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They are literally just like us right now.

With the way Duluth is playing at the moment, I’m not sure they stay in 4th to be honest. I see Western and SCSU tailing off more than anything. SCSU has 2 wins since Christmas break.

I think we are screwed.

Since we are using Snap Chat to confirm playing status, I can confirm Gabe Bast will play tonight as he was sitting in the locker room in his practice gear.

Saw that one coming a mile away.

If we weren’t playing Denver I’d agree with you and could see them doing that. If either is ready, they’ll be in the lineup.

Gardner and Jones haven’t been ruled out yet, so I get the impression they may not be serious injuries. The bye week next week should help.

Yeah I was wondering if that’s what you were thinking, but I didn’t know if you were referring to A 1 seed or the overall 1 seed.

What chart are you looking at? 9 or 10 wins gets us a 1 seed.

It puts our top 2 centers at Hoff and Simonson. I get uneasy thinking about that. Obviously, we could see both Gardner and Jones, one of the two, or neither of them in the lineup. They haven’t been ruled out, but if we have to go without both...

but not insurmountable.

Yes, him too. I didn’t mention him as I am less concerned about D than I am with our potential lack of centermen. Thome also questionable.

So Gardner and Jones are both questionable for this weekend. I don’t think I’m being too negative when I say we need at least one of them in the lineup to realistically get some positive results this weekend.

Splitting every remaining series gets us to 5. Maybe I’m optimistic about us sweeping CC, Omaha, or Miami though... (not all of them, but I think we sweep at least one of them)

Not necessary!. I can read Omaha fans minds at this point.

I love how their dumb fans act like we are the only ones complaining about the disparity in penalties between DU and their opponents.

Did him and Bruce Ciskie have a read Sioux Sports party together? Adorable.

Depends if Thome is done with that injury thing...

His PK struggles are compounded with Gardner out too because we have less PK guys available and if one of the regular PK guys takes a penalty... it’s just trouble.

I don’t think he’s back to normal after his injury. He just doesn’t seem the same. Before his injury if I recall, he was our 2nd line center and he’s been 4th line since he returned.

Agreed. I also do think we can sweep either Omaha or Miami. I’m basing this off our prior series with those teams. I am optimistic because I really think special teams is what is holding us back. The reality is that if we can figure out how to take less penalties and improve in special teams things wouldn’t look so bleak. Yeah it’s a big if, but it’s not yet a loss cause.

I looked at a few teams ranked high, and SCSU has 15, and Denver has 10. We have 8. We also have 5 guys in the 8-9 point range.

SCSU’s leading goal scorer has 10. And it’s their only goal scorer in double digits. UMD has one goal scorer in double digits and 2 of those were empty net goals this weekend. Cornell, a highly ranked team, has 1 double digit goal scorer, with 11. I just don’t things are as dire as everyone thinks. Denver has three big scorers but they don’t have much else.

He had 12 last year, a career high,and 10 the year before that so maybe everyone’s expectations were too high. The load should not be squarely on his shoulders. 2 players on this team have scored half of the team’s goals in the last 4 games. Pogo is doing his job.

You know what they say about great minds!