yzerman19
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Peg #9 overall
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Not surprising...that young stud had no business in the NCAA at the end of the year...too good.
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One and done is a lot about puck luck. Kermit and the Farce maybe gave us good juju in the 80's. Perhaps we used all ours up for a while...
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He's won 4 broadmoors, and a couple macnaughtons...those are championships... I'd like a couple more NCAA trophies too, but it is extremely difficult and getting more difficult to win one.
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So Hextall, Watkins, Malone, and Vandevelde never put up the numbers Kristo did, were drafted much lower, and are in the AHL, not the ECHL Gregoire put up similar production numbers, was drafted slightly lower and is in the AHL. Nelson had similar numbers was drafted higher, but left early, and is in the AHL Better numbers of late in a Sioux uniform? Parise- NHL, Toews-NHL, Oshie-NHL, Bochenski-NHL-AHL-KHL, Frattin- NHL-AHL, Duncan- AHL- Europe
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You don't send a 2nd round draft pick who is among the NCAA leaders in goals and assists and has a WJC gold medal to the east coast league. Not even a consideration. He will suit up in Hamilton yet this year...would've said Montreal if they weren't competing for a playoff spot. Bjugstad will get to start in FL. He might get sent down to the AHL if they think he needs to work on something in particular, but his default will be the NHL. First rounder with that size and skill set...he'll need to prove he can't play at the NHL level, where most guys need to prove that they can.
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To actually warrant looking at a new coach, the following would have to occur IMO: 1. Fail to earn home ice for playoffs for two years 2. Fail to make conference tourney for two years 3. Fail to make NCAA tourney for two years
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I am sure that they blew it up and freeze framed it. If you can't discern any white between the red goal line and the puck, then it's no goal. If that was the explanation, I would respect that. Instead, they make up something about the goalie being pushed into the net?
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There actually were quite a few black mountain men...and there weren't a lot of women in the mountains...cold nights and all...
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I was thinking early departure so no degree. I agree that there are worse fates than what you describe...again that usually requires the piece of paper on the insurance side or investments side. Restaurants are the singular lowest probability of success entrepreneurial ventures, so that probably is rolling the dice...
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And that cash differential between being in the AHL and the NHL is astronomical. Say you get a max rookie deal if you are Forbert...so that's what about $280k to sign, which after paying taxes and your agent is really like $100k. Then you make $70k per in the AHL...now this isn't terrible, but at the same time, it isn't great either, considering it has a short life. What do you do when you're done??
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Guarantee this is money, not performance driven
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Gotta go where the puck is going to be...
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Living in Mpls, watching the games in my basement on FCS...playing knee hockey with my 2 year old while he says "I'm Danny Kristo, you Corban Knight, Mommy's Rocco Maldi" gives me pause and makes me think of another little boy who played knee hockey in a basement and pretended to be Doug Smail...Fighting SIoux hockey lives forever!
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The last decade, that many have been calling "failures," has given me many hundreds of hours of enjoyment. The shared experience of Sioux hockey with my fellow fanatics (and those whom I've dragged along with me for the ride) has been so worth it. My investment in the team has been so worth it. My investment in game tickets in GF, St Cloud, Duluth, St. Paul, Minneapolis so worth it. My ridiculously expensive cable TV package just to get FCS so worth it. My old set-up with wires everywhere to run the desktop computer through my TV so worth it. All those games, all those moments of greatness and pure joy. The moments of heartbreaking losses. All shared with people I know and with a universe of people that I might never know but share a common bond with me. I'm with the previous poster...I can't imagine the last ten years without Oshie, Parise, Toews, Bochenski, Greene, Smaby, Chorney, Vandevelde, Trupper, Pony, Frattin, Porter, Duncan, Kristo, MacWilliam. I wouldn't trade those ten years of Sioux hockey just for national titles...no way...
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If he had someone attacking the net with speed with him, a bunch of his shots would've become assists. Even if you draw iron or pad, a strong drive to the net or a shot is always a good thing. I do think he is playing in fast forward and without teammates moving at the same rhythm and without line chemistry,math at causes problems
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Regardless of personnel, I think we really need to evaluate our systems on the forecheck, powerplay, breakout, and d zone coverage. I would spend all summer bag skating guys with parachutes and weights. We need to be quicker and make quicker, better passes. We need to quit playing along the walls and start attacking the scoring areas. We need to leave our zone with speed and numbers as a cohesive unit. We need to put the puck on net and have guys winning battles to the rebound areas. We need to make guys miss in order to advance the puck.
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These have to be the likes of Jerry York,Jack Parker, Red Berenson, Herb Brooks
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Who will Danny pass the number 7 to? I know this was a MN tradition, and I think we are doing it now too...Osh to Kristo to ?
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Do Buddhist monks pay taxes? I know, poor taste...just trying to lighten the mood
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I won't get too up in arms about the self immolation post...folks are venting. If anyone is really serious, then they need some other activities to occupy their time. We're all bummed out. I think we all recognize that we've missed some opportunities and next year isn't looking the most promising. Yale is a good team. They executed their game plan and adjusted. We did not execute and did not make the needed adjustments. We couldn't connect a pass with flow, we lost a lot of battles, and we had no powerplay. We took some bad penalties too. We saw some flashes, but couldn't keep it up. We looked like we had weights in our skates. I might pop on from time to time over the next few months, but I'll be back again in October...who knows...we might overachieve next year.
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Agree...I bet Andy Mac would've been a legend and in the NHl now had he gone CHL...his game was way too physical for the new NCAA
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You always hold the zone when you can. I'm not talking about pinching. Your d have to be able to hold each line...I was always coached to use your points when you're in deep. I think our falling back was more often than not due to being slower foot than the opponent, not due to playing "smart"- which is what I think you are getting at....attempting to play smart that is. Holding the line is not aggressive, not even on the offensive blue line, unless you are referring to trying to hold it against an oncoming rush. In that case I'd agree with you. I am talking about loose pucks and not well controlled pucks or weak passes from the forwards. You don't like plus minus as a barometer of two-way play? What do you prefer?
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We had two that I thought were world beaters is what I am getting at. Read my posts- I am not calling for Hak's head like others are.
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What do we say about 0-20 on the pp in our final five games and 2-25 in the playoffs...with the two coming against MTU in the opener. A 20% effectiveness, and that is 4 goals...our three losses in those 5 playoff games (excluding the ENG) were by a total of 4 goals...not to mention the momentum boost... You have to have special teams in the playoffs... I've been beating the horse to death, but how do we fail that badly on something we know will be that important...Also, when we go into the defensive shell, we fall apart. For some reason, Hak tries to do this to protect a lead- NHL style- but we always fail miserably at it...feels like the prevent defense.