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    UND @ DU -- First Round NCHC, Game 1

    in Men's Hockey

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    That's the first period.  After twenty minutes, Denver leads 1-0.

    A fairly typical period for UND this season...dominate, but unable to capitalize on great chances, while the opposing team scores on their only grade A chance.

    Oh well.  Maybe they are saving all of their goals for next season?  If so, expect a Hrkac Circus repeat.

    Gopher ticket price predictions

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    5 hours ago, chicofelipe said:

    Bring your family to the Manitoba game. 

     

    Yeah, I don't understand why people get upset about the prices for the Gophers series.  If you can't afford it, try to go to a different series that is less expensive. 

    A few years ago, my buddies and I were considering going to the Super Bowl, but decided against it when tickets on the secondary market were $3,000/ticket just to get into the stadium.  Instead we went to the AFC Championship game for $200/ticket, and had a great time and still saw some great football. 

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    Twins ?

    in Non-collegiate sports

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    1 hour ago, Siouxphan27 said:

    Looks like the twins picked up a real ace in exchange for Danny Santana.  :silly:

    Well, they at least got something.  The Twins had designated Santana for assignment, and he would have hit waivers in a few days.  Chapman certainly isn't an All-Star by any means, but Santana was rotten garbage the last two seasons and wasn't looking any better to start this season.  I wish Santana well, and hopefully he gets his career back on track.  And for Chapman...well, hopefully he can figure it out in AAA and can make an impact for the  Twins in the near future.

    Early departures 2017

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    11 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

    Probably not.

    So Mike Chambers, who has far more inside contacts than I do, came out with his percentages on the early departures:

    Borgstrom: 80-20 to return.  Before the tournament, I had heard he was almost certainly coming back for his sophomore year.  After the tournament, I had heard he was 50/50.  From what I heard yesterday, I think 80 percent to return is a bit high.  If Montgomery leaves, it sounds like Borgstrom will go from 50/50 to lean toward signing early. 

    Gambrell: 50-50 to return.  The last I heard he was leaning towards signing early, and it sounds like he is the player who will "definitely be leaving early" if Montgomery signs.  I think 50/50 is a bit high.

    Hammond: 90-10 to return.  I haven't heard anything about Hammond signing early.

    Jaillet: 70-30 to return.  As I said previously, nobody seems to have any indication on whether Jaillet will sign.  I think 70-30 sounds about right. 

    Terry: 70-30 to return.  This is pretty much exactly what I've heard.  Terry is leaning towards returning for his junior season. 

    http://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/20/denver-pioneers-uneasy-offseason/

    Early departures 2017

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    16 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

    I said college hockey powers (plural), not just UND. And you can't just focus on the NCAA title teams, look at some of the early departures for teams that made it to the Frozen Four. Last year's Boston College team lost a ton of players and didn't make the tournament this year. This year's Boston University team lost most (if not all) their "diaper dandies" after Duluth beat them in OT in the regional final in Fargo.

    I wish early signings would not be so prevalent in college hockey, but it is what it is.

    My problem with your argument is that you are using a couple of relatively rare (and quite different) situations to state that this particular Denver team will have several early departures.  I just have not seen anything to suggest that is true (and indeed I have heard from well connected sources that DU does not expect several early departures).  I focused on NCAA title teams to highlight the problem with your argument where you said losing several players early is especially true with NCAA title winners.  That is simply not fact.

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    Early departures 2017

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    3 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

    Based on what has happened recently to perennial college hockey powers, it is not unreasonable to expect underclassmen to sign early. Especially after winning an NCAA title. These NHL teams are always sniffing around come playoff time in March and April, trying to convince their underclassmen draftees to sign as soon as their team is eliminated from contention. It is becoming harder than ever for these kids to say no to that kind of pressure.

    I think you're trying to use last year's Sioux team too much. They were hit significantly harder by early departures than most previous NCAA champions.  Previous 7 NCAA Champion Early Departures:

    2015-2016 North Dakota - 4 Juniors, 1 Sophomore

    2014-2015 Providence - 2 Juniors

    2013-2014 Union - 1 Junior

    2012-2013 Yale - 0 early departures

    2011-2012 Boston College - 2 Juniors

    2010-2011 Minnesota Duluth - 1 Junior, 1 Freshman

    2009-2010 Boston College - 0 early departures.

    Early departures 2017

    in Men's Hockey

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    1 minute ago, fightingsioux4life said:

    I don't know, the fact that the current CBA makes it more attractive for players to sign early. The fact that dangling that money in their faces makes it hard to say no to signing early. But I suppose individual situations are all different and there are always exceptions to the rule.

    So just speculation? 

    Also, I'm not sure there is a rule when it comes to early departures.  This is particularly true when it comes to dealing with Freshmen and Sophomores. 

    2 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

     

    I think what FS4L is saying is that it's far-fetched to presume they all come back, because that hasn't been the norm, of late. UND in 2016, BU this year and UMD this year are pretty strong examples.

    Except that's not what he said.  He said to expect several DU underclassmen to sign contracts.  Based on what I've heard, that is not likely to happen.  Don't get me wrong though, I would love to see DU decimated by early departures.

     

    Early departures 2017

    in Men's Hockey

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    1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:

    The idea (expressed by some on here) that Denver will lose very few, if any, underclassmen is far-fetched. It is only a matter of time before several underclassmen start signing contracts.

    What information are you basing this on?  Hope and a prayer?

    FWIW, I have a few connections high up within the DU athletic department who have told me that Terry is leaning towards coming back and Borgstrom is 50/50.  Gambrell is leaning towards leaving, and nobody seems to have any indication on what Jaillet is going to do.  Of course, they all four could sign, but there is certainly optimism within DU's program that 3 of the 4 will come back with an outside chance at getting all four back.

    University of North Dakota Hockey 2017-18 Season

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    24 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said:

    Next year is going to be awesome. I see this being a big bodied, deep team, that wears down the opponents.

    Gersich had a break out season and while he will get more attention next season, I don't see his production falling off. (Shane needs to channel his inner Broten and bring the Hobey back to GF)

    I expect Cam to be back to Sophmore year form, mainly because he has another year of experience, and I expect our D to tighten up a bit. We had a young group to start the year, and they look far better by the end of the season. Cam is solid goalie, but tends to get beat on cross ice passes; this is where I think the D will step it up next season. It will be interesting to see what happens with Tomek, I think the skill is there. Hopefully he sticks it out to continue to learn and develop.

    17-18 Seniors

    -Pogo: Would like to see him take that next step and have a Brad Malone type senior year.

    -Olson: Pick up where you left off. Kid came alive in March and played really well. Not going to be a super flash player, but another big body that can wear people down.

    -Simonson: Hope to see him take another step forward as a senior.

    17-18 Juniors

    Gardner: Big body, going to grind down the opposition. Hope to see him break out on the score sheet even more. Muscle your way into the crease.

    Gersich: Hobey! Hobey! Hobey! Olympics?!?! Captain America?!?!?! 

    Gornall: Just keep hitting guys through the glass

    JJ: Though this guys played great as a sophmore, hope to see him progress into his Jr year, just as he did into his So. year.

    Shaw: I though he was once of our better defenseman this year, and needs to assume a big leadership role with Tucker gone. Be the captain of the defense and take a vocal role. 

    Wilkie: It was nice to see him get that goal, but he better start putting up some numbers, or make sure his suit is dry cleaned ever week. The potential is there, but there is some high end talent coming in that could keep Wilkie in the stands.

    Wolanin: Which player are we going to get each night? Kid has played brilliant at times; and had you screaming at the TV at other times. Would like to see him hold the zone better, but I really like watching him step up into the play, and flash some offense too. Goal against BU was brilliant.

    17-18 Sophmores

    Jost: .... oh wait :(

    Bowen: Primed for a breakout season. Maybe not Gersich type numbers, but I expect to see a spike in production.

    Hoff: Steady contributor. I hope to see production like what we some from JJ.

    Poolman: Keep doing what you are doing. Very nice freshman season.

    Johnson: Big body defenseman. I'd like to see some more physical play, and see him hold the zone a little better. Could have a nice sophomore season, and should get more minutes.

    Smith: This kid is going to tick people off. I don't want to see too many dumb penalties, but if you needed anyone on this team to rough someone up. Cole is your guy. Really enjoyed watching him play down the stretch.

    Peski: IMO the most improved defenseman, if not player, on the team over the course of the season. He certainly showed some rookie mistakes early, but looked very comfortable by the end of the season. 

    Yon: Kid has a shot, but needs to hit the net. Hope he gets more opportunities next season, and takes advantage of them.

     

    I don't know who all is coming in, but definitely excited for Mismash, Kawaguchi and Adams. I don't see this team struggling to score like we did this year. Which sound weird since we lose Boeser and Jost, but I think this will be a far deeper team. Time to tie Michigan on National Titles, and if this team is going to be deep next year, they "could be" scary deep the following year.

    2018 NCHC Regular Season Champions

    2018 NCHC Tournament Champions (Has to happen sometime, right?)

    2018 NCAA Champions

    2018 Hobey Baker Award Winner (Gersich)

    ....It'll happen ;) 

    I like your optimism! 

    My biggest concern with Gersich is he really tailed off at the end of this season...only scored 3 goals (and only 2 assists) in the last 14 games of the season.  I don't see him hitting 20+ goals next season. 

    Pogo on the other hand could definitely improve his 12-13-25 line from last season.  Malone put up 40 points his senior year, and I think that should be Pogo's target...something along the lines of 15-18 goals and 22-25 assists. 

    North Dakota went from 162 goals in 2015-2016 to 127 in 2016-2017.  With Pogo returning, I see next year's squad scoring something in the range of 135-140 goals and allowing somewhere around 85-90 goals.  Those numbers would be quite similar to the 2014-2015 squad (138 goals scored; 94 goals against). 

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