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This has been a very odd year for us so far, knock on wood. Usually you have some wear and tear injuries on defense. Emery missing the start of the season has been the extent of it. We brought in Engels because you usually have someone on defense nursing some injury. The defense even with 7, probably see as much time as the forwards. True, it might not be for everyone, and really we have no clue what the plan is for next year, and what the talk is behind the scenes.

Verhoeff would be very wise to stay a second year, especially how young he was coming in. Would be interesting to know what coaches and scouts would want him to improve upon. I think a burst of quickness would help him when he makes the transition to even faster and more explosive skaters like MacKinnon and McDavid. Can’t be reaching in the NHL anymore, as any stick infraction is a penalty.

True, but I wouldn’t take it for granted if I were the Herald.

I’m assuming he was since Brock has been on fire. But who knows if Ashton is being held back being on a team that doesn’t score a lot, and we’ve seen circumstances can make quite a difference.

Wonder if the limit increase could lead to more transfer portal activity since you might have guys on the roster who see little to no playing time. We’ve seen that not everyone would find a new home though.

Are you talking about Brock Schultz, or Ashton?

If the Herald wants to keep as many subscribers as possible, they should find any way they can to keep Schlossman happy.

The problem with that is if they don’t have a tie to the region or UND, if they explode, a lot of teams will be offering them at that point. I know that it isn’t meant to be anything other than a statement that they aren’t ready for this level, but it seems like an arrogant approach. To me that’s like telling a girl, I don’t want to date you now, but if you should become more attractive in a few years, give me a call.

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=228574 Grant Slukynsky’s numbers didn’t stand out much either, and I bet Western is glad they have him. That said, they may need another guy or two that can play top six with the losses of Strinden, Rickwood and James.

True, and sometimes just switching to a different environment can be huge. Look at Brock Schultz’s production from Waterloo compared to Sioux Falls. I think a different team could probably do the same for Ashton Schultz’s production. Seemed like he had good production with the U.S. in the prospects games.

…and if that’s all he did, why wouldn’t he talk to the ref about why he presumed he was ejected?

You mean Carson Carels! Fingers crossed.

So you’re arguing for players to keep commitments under wraps until the end of the season.

I think it might be more of what it does to a team dynamic. Probably is known anyway, but if the team struggles people could sometimes wrongly theorize that everyone isn’t all in. I think Perron was already at Michigan at Christmas last year.

Yeah, if you believe their announcers we were warned time and again the night prior before they gave us a bench minor, so you would think Powers would argue why does he get booted without a warning. Still not buying it.

A handful or so of one or two year high NHL draft picks isn’t a cure for being young every year.

I’ll take “Predictable excuses” for 1000 Alex!

I bet Powers has this problem too!

I bet Powers will say he thought he was kicked out.

So he didn’t have to shake our coaches hands. Like I said, glad Arizona State signed him to an extension because any coach that can’t accept the other team outplayed his and needs to use refs as an excuse will have a team that isn’t accountable either.

Depends on what you mean by playing a full 60. They didn’t play well, with mistakes for a period or so, but I think the effort was there. Every team is going to have lapses and poor play, but for the most part it wasn’t like Arizona State was all over us.

Maybe, the announcers said Portland, but maybe they were wrong since he was drafted there.

Watching Hockey Day in Minnesota, and very impressed with Maverick McKinnon. For a freshman, he is very poised. Be interesting to see how he does with Portland in the WHL next year.

Perhaps we know where their announcers get it. Don’t think 5100 people saw it that way, because I still couldn’t tell with replays. The contact to the head of the UND player was much more obvious, and UND received a penalty for calling that out. Personally, I am glad that Powers signed an extension, because I think they could get a really good coach that would really put them over the top with some recruiting advantages.

Funny how when Reschny barking at the refs was whining and was due the penalty he got because they were warned, but later when ASU was barking from the bench and penalty box they didn’t mention the thought of an unsportsmanlike conduct was due to be called.