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My guess is that we have a system the suits our strengths this season and that would change when and if our strengths change.

What he said was accurate. Brad said it in his article today they win 5 out of 6, they put themselves right there. Winning the next four are certainly possible. DU on the road will be tough, of course. But, there's definitely still a chance of getting an auto bid.

We've been talking about this all year and we've also discussed four incoming freshmen that should help this on the 18-19 season thread. Hopefully we score more than 2 goals tonight.

Yes. Our lack of forward scoring is pretty well established, is it not? I don't understand why this is all so confusing. We've been talking about this all season.

It sucks that this is the case. Kawaguchi is one I think needs to shoot more, for sure.

Frankly, I wasn't shocked at all lol. It's our system because our best players are d-men.

Well, first of four (likely more) must wins. Get it done. 5-3 UND Rhett (If I keep picking him, it'll happen sometime, right?), Guchi, Weatherby, JBD, Hoff

I don't. Led by Sophs and freshmen now. Those players should take a step and the incoming freshmen look like impact players.

Can I have both?

Haha me too!

Yes, agreed. UGH...

Outside of that one weekend, which I get it, it happened, we've played and beaten some very good/great opponents. I'd say we're playing much better in the second half.

Hahaha yessss

We lost to Canisius, sure, but we also beat Duluth, SCSU and WMU after Christmas. So, since we're not very talented, that many agree with on here, Bubbs must be a pretty good coach to beat these teams, I'd think.

Ok... I'll just let it go. It's a difference of opinion. I'm just asking for you all to ask... is it really that bad? I don't think it is. I think this team has a serious influx of talent that it needs coming in the next two or three seasons.

It is absolutely not. It is a terrible weekend. If it's a matter of perspective on what you'd consider "off the rails", I guess. Off the rails, to me, would mean that one weekend wouldn't decide whether or not we make the tourney.

All things that completely suck. No doubt. However, it just feels consistently blown out of proportion like the program is completely off the rails. One bad weekend away from this conversation absolutely not happening. That's why I am asking for people to have a little perspective.

This. The NCHC win percentage is high and it would be stupid to schedule a tough Non-con. UND knows this and is consulting with people to make sure they get it right.

All-in-all... This team is one bad weekend from being a No. 3 seed in the NCAAs. In Fargo. In a "down" year. Let's have a little perspective, shall we?

First part, so, we'd being in a older transfer or recruit on the fence, who is likely not lighting up the world. We have to teach him new systems and play and get him acclimated to his new team and teammates. For what? The idea that he could be better? And if he's not? More criticism. Yes, I have watched Miracle recently hahaha. It's not obvious, whatsoever, IMO. You'd take those guys off this roster and they aren't being replaced with high impact players (ala. Boeser, Schmaltz, etc.). They are being replaced by guys of the same ilk. Without names and only speaking in hindsight about who those recruits could have been, this conversation is just one about us not liking how many goals we score.

Ditto.

I definitely think the local point is a big, big part of it. I think Hoff was, whom I thought, the guy who'd be the jewel of that class. I think it was just a miss. I've been saying it for a long time and I honestly think it's very much that simple. The Sophs and Freshmen are leading this team, in general.

I think part of the idea of not string together back-to-back wins against good teams is because they are good teams. They make adjustments. Would it be nice to sweep SCSU, WMU and Duluth? Of course. But, you're saying that in a vacuum like if we had played the exact same game from the night before, we'd automatically win. That Duluth came on Saturday was a one-shot game. Canisius is, unfortunately, going to likely be what a lot of people remember about this team. It's fair, too. They didn't show up. All the good will from the rest of the season in terms of hard work fell flat on it's face that weekend in Buffalo.

I wholly agree with this, but I would like to know who you think we would have replaced guys like Johnson, Yon and Rieger with? Or anyone, for that matter. Our recruits are the guys we wanted in the program and they fit into specific roles. Those names were not recruited here to be finishers and top end guys. I don't understand the connection to "cutting dead weight" and us being 2-3 players away.

I'd say they're certainly pretty consistent, however. At least generally. Regardless, I think we should be very excited about the next few years of recruits.