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I think Poganski can be removed. He’s tied for the team lead in goals... but the other three.... yes

There are players on our current roster who had productive junior careers, who everyone thought would be more productive offensively than they currently are. We know who they are. Recruiting is a crap shoot because we don’t know who is going to develop in college and at what rate.

Man, glad someone said it. Tyson’s a great player but he was here a year. We didn’t win any championships while he was here. At the end of the day I’ll remember more of the players that had more of an impact on the program.

I was in Denver for the penalty fest in November and I really don’t want to repeat that. I’m pretty sure that weekend is what started the downswing of the PK.

It’s actually a she, FYI Agreed -This team can still go to the Frozen Four, it hasn’t been eliminated yet. It’s way too early to quit on this year’s team. We went to 3 straight Frozen Fours from 2014-2016, and the first two years of that run people lamented about a lack of firepower too. 2014 was young and came together in the second half. 2015 was experienced and deep, but lacked firepower. And 2016 was a powerhouse, as we all know.

They got to the Frozen Four, but they were far from full of firepower. I really liked that team and how they came together but there was just not a lot of firepower there.

The 2014 team is my answer.

I might go to the game on Friday since the superstitious person in me is starting to think me not attending national broadcast games in person is the problem...

I’ve thought this for a while too. That’s a 4th line and we all know it. Appreciate what they bring to the table but the offense more likely than not isn’t coming from that line.

That team was definitely a second half team. Also one of the least talented teams we’ve had in recent years. They were in that position that year because of a poor start and poor losses. We were also within a win of the Penrose Cup that year too. Zane carried that team. There is still time for this team to figure it out. But it needs to happen quick and we can’t keep up with poor performances against teams in this league.

The concern I have had with recruiting (based purely on the hype of recruits outside of this board) is the majority of the recruits on the high end side seem to be defensemen.

I’m only here to say if I say anything stupid this is why...

The only current players recruited by Berry off the top of my head are Nick Jones and Jordan Kawaguchi. Jost was also Berry recruit. It’s going to take a couple years before we see Berry’s recruits on campus. A lot of next year’s freshmen are also Hakstol recruits. Hakstol never won the big game, but he got the most out of his players, our 2014 and 2015 teams did not have a lot of high end skill, but they made the Frozen Four. I think in 2 years we’ll know if recruiting has tailed off.

The beer is expensive there anyway.

The live chat said Cam was really laboring during the TV timeouts. I’m wondering if he’s healthy at this point, but Thome is injured too, so this is where we are at. Also, I’m not sure about tonight but Friday night blocked shots were UMD 22, UND 6. Not good enough.

Didn’t say that. Just saying it’s afffected the makeup of this team. We are just a lot thinner at center.

It’s a fact that the coaching staff expected another year from Jost though. There was a backup plan but they still expected him to come back.

2016 was Hakstol’s players. The years following that season was going to be what to judge Berry on.

If we were playing well and losing I’d feel better. I haven’t lost hope - just feeling discouraged. But the garbage officiating this season is starting to wear on me. I already had to witness the Denver debacle - and that was enough for me...

Didn’t say no one else was inconsistent. I pointed out the freshmen because it coincides with Jost’s surprise departure. People expected a lot out of this freshmen class to help replace Jost’s production, but failed to realize how inconsistent most freshmen are.

Jost’s departure clearly caught them off guard. And the freshmen have been inconsistent as expected.

Okay I’m not crazy. I was thinking there was no way he is 100% back to his normal self.

I can’t be the only one who thinks Bowen hasn’t been the same player since he got back from his injury right? The slide off of the PK was initially attributed to his absence, but it’s been even worse since he got back. And Gardner’s injury makes things worse there too.

He’s injured

I’m not sure but I will say that it seems Berry tends to go with experience when it comes to the end of the year.