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Good post. There’s more than 5x5 hockey. I get building a team to play in the postseason is important (when refs swallow their whistles)...but you have to get there first.

No not really. In order of volume/talents it’s ushl, BCHL, NA/AJ, ohjhl, mj, sj. With ushl being far and away the best, but some high enders come from the BCHL.

But he doesn’t produce. He’s a good hustle guy and good penalty killer...he’s just not a PP guy. Shot isn’t great and his vision isn’t good. Plays with grit though. How many pp points did he have this year?

Adams has muscle...he’s not getting too much bigger. He should have played through his struggles. Berry far too quick to pull the plug on some guys. He’s too quick to pull the plug on Johnson at D too. There has been some games where I thought Johnson looked very solid...and he was only a freshmen/sophomore. This thinking that guys have to be 100% developed immediately is ridiculous.

Agreed. Those saying next year is done don’t know much about Hockey or the program, however those that think they’ll easily bounce back also may need some educating. Their recruiting class next year is not supposed to be as good as this years class (Tychonik should be nice though). Barring the unknown departures, next years team could have trouble scoring again. We’ll also have a younger goalie. The most important aspect this team needs heading into next year is development. They need some guys to take off. Guys like pogo, Olson, and Shaw should never have been on the PP. This time should have been given to the younger skilled guys.

What?

Those look good. That would be a solid squad. Not overall skilled but would be really tough to play against. Need some of the guys to continue to develop.

He’s done pretty well for himself

Junior league playoffs just getting going, they hit he trail.

Schmaltz only signed late because tarveinen was traded by the hawks. Schmaltz was 100% coming back until that trade went down.

Haha where have you been?

It was only to fight. Finley was a terrible professional hockey player. To shift a bit, we need that culture Denver has. I saw videos of when terry got back from the Olympics and you could tell they were all very tight. I mean, they all came back after a natty year, that NEVER happens. They’re recruiting has been great under Monty as well.

Not sure, wolanin is the only player that should leave but you’re right there are always guys who think they’re better than they are and guys who get mad at playing time. Hopefully we don’t run into that. FYI sometimes it’s both a combo of playing time and getting scholarship dollars cut.

I guess we’ll have to see.

Going forward we’re going to start seeing more and more auto bids. You have 1-2 (maybe) ranked teams in most conferences that spells trouble. The days of getting in being in the top 15 are over. If you’re not 13 you’re not getting in.

Agreed talking about skaters. He was a possession game changer. When he has the puck it looks like he’s playing against a lessor competition.

Wolanin IS gone. Hopefully the others stayed. The last two games gersich played hard, but he definitely could use another year. Everything I’ve heard is that he’s all but gone. He was very close to signing last summer. 29 in forty is not great for a player thinking to leave. Nick jones is a better overall player than him right now.

I hate to say it but Hakstols departure was felt on the recruiting side of things. I understand berry was a head recruiter but Hakstol was the captain of the ship. It will take some time for berry to learn that role. Berry was always a players coach because Hak was tough. Berry has some learning as well. Berry is a good coach, but if I was to constructively criticize one aspect of his coaching, I would say getting his guys ready to go. Way too much the last 2 years the boys were beyond flat. If this year’s team didn’t have wolanin, they would have taken last. He was the best player on the ice the last two games.

I just meant they were so much better than everyone they played. Top line was NHL players, d core was beyond filthy for college puck, and they had nice forward depth as well to play 5x5.

A lot of what you said is true, but many coaches could have won with that 2016 team, they were juiced.

No, not sure what happened there but that type of situation can’t happen anymore.

Yeah he was. Noticed him quite a bit. Gritty with a bit of skill, that’s what we need. I really hope berry doesn’t dog Adams.

Hoff should have been playing for a while now. Let’s go Prov and Clarkson....need to get lucky

Second goal? Is that the one the pogo turned over? That was an absolute (lucky) snip. But your overall point is accurate.