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What a great defenseman Zach Jones was. Not a lot of flash, but just a rock inside the zone. The prototype D-man has changed so much from even 15 years ago. In B' ball, it's the guy 6"6" who can run the floor and go to the basket. In F'ball it's the guy who's linebacker size who can rush the passer and cover. In hockey, it's the D man with speed who can move the puck. Size helps, but not the focus it once was, with the reduction of hitting in the game. Our D corps now is really good, but it doesn't look like the D corps of 15 years ago. Now, Sic or MM, you guys can come along, cite some numbers, and show just how clueless burd is. But I'm standing with this angle no matter what.

That was my guess too.

Yeah, it's really nice to get input from sources that are knowledgeable but more dispassionate. Some of us are neither, including burd.

Did the system hold them back the year they won the banner?

Scheel has really been solid.

I wish our guys would spend more energy beating guys to pucks and worry less about finishing checks after the other guy gets the puck and dishes it off.

Right call

It'll be a no goal

Now, that was just clean fun.

I'm sure the proof is in the statistics, but team discipline under this staff has been just as good if not better than it was under Hak. But the captains have to be leaders in good judgment . . .

What a foursome: Boeser, Jost, Stecher, and gfhockey

That's probably true. One thing that doesn't get mentioned much is a coach's ability to develop leaders. Sometimes leaders just come along, like JT. But other times, they have to be cultivated, IMO. This team does not seem to have a natural leader.

Imagine if there had been an internet in Rube's last years.

I don't understand. A lot of folks are convinced the coaches failed by not bringing in high end talent the last couple of years. Yet, when they play top rated teams close but lose, the players and coaches get ripped, as if we should win those games with the talent we have. Canisius I get. But a lot of these other games in which they have played good teams well but lost, I don't

MM speaks the truth for a lot of people.

Not just that. Did you see that in the last minutes he was clearly engaged with his team mates on the ice between whistles. Leadership material

I don't think it's fair to say this team isn't working hard. But I do think they lack leadership on the ice from their upper classmen. That's just a guess. I'm not on campus and know nothing about these guys.

If stupidity is the tone you want to set.

He's really showing how good he is.

Hugely stupid hit.

Over time? Probably. Any one game? Nope.

They are definitely hustling.

Sorry, Sic, I somehow was thinking Poolman. Dementia slips into the room unnoticed sometimes.

That makes complete sense. He had some uncharacteristically off games that weekend.

Hit a weed patch, Ogie?