SiouxScore

Sounded like a very exciting and fun game just wish I could've watched it. Seemed like the Hain-Michaud-Mismash line was really really good again but just didn't have much to show for it. Pinto is a very good player and definitely has the coaching staff's trust. Who was taking the crucial defensive zone faceoffs late? Pinto.

Fun to watch tonight. Gophers just physically dominated Nebraska. Gotta keep taking care of business and beating the teams you are supposed. Can't have any sort of let down next week at Rutgers.

Only caught bits and pieces of the game but seemed like it was a slow start before the guys got going. Good to see a big number put up on the board and multiple goal scorers. A Sioux sweep combined with Gopher football destroying Nebraska make it a pretty good Saturday. Hopefully the Vikings can follow suit tomorrow.

Are these new jerseys Colorado College is wearing? They might be the worst I've ever seen. The white writing and numbers with the yellow jersey is bad and then you mix in some light gray on the shoulders and top it off with a white helmet. Not a good mix at all.

Despite not scoring the powerplay showed some good things. Thought they overpassed quite a bit and the spacing was just a little off a few times and those are things that should improve as guys get more used to each other. I would've liked to see a time of possession stat tonight. Felt like UND had the puck 90% of the game. Was impressed with Peski tonight. Coming into the year I kinda wondered if Frisch might take some playing time from him but his skating looks much improved and he looked good tonight. The Mismash-Michaud-Hain line created a ton tonight and really look like they work well together.

I'd bring back both of them and sign another free agent as well with Pineda missing the first 40ish games because of his suspension. I'd give Cole whatever he wants but he will still probably end up on the west coast. Maybe end up with someone like Zack Wheeler. I really don't have a preference but I won't be surprised at all if Rosario is a guy they look to move while looking for pitching help and guys like Kirilloff, Larnach, and Rooker getting closer. Rotation of 1.Berrios 2.Odorizzi 3.Pineda(when his suspension is over)4.Wheeler 5.Winner of spring training battle Thorpe, Smeltzer, Dobnak. Graterol will take over a spot at some point in the summer but doubt they put him in the rotation right out of spring training. Yes.

Michaud

Sure looks like Odorizzi is done as he is getting hugs in the dugout and I disagree with it. I'd let him start the 6th and see if he can get through it. Rogers was the one warming up in the pen and I can't see him pitching the final 4 innings.

Up to 5-0 and playing much better the last couple weeks while taking advantage of the soft schedule. Next up is the hype machine that is Nebraska for a Saturday night game at TCF.

Few thoughts from the exhibition tonight. -Puck movement was much better than at any point last season. I know it will get tougher against better teams but crisp tonight. -Lot more creativity and skill shown from the group tonight especially the forward group. -Mismash looked very solid tonight. Really liked him with Hain and Michaud. -Pinto was maybe the most impressive forward to me tonight. Guy that can do a little bit of everything and do it all well. -Interesting to see Feeney ahead of Thome at least for tonight.

I know the game was out of hand but hopefully his performance earned a little more trust for him from Rocco. I definitely would have had him coming in before Stashak last night.

Exactly and if he didn't want to have guys throw more than 1 inning then you let Berrios go back out there to start the 5th.

Now Stashak?

With the way he has looked tonight I'd be surprised if he is starting tomorrow with a righty on the mound. Throw Cave in the outfield and move Gonzalez to 1st base.

I would've been fine with that too. My thing is if you are going to your bullpen in that situation you can't go with a guy you're kind of rolling the dice on like Littell. If you wanna roll the dice roll it with Berrios.

Its like Rocco was trying to steal an inning with Littell and it was a terrible time to try that.

I was alright with going to the bullpen to start the 5th but not Littell. I thought it was a sure thing Duffey would start the inning. If the option was Littell or Berrios to start the 5th I would've just seen what Berrios could do coming off his best inning of the night.

Hain

Zimmer and his staff got it handed to them by the Bears in the 1st half. No adjustments at all from the Vikes as the Bears just methodically moved the ball down the field all half. A Bears team missing 2 of their top players overall on the defensive side and their top OL coming into the game is completely dominating. Oh yeah and they lost their starting QB on the first series. This is one the Vikings need to have and it looks like they have no chance.

I don't know what Rocco was thinking there but he is lucky they got out of it with only 1 run. That is the type of thing you test out after your team has clinched the division. Your coming off a day off and you roll with Gibson for 2 innings in a close game and the only guy warming up was Stashak? That just isn't smart at all.

I agree for the most part only decision for me would be do you keep Stashak as the 12th pitcher or Astudillo as another bat off the bench. The other bench guys would be Cave, Castro, Schoop, and Wade I'd think.

Whoever is in charge of the Twins strategy of throwing tons of offspeed to the Royals bottom half of the order this series needs to be fired. The shifting for the bottom half of this order needs to stop too.

Graterol just goes with whatever the catcher puts down and our catchers evidently aren't very smart. Its like they think they should call the game the same way whether it is Graterol on the mound or whether it is Smeltzer. Wade has had some solid at bats but he has really struggled getting jumps on the ball defensively.

Twins evidently still haven't learned not to pull shift when you have a pitcher that throws 100 out there. Graterol is young and wants to respect his catchers but he is gonna have to start shaking them or the coaching staff has to get them to call the right pitches with him on the mound. The Royals bottom half of the order is a bunch of no names and you have a guy that throws 100 on the mound so you call his 2nd best pitch 75% of the time. There is no way those guys were catching up to 100 and you give them a break by calling the 90mph slider.

Yeah why in the world would he use Harper in a game that was close.