tnt Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, Kevin G said: A successful program can do both things: develop freshman talent and use the portal (not often but strategically). Right, that’s why I said a combination. I liken the transfer portal to the trade deadline in the NHL, you have the core of your team, but fill in the gaps and add to your depth. If you aren’t using the trade deadline, you are most likely not going to be a contender. The trade deadline also shows how important guys that play important roles and are hard to play against are. That is the type of guy Tampa Bay has brought in for their Stanley Cup runs. Give me a guy like Sidorski anytime. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 minute ago, tnt said: Right, that’s why I said a combination. I liken the transfer portal to the trade deadline in the NHL, you have the core of your team, but fill in the gaps and add to your depth. If you aren’t using the trade deadline, you are most likely not going to be a contender. The trade deadline also shows how important guys that play important roles and are hard to play against are. That is the type of guy Tampa Bay has brought in for their Stanley Cup runs. Give me a guy like Sidorski anytime. Agreed. Most of the top teams will be using a combo of recruits + portal moving forward, IMO. We've had good luck with the portal too...guys like Sidorski, Jandric, Driscoll, Michaud, Jones, etc all ended up being great players for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 13 minutes ago, brianvf said: Agreed. Most of the top teams will be using a combo of recruits + portal moving forward, IMO. We've had good luck with the portal too...guys like Sidorski, Jandric, Driscoll, Michaud, Jones, etc all ended up being great players for us. Guarantee Quinnipiac wouldn’t be where they are without the portal. Guys like Connor Ford are always in short supply, so take advantage as long as the guy fits in with the way you want to play and is good in the team setting. Calder seemed off to me in that regard, but then again I have no insight to that except from the periphery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90siouxfan Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 I don't think the carry over fifty yearers played into the Rizzo miss... so what players would have come from our pipeline instead of keeping hain/senden/farmer/sidorski/deridder? Spicer, obviously, but hardly a gigantic plus by himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Bottom line is that we need to upgrade our talent. Goalie, defense, passing, 5 on 5 scoring are all sub-par. We need to become a place again where top talent wants to come to hone their skills into NHL ready players. We seem to have lost that. We seem to fall down on the development part - have you ever seen a team regress so far as this one? Coaches need to do a serious post-mortem on this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 34 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said: I don't think the carry over fifty yearers played into the Rizzo miss... so what players would have come from our pipeline instead of keeping hain/senden/farmer/sidorski/deridder? Spicer, obviously, but hardly a gigantic plus by himself. He’s a true frosh…let’s let it play out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Blackheart said: Wait, I thought he didn’t want us? Didn’t we pull the plug? I could have sworn we asked him to play another year of juniors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxforce19 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, scpa0305 said: Didn’t we pull the plug? I could have sworn we asked him to play another year of juniors From what I remember, he was supposed to be in this year’s junior class, I think he was even announced. And then sometime in the summer I think someone on here said something about him playing another year of juniors. And not long after the decommit happened. He never did play another year of junior hockey though… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burd Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Blackheart said: Why did he break up with us? Because that floozy Denver played fast and loose and caught his eye. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 5 hours ago, burd said: Because that floozy Denver played fast and loose and caught his eye. Those goddamn whores… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 5 hours ago, burd said: Because that floozy Denver played fast and loose and caught his eye. Sunday morning HJ’s and mimosas are plentiful at DU these days… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Just now, MafiaMan said: Sunday morning HJ’s and mimosas are plentiful at DU these days… Well DU has always been a bunch of j*rkoffs anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, Blackheart said: Well DU has always been a bunch of j*rkoffs anyway. Well, they’re scoring in bunches down there these days. Let’s hope they shoot their whole wad before the big dance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxnatty#8 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Blackheart said: Well DU has always been a bunch of j*rkoffs anyway. Denver seemed really cocky the last series where they swept us again. Would be nice to get another shot at them if we get past Omaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Okay, he put it out there. He's got this team doing special things this season. Winning four games the next two weekends has to happen first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 11 hours ago, Wilbur said: Okay, he put it out there. He's got this team doing special things this season. Winning four games the next two weekends has to happen first. Oof. I might have gone with, “we’re playing well right now and giving 110%” rather than coyly playing Joe Namath before Super Bowl III, but that’s just me… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 9 minutes ago, MafiaMan said: Oof. I might have gone with, “we’re playing well right now and giving 110%” rather than coyly playing Joe Namath before Super Bowl III, but that’s just me… Right.....you just got to .500 to finish the conference regular season. Pump the brakes a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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