yzerman19

6-6 This team just doesn't have the horses

Dear Coach Hakstol: Figure it out.

If you don't go top 10 in the bantam draft you might as well hang 'em up

Bastards. And common beyond species homo sapien

For the same comp as Zach no doubt. Oh wait that wasn't you....: )

...well not a bad start I'd take a .607 steady and then a hot streak in March/April

If by injury bug you mean inferior offensive talent, then yes

Have to be honest with you, I couldn't tell you who any of those people are without google I was actually just saying that you don't know what might or might not happen and you can't be paralyzed into complacency by a pretty good thing. The grass might not always be greener, but sometimes it is, and you'll never know if you don't give it a shot. The result isn't what you want, move on.

Agree, and I didn't write that very well...I meant to imply that the woman was in college or older and still with her high school loser boyfriend and wouldn't break up.

split with excellent teams on the road, but sweep one series you should split, sweep excellent teams at home, sweep teams that are not excellent 90% of the time regardless of rink. Do this, and you you should win 30 games. The frattin team did this (once)

That's like the girl who won't break up with her high school loser boyfriend...fear of the unknown...

And that is why he wore green and white and not maroon and gold.

^ This. You have to generate scoring. Again, I didn't see Saturday, but what I've seen so far has been a team that lacks scoring touch.

I get what you're saying about tenacity and Zach, but let's be honest, when Zach was 20, he was playing in Albany (would've been Jersey but for the lockout) and had already racked up 116 points and been a 2-time Hobey Baker finalist in NCAA. Albeit he was injured that first year, but Rocco hasn't produced at a level that even approximates Zach. I know that's not what you're saying, and Rocco does really work out there, but the guy just hasn't been a scorer or a set up man thus far.

I think if you put Rocco alone on the ice with a couple bottles of Gatorade, a stop watch, a dozen cones, and two puck bags, you could see some things that only guys who make $2mil+ per year can do. Unfortunately, that isn't how the game is played.

Very different players...and they tried to put Rocco with Knight and Kristo last year with marginal success. Rocco doesn't play a role very well. Heis über talented, but just doesn't fit well. He didn't fit with the WJC team either. People pumped up his two goal gold medal game, but they were goals I could've scored- one off his rear end.

I saw Friday, not Saturday. We can disagree on the Rocco vs Nelson assessment, but here are the facts that sway me. 28 goals by Nelson in 11-12, 4 for Rocco so far. Nelson a #1 draft pick, Rocco a #2. 6 foot 3, 5 foot 6. I like Rocco, but I think Nelson simply has a better knack around the net, and last I checked it was goals scored, not scoring chances that put Ws on the board. What are the differences in this team vs that team in personnel upfront? Rocco and Jewels and Chyzyk vs Kristo and Knight and Nelson (advantage 2011-2012 team) Mark Mac and OD and Parks vs Mark Mac and Parks and Rowney(mostly same guys- pretty much a draw in talent, but 2011-2012 Rowney scored 18 goals...) The General, Gaarder and Rodwell/Mitch vs Mario, Gaarder and Rodwell/Mitch (pretty much a draw, if anything 2011-2012 advantage for Mario's green blood) Tambellini, Murphy, and Johnson vs whomever the 2011-2012 could get healthy (upside potential won by 2013-2014, but thee guys have a combined 3 goals and 7 assists so far...not exactly killing it)

Biggest differentiators from 11-12 to 13-14? Simple: Danny Kristo and Brock Nelson The 13-14 team simply doesn't have those horses in the stable. Cags and Rocco might substitute for Knight and Rowney on that squad... Lastly, the 11-12 team was not that good...so, to draw comparisons doesn't impress... I'm not going to quit watching, but I'm surely less fanatical this year due to the product I'm seeing... Flame away, question my fan hood, but I don't have the free world's supply of energy or time...I have to be judicious in those investments.

I remember Duncan's senior year we lost our way to a #1 seed in the F5 too...and Yale was the last team in last year

I was probably in mourning that whole season after the loss to Michigan in April 2011...

So, it wasn't the Frattin led team. It was the injured team. I am surprised we ended up a #1 seed. I wouldn't have thought that just based on memory. PWR is an interesting thing...

Dave Christian was on that team

Aren't we all off by a year...wasn't the 2011-2012 (where Nov 2011 happened) team the injury plagued team that pulled the Final Five out of left field? That wasn't our best team, but they played with heart to win the Broadmoor. I am certain that they were not a #1 seed come NCAA time. If I

It was live at Frenchys

Not exactly an easy transition to major junior. He really has had one bad game where he was a -3. His other games he's +1, 0, -1. He isn't scoring, but I don't think he is expected to in his current role.