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Don’t know why some people thought Denver wasn’t a threat anymore, especially how our schedule looked down the stretch.

We need to get back to playing good defense, as that is how they will win in the playoffs. We will need to win some games 2-1 or 3-2, as we don’t have the elite guys yet that can take over a playoff game. Unless we get guys like Strinden back on a roll, we will need to keep the other team to a minimum. Last 2 games the most Špunar has given up, but it isn’t on him, as we have really turned it over lately.

Miami can be very good if they keep their young talent and their goalie. Can’t imagine where they would be at right now if their power play wasn’t so bad. 13% isn’t going to cut it, nor being 57th out of 63 teams. Part of that is probably the young guys on that unit. Would imagine that will be a focus for them this offseason. Duluth power play unit is 20% higher than Miami, which is unbelievable.

Maybe they should call him Skip Clueless!

I was struck by the difference in aggressiveness between the men’s and women’s game 3x3. It wasn’t as much about puck possession and circling back, in fact I was surprised how many times they chased behind the net, knowing the open ice if they come up empty handed in the puck pursuit.

Don’t understand why they don’t. It’s not like these guys aren’t used to overtime when championships are on the line.

Exactly. Even on the goal Miller backed off the guy that had the puck allowing him to make a play.

How did we ever win so many championships in the rat infested Hyslop?

So they would supplant Denver at 8? Doesn’t Denver have something to say about that?

Other than what happens in postseason, this weekends games against #12 Connecticut are the only games they will be playing with teams within the bubble, so they can’t afford to lose to anyone. Unlike the NCHC and Big Ten, the only team that could really move the needle for them is Providence, so they may need to practically run the table, and I don’t know if that gets them inside top 10.

…and if we don’t have room for them, then other teams could benefit big time. Spreading out all this talent makes college hockey that much harder to dominate. Keeping that good mix of upperclassmen and elite talent is going to be crucial to be consistent from year to year, but that still isn’t a guarantee if you look at teams on the bubble or out of the picture this year.

As if Senior night isn’t emotional enough, it will be extra hard for Ben with his dad not being there for the parent introduction. Don’t think they’ll be a dry eye in the house when this group has their final skate.

Yeah, most likely if it isn’t a regulation sweep then there wouldn’t be a tie anyway, depending on the results this weekend.

But the problem is that the only way most likely Western gets into a tiebreaker scenario is if they swept us which would probably flip it.

Sometimes it’s a fine line for a coach trying to build a program and culture to advocate for your players to the officials and allowing your players to use officiating as an excuse. I would bet that while he advocated for his players last night, he is pointing out that they did themselves no favors by playing in the defensive end basically the whole third period.

You really are pathetic. We play in the toughest conference, but you don’t expect any losses. What next, should they bench Špunar now because he gave up 3 goals?

Gotta say if the shoe was on the other foot, I would be upset too. The way the game was being called, we should have never had our last power play, and since it was, Miami should have got that call in overtime.

Strinden just a bit off lately, having the puck just slip off his stick and not being able to get his lethal shot off. Think he gets one, and hopefully starts to go on another long run the rest of the season.

Yeah, Sanderson should have eaten that. Was hoping that wouldn’t come back to bite them, and lo and behold it did.

Why can’t they play poorly against us?

If they lose to CC they are way down on NPI. By beating CC, they can then move up quite a bit by beating or sweeping us. They still have hope of moving up, and hope is a big thing as we learned in Shawshank Redemption.

Next week are their last games though, as they are the only team that doesn’t play the last weekend.

We need to take care of our games, as it looks like Arizona State and Omaha aren’t going to help the rest of the way.

Need them to lose so they have no hope for home ice.

Defense alone, Hughes, Faber, Sanderson, Werenski, Hannafin, MacAvoy, And Slavin.