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Everything posted by Big A HG
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What the stats don't show with Toews that the writers surprisingly realize is all the PP and PK time he gets besides just 5-5. He takes faceoffs and plays a much larger role in the defense. Sure, Kane has the gaudy assist numbers, but really, that doesn't mean much always.
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Our talent is better yes, that is no question. That doesn't mean our team is better right now.
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I said right now. I'm not saying we couldn't, but I don't think we could right now. They scored 11 goals one game. That's insane.
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I'm not saying Miami is going to be the in the Frozen Four or be the National Champion even....but, Miami hasn't done anything to doubt the fact they are one of the best teams in the country. They haven't given up more than 2 goals in a game. They are 9-1, and their only loss was by 1 goal. No, they don't have the hardest schedule, but good teams beat the teams they are supposed to beat. That's all they've done, that's all they can do. The one team they lost to a top 10 team in the country. Also, they beat Canisius by a combined score of 15-1. Canisius is an easy team, but they made them look horrible. Right now, I doubt UND would beat Canisius by the same margin over the course of a weekend. How can you say they aren't the real deal at the moment? They haven't done one thing to disprove it.
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The last 8 years has absolutely nothing to do with this year. Just like us beating Michigan for the past couple years has nothing to do with THIS year. Miami is a very good team. They win the ones they are supposed to, and win most of them by a decent margin....again, without Nathan Davis for the first how many games.
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I think Miami IS the real deal. Michigan is better than I anticipated. With Miami though, they were beating teams pretty handily early on WITHOUT Nathan Davis.
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The thing with Green Bay is it's totally different than any other city in the US that has a major football team. Other troubled players (not so different than Randy) have come to Green Bay only to have successful seasons with little trouble or problems. People don't realize that Green Bay is tiny. It's not much bigger than Fargo (if it is). It's approximately 90,000 people with the biggest metro area being 2 hours away. There isn't much to get in trouble with, and the fans do an awesome job at embracing most players like that. I can't say for sure that Randy would have been loved because of his past with Minnesota, but I would be most certain that he would have had an awesome season...as good as he has now...if he came to Green Bay, with little trouble like right now. How could you stop Favre airing it out to Randy every time. Favre to Randy Moss would be the best QB of all-time throwing to the most talented WR of all-time (notice how I didn't say best for him).
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If his teammates call him that, I'm sure it's not a big deal.
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He was right in front of me when it happened, but the puck was elsewhere so my eyes were as well, I noticed right from the get-go he was hurt and the only player I saw in the vicinity was another Sioux player, so it may have been a collision with a teammate.
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If you take Moss off the Pats and put him on the Packers, would anyone disagree that their records would switch? Moss has more to do with Brady than Brady has to do with Moss. Pats would at worst be a 3 loss team without Brady. The Packers without Favre would be no more than a 3 win team.
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Unless it was a different person, I wasn't hacking on him. I was pointing out the fact he hasn't been as solid as in the past. I'm not going to repeat what I said, but he just hasn't. And you're right, he isn't the basis of the Sioux's problem(s).
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I'm just saying, it's a valid thought. Maybe they aren't as good as first expected. Whether they have the ability to or not, doesn't mean they will be. I'm not saying that's what I think personally, I'm just saying that it could be a possibilty. They aren't guaranteed to be good at any point in the season. They have to prove to themselves they are. Until then, they are only mediocre no matter how you look at it. It doesn't matter what they did in previous seasons. It doesn't matter what the preseason polls say. It doesn't matter how much talent they have and how good they are SUPPOSED to be....they still have to win games.
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If we played so many "good" games, maybe our team just isn't good enough this year.
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It IS only November, but it IS a month and half of average hockey we still need to make up.
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MEg looks like Pioux...
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We shouldn't have to rely so heavily on a better second half. We need to have a good season start to finish. It's so hard to do it 3 years in a row, much less 4.
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All you gotta do is watch the games... 1) He forces too many shots/passes offensively 2) Gets caught out of position too many times defensively for a player of his caliber 3) Has been transitioning poorly I've been watching him closely because since everyone said he was likely to leave, and then he came back, I've really watched him, among other defensive guys. He does tons of good still, but I don't think he's found his rhythm yet. When he plays his best, he's easily one of the best, if not the best defenseman in the NCAA. I just haven't seen it yet this year on a consistent basis. All you gotta do is watch. It may change starting next week, I'm just calling it like I've seen it so far. Just because someone is labeled as a great player doesn't mean they play great all the time.
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I like that Taylor shoots, I just think sometimes he needs to pick better times to pull the trigger. I definitely didn't think last night was Taylor's worst game either. He's struggled all season with the exception of a couple games.
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Moss just didn't want to be in Oakland, he didn't care. That's his personality issue, but definitely not a talent issue. The whole system has helped him produce in NE. My opinion is, if you take away Moss on that team, they'll still be awesome. If you take away Brady instead of Moss, they'll still be amazing. However, if you took away Brett Favre, they'd be a .500 team at best. I'd say Brett Favre is the MVP. He's putting up really gaudy stats, his team is still 10-1 (only one loss difference), and he's doing way more for his team.
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LaPoint has been nothing but the real deal. He's been a top 2 defenseman on our team defensively, and now that he's starting to contribute on offense a bit, it's really helping the team. Marto is solid, but nowhere near LaPoint. He, again, has been out of position a few times and was lucky not to have Duluth put one in on him. I think Chorney has more than struggled defensively. He gets caught on the transition too many times...however he's stopped his fair share as well. I also think Taylor has forced too many shots from the point offensively.
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Before reading this, I was going to say the same thing. Walski definitely needs to give Lammy a breather. I do, however, disagree with your screenname.
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To stay in the goaltending subject, but off the Lammy topic...any word on our #3 yet?
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Anyone disagree with splitting Duncan and Oshie as an experiment after watching that game? They're just not clicking.
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Like I said, as a line, they haven't clicked as a unit. Most of their points have come from each of them creating individually. If Duncan can bring something to another line, and then our first line not missing a beat by putting Kozek there, why wouldn't you want to take advantage of it. I'm not expecting something like last year at all, I'm just saying the puck movement is less than ideal for a line that's supposed to still be one of the best in the country. (See threads that said Duncan--Oshie--Whoever-You-Put-Here would be best in the country).