stickboy1956

Mattson will get drafted, likely >100. Knight probably not. That's a big leap in evaluation. It's probably moot anyway - we probably have 1 too many F this year anyway and will probably only bring in 4. If Vande leaves we will need a a 5th.

If we need new 5 forwards next year, Mattson will come before Rowney/Knight, IMO.

According to Roman in the STrib blog it's possible. http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/gopher...ld-u-be-option/ I guess if a team wearing green and white were publically considering this, Gopher fans would be outraged. If this happens, itsn't this like Dougie trading for Chris Simon last year? How did that go over in Gopherland. Too funny

A lot of posters on this forum like to rip the NHL, but you have to admit their officials have control of the game. It's rare an NHL referee has to explain a penalty call to a captain, rarer still when they go talk to the coach. It seems every penalty in the WCHA needs explaination to the team captain and then the coach, which delays the game at least 1-2 minutes.

Correct - I did not include the other Sunday games. All this shows how volatile the PWR can be at this time of year. What the current PWR does show is that we need to keep winning. .500 - .600 the rest of the year probably won't get us in the tournament.

Things can/will change quickly - I believe BC will move all the way up to 11 with the win today v. Maine. It looks like we could have been in the top 10 if we would have won the tied games vs. MTU and Denver recently. Use this site to build your own PWR http://slack.net/~whelan/tbrw/tbrw.cgi?2009 Just keep winning.

Hak was probably frustrated with the "home team's ahead so I will call anything close against them" penalties that were being called (5-1 in the second period).

Brad says Jones is healthy scratch.

If you paid attention during the Gopher series, they got their best chances 5x5 when Jones/Miller were on the ice. Jones is character guy but he is also a 5/6 D. It's good experience tonight for Blood - I also hope Fienhage remembers how to skate because he will be needed big time next year. P.S. Blood or Fienhage can whoop up on anyone.

I know it's childish but would it be out-of-bounds for the scoreboard guys to find a good Saved by the Bell and split screen Gwoz? Just wondering?

I think they watched the UMTC series and are scared s---less. It looks like we have them distracted a bit.

Don't forget the games are also being shown on Fox College Sports as well.

For those with cable, both games this weekend will be shown on Fox College Sports Friday: FCS - Central 8:00 pm (probably joined in progress, could be tape delayed) Saturday: FCS - Pacific 7:00 pm (live) http://msn.foxsports.com/id/1523309 http://msn.foxsports.com/id/1523313

Mattson was 57th on the NHL CSS mid-term rankings - Knight was not ranked. I don't see why Knight would come before Mattson. Last season Fienhage was ranked higher by CSS and drafted higher than McWilliams and Gleason and ended up coming this year.

I heard that Olsen is still available.

I was at Sat's game. The SCSU D are very small and got pushed around by the Gopher fwd's. Watching that game made me realize how impressive it was that we got the Gophers to "turtle" to us last weekend.

If we would have won Friday instead of of a tie we would be 13 in the PWR, ahead of BC and UMD. Here's a site where you can simulate PWR. http://slack.net/~whelan/tbrw/tbrw.cgi?2009

The 2 goalies on the WJ team play in the CHL. Maxwell plays on the NTDP U18 team - he was the backup when they played in GF earlier this year.

We have a lot of work to do just to get into the tournament. We would need to make a big run the rest of the way to flip enough pairwise comparisons to get in (or win the F5). If we do go on a run, needless to say, nobody would want to be playing us, no matter what region we are in, including Minneapolis.

More glancing - looking at the comparisons vs. CCHA teams (Ohio St. and Miami in particular) the loss to MSU hurts us in the Comman Opponent criteria - we lose that comp with both teams and looks impossible to flip it back. Note: this is a great site to see current rankings and also do your own projecting. http://slack.net/~whelan/tbrw/tbrw.cgi?2009 Just keep winning and the pwr will take care of itself. If we keep this up nobody will want to play is in the F5 in St Paul, either.

The 'rug" mentioned on Sat during the Jones scrum that "Hakstol has his hands in his pockets."

I wonder if it bothers some of the Gophers die-hards that nobody on the Gopher coaching staff ever wore the "M"? Guentzel did wear the M - I'm sure because Hill and Lucia are such buddies that created some tension, which why MG left.

Just folow "the code."

Herb had an icy relationship with UMTC in later years. Being the head coach at St. Cloud didn't help matters. The Gophers of old would have never "turtled" like they did this weekend. Not Butters, Auge, Holmgren, Russ Anderson, Bergloff, Don Micheletti, etc.

We need a "tough" weekend from our blueliners. Moving Miller back to D (hinted at by Hak on Wed) does not do the trick. Too bad Blood and Fienhage haven't played more this year. They would make sure Eidsness doesn't get abused by Hoeffel, Carman, Flynn, Stoa, etc.