yzerman19

Just splitting with Canisius and we'd have 42 maybe even 43 and be sitting 17/18 with more hope

So if by some miracle we run the table, the point is moot- we're in. The scerario you suggest would be the RPI play, which is fluid, because it moves based on the outcome of virtually every game. We have 40 PWR wins...looks like 47 gets you to number 13, 46 to number 14. If the hockey Gods favor us, and the right teams win and lose and we sweep out then go 1-1 in St Paul, I see the possibility of getting to 45.

And honestly...does this team deserve a date at the big dance???

It is possible to go on a little run and fall just short where our RPI could ultimately flip Lowell, Penn State, Norte Dame, bowling green, and Western (depending on how they all do). i don't think anyone else is flippable. bottom line is Buffalo killed us of all hope except an autobid

Didn't matter. The 3-1 H2H with them makes a sweep a draw. Best case scenario is we sweep next weekend, they get swept, then we sweep them in playoffs- this would result in us winning COP, a draw in H2H, and us losing In RPI (most likely) which still gives them the PWR win, because RPI is the tie breaker.

RPI is what has ASU so high. Your winning %, your opponents winning %, and their opponents winning %

I just looked at our PWR...there are really only 3 flippable comparisons, which still leaves us outside looking in. Team has to win it...even a sweep of Western in the playoffs doesn't flip our PWR with them.

Only guarantee is to possibly flip a H2H, which can have you steal a pwr win against that team. RPI won't move much, likely COP won't move you much unless it's vs s conference opponent

Boeser had a major wrist injury he was dealing with

Have to believe that a player of JBD's stature just voiced frustration and tried to lead....

Love the analogy; difference is I cried for Old Yeller

Absolutely no reason on an olympic sheet why you don't just crank the afterburners wide then dip your inside shoulder and drive the net- put a shot low far side for a rebound, weakside winger and center should be hell-bent to the blue paint to tap it in.

saw that. During both those sequences, I was looking for someone to get into a soft spot to get off a good shot and/or someone to drive the net...alas...no such luck

I think the sad thing is we're used to the team building and building and building throughout the whole season. I don't think any Bubba teams have steadily improved as the season went on the way Hak's teams did. That 16 team was loaded and was just ready for the puck to drop...

The Regional in Fargo vs NCHC first round at REA seem to be being used interchangeably...these are two very different things

Figured- just having fun. ss.com is more fun than watching the team right now!

President Kennedy died in 1963...oh wait...

In all seriousness, our forwards used to be able to beat a guy to create space. Their ineptitude is on full display on an Olympic sheet. All that space...still can't create

I like how you put Lundbohm in there but not Hrkac, Parise, Duncan, Oshie, Toews...said with a smile

If we finish last can we get Jack Hughes? Oh wait, wrong league...

Absolutely correct. After the first maybe second rounds, they are guys that some scout saw a possible role player in and they are willing to take a bet in case they are a late bloomer. a 4-6 rounder is not "special" they have something of interest worth watching just in case.

Love it!

He's not skating a day in the NHL

Thank you. As a parent andSioux fan.

Play him...strip the A off his chest and put it on Senden or JBD