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But remember when Denver was ousted in the first round of the playoffs but used the time off to rest and get ready for their next game, and winning the National Championship. We’ve seen how motivating it can be to sit for a couple weeks coming off a loss. Really it can go both ways, but if they use the first game to shake off the rust, they could be the better rested team for the regional final.

Yes, this shows Berry’s stubbornness when it comes to his pets. Rather than play someone who is younger and with reps has a bigger upside, he plays a guy with the worst +/- on the team. Not only that he does it for two different positions, one in which Montgomery just started to play this year. If your recruiting is that bad that your depth can’t beat out a guy who just started playing the position, you’ve got problems to begin with. The trouble is you are letting him play over a young guy, Komzak who is 8 goals better +/-, and for forward, he plays over someone with 13 goals better, in Littler. Even if things were equal, why wouldn’t you be playing for the future and the bigger upside? We all know the answer to that is Berry’s nice guy loyalty to guys that don’t have as much talent but have worked hard over the years. Berry gets what he deserves under those circumstances.

With my luck they will lose to Minnesota State and make it easier for Minnesota to make another Frozen Four.

You just gave Schlossman an article idea to show how really tough it was for UND, because he has already done his obligatory, but we were really young and will be really good next year if everybody stays, only this year everybody staying is not a given.

Probably a similar situation to a Boisvert who is minus 4, while you have guys like Littler +9. Since UND and Green Bay need that scoring from those guys to be competitive against the other top lines, they may be less attentive to the defensive end and more wide open. Regardless, probably a learning curve to be more responsible both ways, which means if things remain the same he won’t get as much ice time as he should with his upside.

The Minnesota teams that make the NCAA tournament want to thank the UND administration for bidding on regionals and making sure they will be closer to home. How much is Berry actually costing the University and/or the league with his salary, lost first round revenue, lost regional revenue, and general overall fan apathy which is becoming worse every year. He probably looks at it that he is saving the University by not cashing in on contact incentives. Makes me sick how many opportunities that they have set him up with that he has foiled with his coaching.

Yes, they are only setting themselves up for more pain down the road with any possibility of an extension, because Berry won’t change his stripes and clings to the defensive style he knows. Most coaches get that most games are won with special teams, and if you are going to be the team defending all the time rather than attacking, you are going to be the ones with more penalties. UND has to decide if getting in the tournament 50% of the time with no tournament runs is acceptable. I’m guessing from how bad our athletic programs are, they think it is.

Denver, BC, BU and Minnesota can all lose game 1.

Yeah, we like to start the season strong and work backwards from there under Berry.

I have a feeling it is because Green Bay is a below average team. They have a lot of guys deep into the minus category, one at -27.

The thing with Schlossman is he talks the program up so much, but I think if you looked at his weekly picks when Hakstol was coach and during Berry’s tenure you would see a wide disparity on his picks from one to the other, showing far less confidence in wins under Berry. Would love to see his weekly picks from this year especially.

So by that logic the team that wins the National Championship every year has the most talent. You may want to work on reading comprehension.

Other than Bump, players that have produced a lot better in junior hockey and have been drafted. Not saying they have played more talented. Just like the saying goes hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. Guys like Nehring and Slukynsky sure work hard.

Western is Denvering Denver, in their face all of the time, forcing Denver to defend and block shots. Usually it is Denver wearing down the opposing team in the offensive end. If a less talented team can do that, why can’t a team with more talent? It comes down to will and culture.

…and if hockey is so insignificant, then why give a crap about the outcomes. I think anyone knows the reason, it’s because hockey fans are very passionate about their sport. Give me a Stanley Cup playoff game with the passion and intensity any day over the most popular sport football playoffs where the stars are so full of themselves. So yes, football is more popular with viewership, but hockey is my sport hands down.

The problem we have is that we need to move fast, but in the same token, do we want Bill Chaves making a decision on another coach? If they plan on giving Berry another year, they should get rid of Chaves first, so we can get someone with a successful record of coach hiring.

You realize that ChatGPT is just a glorified message board. If not, put all your money down on their stock suggestions.

How are we getting players that played on those teams?

If you are going to bring in Chyzyk, why not bring in someone he has worked with in Smaby to be coach, because you can get the talent, but if Berry isn’t going to play them, or his systems don’t best utilize their talents, what have you gained? Maybe there is another up and comer like Raboin, but don’t push the reset another couple years down the line to give Berry another chance to change his stripes, especially when he is so close to the end of his career anyway. Get your coach of the future and general manager to grow together.

I think we played fine the first two periods, but when the score is tied and your season is on the line and a team who doesn’t need to have the same desperation comes out and dominates you, it doesn’t give you a lot of confidence in the work ethic. It seems it takes falling behind in a game and the pairwise to get them to start playing with intensity and desperation, and as we have seen, that doesn’t work out too well. Where was that Jackson Kunz we saw the last 5 minutes all year? Berry had his reboot season where he turned over the whole defensive unit to change the direction. You shouldn’t get a second reboot, because at some point the direction change should be away from the current culture.

The fact that Alex has actual accomplishments from Denver to list off to define their greatness, but has to use hyperbole when talking about UND is a sad state of how far we have fallen.

You mean you expect the person who uses xG to show how good UND really is, and calls losing at the “X” in the semi finals every year a hex, to give an accurate state of the program evaluation.

Funny how Scott Arniel didn’t bring Berry on as an assistant coach with Winnipeg after getting fired in his first stint in Columbus with Berry as assistant. Seems like he made the right decision, as Winnipeg is flourishing while UND has fallen out of the top ten college programs.

It’s bizarre some of the lineup decisions, almost like Berry is being paid on the side by our rivals to drive the program into the ground.

Seriously, if you aren’t planning on an extension, just rip off the bandaid now.