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especially when they are a "little brother school" 2 hours up the road

Mine was flawless tonight...in Seattle

I grew up in GF and bleed Sioux green...AND I have a BSB and an MBA from Carlson at the U of M... I love this! F the Gophers

good call on the early TO too. We have a weak and inexperienced dcorps, and the forwards are just learning each other. Bemidji played a perfect game against us given our situation. Cam let in a weak one, but he also stopped a couple clutch ones. Boeser showed that we have an NHLer on this team. We are where I expect, and we will keep developing. This was our first defense first, physical, work your ass off team we've faced. We struggled, faced adversity, and our NHLer won it for us.

I love this happened at the John on a night when they hung a participation banner

thats amazing

He did hit his elbow on a clean break- weak, but still did it

odds that Peski gets a shift in the 3rd?

Pathetic period. I usually give BSU some props, but I'm not feeling the love tonight...junior college...

I actually really like these top 3 lines...Yon must be showing something in practice...wearing the 7 and now on the second line.

I love pounding a beaver

I wasn't impressed with UND either. We won on talent alone. We did win though. That said, we have a long season ahead, and we have tremendous talent. Berry will get things in order. By the way, our bottom 4 dmen will be very different players in 5 months. If Louie wasn't impressed with us, he must have been disgusted with RPI given the result...

ha- thats fun

Just seeing trails of light behind them

Fair- I should say that I am not solving for the Euro need on the big body with Simo, its just part of my rationale for not putting Smith on the 2nd line. I don't think Simo should be relegated to 4th line. Edit to say: If between the 2nd and 3rd line the question is about adding a big body, I would say the need is greater on line 3. That said, while the Euros could use the big body more than the second line, keeping Simo in the top nine supercedes that need IMO.

We won our last two games based on talent alone- we didn't win because we played a better game. That will not last given our upcoming schedule...as I said in another thread, we need to unf9%k our sh4t.

Smith does not have the skill to play on the heavy line IMO. Gardner and Pogo are NHL draft picks. It is not about a big body line...its about a line that can play puck possession, keep the puck in the other team's end, and score. That's why I like Wilkie as the 3rd forward on that line, let him shoot. I see a lot of similarity between LJ and Wilkie...I'd put Wilkie on that line. If between the 2nd and 3rd line the question is about adding a big body, I would say the need is greater on line 3. That said, while the Euros could use the big body more than the second line, keeping Simo in the top nine supercedes that need IMO. Smith to me appears to be a little better skating Olson. Very simple we have: 1. First line will be intact 2. Second line we have Gardner and Pogo with great chemistry 3. Third line we have Hoff and JJ with great chemistry 4. Bowen and Yon appear to be the right combo That leaves: Wilkie- drafted, elite goal scorer in junior Simo- rock solid, good two way player, wears an "A" Olson- big boy with net front Smith- big boy with lots of physical tools Gornall- contributes when given the chance I'd put Wilkie on line 2, Simo on line 3, and have the remaining 3 duke it out (primarily with each other) but also with Bowen and Yon for the 4th line.

I was just looking at our calendar...time to unf*&k our sh$7...start playing as a team. Stop making mistakes and being cute. The teams coming up: 1. BSU- Will be thinking David vs Goliath. They will be up for the series big time. 2. UMD- NCAA tourney team, will be up near the top of the NCHC and National standings 3. Gophers- Enough said 4. Denver- (see Duluth) 5. SCSU- down a bit, but tough NCHC team

I was thinking along the same train- either the buzzing scandeheuvians or the big bodies of Rhett and Pogo, either way Wilkie gets some space to shoot. My thought on putting Wilkie with the heavies is that the Scandy's will buzz regardless who is on the other wing, and it Simo's overall responsible game might be a good thing to back those two "wild and crazy guys" up if they get too Euro

who's suggesting that?

Jost with Boeser and Gersich (top skilled line) Gardner with Wilkie and Pogo (Wilkie is the natural replacement for LJ- both are pure shooters- goal here isn't just size and LJ wasn't huge) Hoff with JJ and Simo (Euro connection worked- and Simo adds good responsibility and help in the faceoff dept if necessary) Bowen with Yon and Olsen/Smith (loving the energy) If we get a goal a game from each of the top 3 lines, we will win 30 games

I'd add that Gersich really seems to have built off a solid freshman season and some good summer workouts. I've been thinking if we might want to put Simo on the new "heavy line" and make the third line a little bit more of a matchup problem in the skill department- I think the style might align Jost with Boeser and Gersich Gardner with Simo and Pogo Hoff with JJ and Wilkie Bowen with Yon and Olsen We'd really be 4 lines deep with this lineup...

jewels made the Oilers!

If he's really dinged up it likely cost him a roster spot- dang, he had earned one. Just too easy if he starts the year on IR to keep him in the AHL. good for Nick- he's gonna have to work to keep that bottom 6 role- not try to play a top 6 game from there

bummer- he was so close...this is why draft position matters so much