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I saw him make a few nice passes too, one should have been a goal. He is that "tweener" kind of guy at this level. he cannot play bottom 6 due to him not having a great motor and lacking serious grit but he does seem to have some offensive ability. Again, I'm not sure on him however as long as we're winning he may not be a bad idea to give him an extended tryout while Mac is out. It seems the other potential candidates for a top 6 role all have a better motor than he does so they are better suited in the bottom 6. Additionally, anyone think that Simonson-Chyz-Poganski line looked much more lethal than our third line last night? I did. I think some of those Soph/Frosh guys need to move up in place of a Pattyn/OD/Gaard. Just a thought.

Simonson does not come out of the lineup. He's better than St. Clair, hands down. I think Murphy was getting a tryout to see if he could play a top six role. I honestly don't think he played bad. He obviously didn't look as good as Parks on that line but that should be obvious. Bryn stays in the lineup obviously. Although he works hard he is more of a skill guy to me. He was a top 6 player in junior and is showing us that he'll probably be there by the end of the season or next year. I think some people need to realize Murphy hasn't played much hockey recently. He may take awhile to round into form. I'm sure Hak doesn't want to write the kid off this early in his career, we need him for the next 2 years. Did you include Panz?!?

poolman is legit though.

Wisely, it appears hak has changed his forward lines.

Together!

gaarder and pattyn on the pp....is hak even trying to win?

We can't get our O going against a team that has no D. Go figure.

Clean to me too. This is college hockey though, they call it like basketball.

This team shocks me over and over again. This Air Force goalie has a 3+ gaa and an 88 sv % on the year. We're going to help him out a bit.

I really like Simonson

Top 2 d on the ice three forwards all standing still.

I also think Keaton will be a better player than Stetcher in the long wrong, if I have mentioned several times, however Stetch is playing really good hockey right now. I don't see him coming out.

UMD Miami games looks empty.

I think that the only way Murph is successful is if he's on a scoring line. You put a guy like that in the bottom 6 and he is useless. He doesn't seem to have the energy/grit to play bottom 6.

I'm confused how Keaton is the odd man odd.

He's canadian....Hak loves those guys. I think I'm starting to figure this out. However, he is more offensively gifted.

Agreed, happy for the kid.

I honestly am not. He was one of the last guys cut at camp.

Eichel came in at 17, they both accelerated their schooling to come in after their junior year of high school. Also to some of the other posters, eichel is one and done and it really isn't a question.

I was thinking the same thing last night, that has to be his thinking for adding UND to the list. I remember seeing a listing before in which UND was not on the list. In the past week or so he has added them.

He plays for the u 18 squad. All in all, this is great news.

Struggled is a stretch. Towards the end of last year he was one of our better dmen. Still don't know how long you can keep a 3rd rounder riding the pine. At some point they will have to play him; on a hunch I'm going to guess sooner than later.

Are we going to be able to stream the UND vs WIS series? Or does anyone know if those games will be on TV?

Haha you just had to throw that in there

I sure hope so however I have no idea how. Stech has been a stud and Ausmus provides UND with that stay at home mentality. Just throwing it out there, I wonder if Stetcher could play C or W in our top 6? Great skater. Last week I saw him get caught down low with the puck and he was working the wall like a winger. Didn't look out of place whatso ever. Guy could probably play center depending on his faceoff ability. N schmaltz- stetcher - caggs, I would give it a whirl