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This team is just so inconsistent right now. Bad loss to a middle of the pack B1G team. Gotta imagine this will be a loss that hurts come tournament time. Long long way to go with this group.

Schmaltz

Solid win, far from perfect but did enough to get the job done. Thought the biggest improvement was in the defensive zone tonight and just being tougher to play against. Driscoll had a solid night.

Could be the best Eastern team this year. I'd put them behind at least 7 teams in the West still though.

It is very early in the season but we just aren't a very good team at all right now. I'm not sure at this point I see a very high ceiling for this team either. Best case to me you find a way into the tournament and maybe get a little lucky and make a run with a few bounces. We are gonna need a bunch of guys to really step up their game and quickly if we are gonna be a tournament team. Goaltending has been average to solid for the most part. We are as bad as I've ever seen us in the d zone. Wide open guys in prime scoring areas, ton of turnovers, weak on pucks, and overall very passive. Offensively we lack much if any high end talent at all. No real offensive creative, struggle to get to prime scoring areas, not much of a grind game, losing lots of board battles, struggle to complete passes, and not a lot of speed either. Special teams haven't been strong either.

Its bad. It isn't the reason we are losing as we are bad too but it never fails that this is the level of officiating you get in the East.

So sloppy in every aspect. Defensive zone coverage is atrocious. Have to find a way to generate more chances offensively. Quit going East because the officials are always horrendous. Suspect penalty/no calls, suspect icing calls, suspect offside calls.

Kleven

3-3 was the minimum expectation going into the bye and they just barely got to it. 4-2 was probably needed to have a decent playoff shot. Cowboys, @ Ravens, @ Chargers, Packers, @ 49ers, @ Lions, Steelers, @ Bears, Rams, @ Packers, and Bears is how the schedule finishes. I'm still taking the under on getting to 7 wins.

Vikings somehow pull one out again after giving up control late. Nothing has changed in my mind. Zimmer still needs to go just may have to have some patience with it, I'm confident he won't be coaching come game 1 next season but the firing may not come until after week 18.

I think Bemidji is gonna have a pretty good year so while not happy I'm alright with the results of the weekend. Really bad start tonight and I didn't think UND played particularly well all weekend. Just way too sloppy, lots of missed passes, not a ton of playmaking, and giveaways. We were spoiled with a veteran team last year and a ton of skill that had some experience together so there really wasn't a huge adjustment period. That isn't the case this season. I think a big part of it is with so many new guys they are still trying to gel and learn how to play with/off of each other. This team has a long way to go and grow but I'm hopeful they will show some steady improvement and hopefully put themselves in position to be a factor in March.

Whew held on for the win and definitely a lot to work on. Thought Caulfield had a pretty solid game, seemed to win a lot of board battles. Driscoll was real solid, couple of fluky bounces led to 2 BSU goals. Ton of careless giveaways, didn't connect on many passes at all tonight just real sloppy, gap control was awful for much of the night d-men giving way too much room, too many stick checks gotta be a little more physical on the boards. All in all though got the win and now have to find a way to finish the sweep tomorrow night.

Listened to the latest YHH podcast and they mentioned he has visited UND, Minnesota, and Duluth. Also touched a little on a couple of former Gopher commits back on the market in Joe Miller and Jake Braccini. I'd definitely have some interest in Miller. https://www.youthhockeyhub.com/news_article/show/1188340

Was so hoping the Lions could hang on after that Viking collapse but Detroit is Detroit I guess. Would have loved to see today be the day the Wilfs blow it up but with the upcoming schedule I have faith it is just a matter of time before the end of Zimmer.

Pretty solid performance last night, definitely a little sloppy in the 3rd though. Jamernik was a guy that stood out to me showing a lot more skill/playmaking then we saw from him last year.

Knew I should've waited for a line chart. So much for my Hain pick.

As much as I'd love to see a repeat performance I don't see it happening. That Minnesota team is gonna be really really good. If I had to pick a favorite for the national championship right now they would be my pick. Ton of scoring depth, very skilled D group with some experience, and a solid goalie that is proven.

Hain

Not sure who it was but you could see someone on crutches with a boot on in the hallway as they interviewed Berry after the game tonight.

Thought Calder played some center? The late loss of Weatherby definitely leaves some questions down the middle for me. Be real interested to see who gets work on the faceoff dot Saturday.

Any guesses on line combos for Saturday? I'll throw mine out. Schmaltz-Ford-Gaber Budy-Calder-Caulfield Hain-Senden-Portz Kunz-Jamernik-Ness Montgomery-Costantini-Albrecht Sanderson-Frisch Kleven-Jandric Moore-Johnson Bast-Ferner Driscoll Hellsten Feeney Johnson

Really solid game from the Vikings today although I'm not sure how good of team Seattle is. Little surprised the defense limited Wilson as much as they did. Still think the ceiling for this team is about 9 wins though and maybe this year that can win the North with how Green Bay, Chicago, Detroit, and the Vikings have looked.

I'd expect a very good performance from a focused team Saturday at Purdue. If we don't see that we have problems. They will hear all week how bad they are and rightfully so after the embarrassment of yesterday and Fleck is the type of coach that will play it up and use it as motivation for the team perfectly I think. I don't think Morgan looks like the same QB or even close to it right now. I don't think he looks confident in himself at all. I'd be excited to see a change there but I don't believe it will actually happen. Maybe we see more Cole Kramer in that package this week though. On the OL I wonder at times if they are doing too much shifting and would just be better off playing 5 OL together regularly and mixing in the 6/7 OL formations in different situations. Right now they rotate through 6 all the time and you are seeing multiple guys playing the right and left side at different times and Andries moving from G to T as well.

Absolutely atrocious and unacceptable loss a week after dominating Colorado and having 10,000+ fans in Boulder. Hopefully it opens his eyes up to some changes he needs to make in the program. Seems like whenever the Gophers have played a non-major non-conference opponent they have played as vanilla offense as possible and it finally resulted in a loss after a few other close calls. Tanner Morgan also has really struggled the past two seasons after a great 2019, it is time to make a move to Zack Annexstad, Cole Kramer, or Jacob Clark at QB. The other big issue is just how conservative he gets offensively and his "tressel ball" philosophy, they need to go uptempo at times and quit worrying about draining the play clock to under 5 every play doesn't always need to be check with me offense. The last issue is two coordinators. Rob Wenger has done nothing positive in his time as special teams coordinator, only explanation he still has a job is he has to have some kind of dirt on PJ. The other is Mike Sanford as the OC, not sure he is the right man for the job. Morgan's play at QB has taken a big step back since he took over and the route combos always seem kinda weird to me and the offense has become very predictable.