good, you can beat UND into the ground. Our top players aren't consistent enough to match the top end of theirs but our depth "should" be better haha.

I really don't think Mclaughlin goes because he'll get top 6 minutes for sure and Andrew will probably stay because he could get consistent 4th line minutes if he can stay out of the box. Hobie has every right to go and I wouldn't blame him one bit because he hasn't been given the same leash that the older, yet inferior, goalie has gotten. Hard to say on Komzak but I actually see him sticking around and being ok with the extra guy role. My guesses are Boisvert transfers and James signs. I'd be very surprised if Boisvert isn't playing out east or at Michigan state. Although, with our D corps being notably more experienced next year after being in the trenches this year, our team could be good if everyone sticks around and we get a couple of solid forwards from the CHL. Idk if anyone has inside info regarding Zmolek but something tells me he hangs up the skates after having multiple surgeries in such a short period of time. All of this is 100% speculation and is not based in truth or sources so take it all with a grain of salt.

Respectfully disagree. His good outweighs the bad right now. The other options are Monty who is a major liability on defense and then Komzak who is fair but can't kill plays as quickly as Emery. Emery isn't great once the puck is on his stick but he does well keeping players to the outside and killing plays. Duluth's freshman are getting hot right now and have really found their offense, so losing Emery even for one night isn't great.

This is very very true. Even though Emery has been up and down, we could really use a shutdown defenseman against Duluth's rising offence, so his Friday suspension may hit us hard.

I’m not worried about your sources but I am wondering which guys are likely to transfer? If you’re willing to put an over/under on things then you must know who the likely suspects are?

Yes and no. If we are going for an at large bid, We don’t want Kato and Cornell to do TOO well because they are on the bubble and we want them to stay just barely on the outside looking in (like 15-19). If one of them ends up safely in the field but another team from their conference wins the auto bid, that makes it tighter for us to get in. And obviously we want all the other bubble teams to fail miserably the next few weeks (unlikely for Quinnipiac since they always progress toward the end of the year, what a concept).

This aged very well. Props. Color me very surprised at the results. Good night of hockey all around for our boys in green and our boys reppin’ the red white and blue