2024 Early Departures and Transfer Portal

[Blackheart]

1 hour ago, SuhakiYeahYeah said:

Source?

Rhymes with shmafiaman…

[Blackheart]

4 minutes ago, krustyklown said:

Uh oh, MacDonald has been talking to Blake?...

               Will he wear No. 7 at UND like Jandric and Pyke?

               "I'm not too sure yet," said MacDonald, who wore No. 9 at Alaska. "I'll have to talk to the coaches and see what's available."

[The Sicatoka]

My best estimate is there are two or three (Blake) forward slots to fill and it's a roster.

Littler? Klee? Portal Wilkie? Portal Wood? Total surprise? 

[SiouxFanatic]

Benoit enters the portal.

[scpa0305]

Replaceable 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Didn't think he'd make it to campus in the first place. Gotta get used to this kind of turnover; best of luck to him, and thank you for finishing the year with the team.

[stoneySIOUX]

Add MacDonald, subtract Benoit. Nothing against Benoit, I wish him the best, but I think we got better today. Both Sophomores.

[Wilbur]

4 hours ago, nodakvindy said:

Have him watch the Bryan Bros on youtube. Wedgeley is a short game maestro.

Thank you!

[brianvf]

3 minutes ago, SiouxFanSince1990 said:

What’s the scouting report on MacDonald? For those of us unwilling to watch game highlights of other teams…

He scored a sweet goal against us either this year, nice toe drag around a UND defender then sniped it.

[nodakvindy]

1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:

And which team is in the Frozen Four?

That's one indicator, I gave another.  One that is an actual comparison between the two teams.  I'd love to hang banner #9, but the NCAA is a small sample size.  The Phillies have beaten the Braves in the playoffs the past two years, but you'd be hard pressed to find many people who would say the Phillies are killing the Braves.  As much as people want to think you can time when a team gets hot, there is a degree of luck involved, be it play itself, status of injuries, any number of factors.  Not having Sanderson available in 2022 or Pyke this year wasn't a bad coaching decision, just a reality of the game.  You can talk about "next man up" all you want, but subtracting key players is going to hurt, just the way things are.

[nodakvindy]

1 hour ago, Wilbur said:

Thank you!

They recently had some super fun to watch matches with Jon Rahm, but Wes has also posted some great short game tutorials.  They have 2 channels Bryan Brothers Golf and Bryan Brothers TV, so you might have to check them both.  Grant Horvat teaches is another good channel, he's done several chipping videos on his teaching channel and I think he might have done a short game video with Colin Morikawa.

[scpa0305]

5 hours ago, tnt said:

Well, if Carle got Pohlkamp because he is an American, then Berry should be able to pull Wood away from the Canadian-hating Minnesota crowd.   (...and yes, despite Close, there are still a few of them.)

Carle got Pohlkamp because he’s a great recruiter that has a great thing going right now. He also plays a more free still of play, especially with his dmen. 

[stoneySIOUX]

Just now, scpa0305 said:

Carle got Pohlkamp because he’s a great recruiter that has a great thing going right now. He also plays a more free still of play, especially with his dmen. 

Good clarification, @scpa0305. I said it as gospel that Carle got Pohlkamp because he coached him in the WJC. That made it seem like I think that's the only reason. Absolutely not the case. Carle is definitely in a groove right now in all things. Certainly didn't hurt to have the comfortability, though.

[fightingsioux4life]

1 hour ago, nodakvindy said:

That's one indicator, I gave another.  One that is an actual comparison between the two teams.  I'd love to hang banner #9, but the NCAA is a small sample size.  The Phillies have beaten the Braves in the playoffs the past two years, but you'd be hard pressed to find many people who would say the Phillies are killing the Braves.  As much as people want to think you can time when a team gets hot, there is a degree of luck involved, be it play itself, status of injuries, any number of factors.  Not having Sanderson available in 2022 or Pyke this year wasn't a bad coaching decision, just a reality of the game.  You can talk about "next man up" all you want, but subtracting key players is going to hurt, just the way things are.

The "reality of the game" hasn't stopped Denver from going to 4 Frozen Fours since 2016 and winning two titles with the chance to win a third next week. Meanwhile, our favorite team has one NCAA tournament win during that entire time (vs. an Alphabet Soup school from the AHA). Those are clear trends over 7 seasons (not counting the 2020 Pandemic shortened season). That is "just the way things are" and it cannot be explained away by the usual alibis posted here constantly.

The problem with this team isn't lack of physical talent (you don't win 26 games without talent). The problem is from the neck up, the lack of mental focus after clinching the Penrose at home. That is the biggest task facing this coaching staff for next year. And whether it's fair or not, lack of national success will negatively affect recruiting if it continues.

[Shawn-O]

46 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

The "reality of the game" hasn't stopped Denver from going to 4 Frozen Fours since 2016 and winning two titles with the chance to win a third next week. Meanwhile, our favorite team has one NCAA tournament win during that entire time (vs. an Alphabet Soup school from the AHA). Those are clear trends over 7 seasons (not counting the 2020 Pandemic shortened season). That is "just the way things are" and it cannot be explained away by the usual alibis posted here constantly.

The problem with this team isn't lack of physical talent (you don't win 26 games without talent). The problem is from the neck up, the lack of mental focus after clinching the Penrose at home. That is the biggest task facing this coaching staff for next year. And whether it's fair or not, lack of national success will negatively affect recruiting if it continues.

Maybe trade in a zero-gravity bed and a red light bed for a sports psychologist?  

[BusinessSiouxt]

56 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

The "reality of the game" hasn't stopped Denver from going to 4 Frozen Fours since 2016 and winning two titles with the chance to win a third next week. Meanwhile, our favorite team has one NCAA tournament win during that entire time (vs. an Alphabet Soup school from the AHA). Those are clear trends over 7 seasons (not counting the 2020 Pandemic shortened season). That is "just the way things are" and it cannot be explained away by the usual alibis posted here constantly.

The problem with this team isn't lack of physical talent (you don't win 26 games without talent). The problem is from the neck up, the lack of mental focus after clinching the Penrose at home. That is the biggest task facing this coaching staff for next year. And whether it's fair or not, lack of national success will negatively affect recruiting if it continues.

Someone on this board still continue to believe that Omaha and Colorado College are easy outs. Newsflash: ‘ they are not!’

[stoneySIOUX]

37 minutes ago, BusinessSiouxt said:

Someone on this board still continue to believe that Omaha and Colorado College are easy outs. Newsflash: ‘ they are not!’

Some also refuse to believe Michigan's first three goals in the tournament were also insane bounces.

[planetearth]

1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:

The "reality of the game" hasn't stopped Denver from going to 4 Frozen Fours since 2016 and winning two titles with the chance to win a third next week. Meanwhile, our favorite team has one NCAA tournament win during that entire time (vs. an Alphabet Soup school from the AHA). Those are clear trends over 7 seasons (not counting the 2020 Pandemic shortened season). That is "just the way things are" and it cannot be explained away by the usual alibis posted here constantly.

The problem with this team isn't lack of physical talent (you don't win 26 games without talent). The problem is from the neck up, the lack of mental focus after clinching the Penrose at home. That is the biggest task facing this coaching staff for next year. And whether it's fair or not, lack of national success will negatively affect recruiting if it continues.

 

[Goon]

On 4/4/2024 at 4:53 PM, fightingsioux4life said:

The last month has been a total disaster for this team. Denver is in the Frozen Four and we are still searching for answers. That is what is causing my sour mood. So forgive me if I'm not giddy as a schoolgirl right now.

I am going to drop this here. There's a message here. This kind of applies to our program, too. 

It sucks that UND lost, but it's not the end of the world. Next year's team is going to be very good and will again be in the mix.

Someone asked me if this year's team might have overachieved or exceeded expectations. It might be possible. 

 

 

[AJS]

12 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Some also refuse to believe Michigan's first three goals in the tournament were also insane bounces.

You consider Michigan’s 2nd goal a bad bounce? Maybe on a technicality, but only happened because Persson made the single worst goaltending decision I saw all year. 
 

Whatever the issue is come tournament time, I’ll be (potentially in the minority) that UND winning just one game since 2017 isn’t based on bad luck.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Completely forgot about Daimon Gardner, wouldn't be surprised to see him pick a local CCHA school or Duluth.

[siouxweet]

41 minutes ago, AJS said:

You consider Michigan’s 2nd goal a bad bounce? Maybe on a technicality, but only happened because Persson made the single worst goaltending decision I saw all year. 
 

Whatever the issue is come tournament time, I’ll be (potentially in the minority) that UND winning just one game since 2017 isn’t based on bad luck.

Would the QU player's shot that missed an open net against BC be classified as the worst shot you saw all season?  It was a bad break from a decision made in a split second.  That play wasn't the reason they lost.  Didn't help but wasn't the reason.

[Brett0909]

26 minutes ago, AJS said:

You consider Michigan’s 2nd goal a bad bounce? Maybe on a technicality, but only happened because Persson made the single worst goaltending decision I saw all year. 
 

Whatever the issue is come tournament time, I’ll be (potentially in the minority) that UND winning just one game since 2017 isn’t based on bad luck.

It’s always going to be “something”, right? Every NCAA tourney on this streak of losing can be picked apart and excuses made for why UND just had “bad luck”. Yes, some luck’s required at times to win it all…and most of these teams have been competitive, making for some close games at least. But despite their seeding, makeup, etc. for nearly a decade they’ve all been in the position that they needed bounces to go their way and couldn’t overcome any that went against them. You’re not going to win many postseason games (and certainly not four in a row) when every game is dependent on things going your way vs. controlling. And we can’t make the same “bad luck” excuse year after year; turns out all the other teams winning or losing all play the same game and face the same bounces. You need to dominate a few games, dig deep in others (winners find a way to win), AND likely get a little puck luck at the right time. Some teams right now have it..and UND clearly doesn’t. 
 

This isn’t doom and gloom from me, we’ll all be hoping they figure it out next year. It’s just hard to hear the bad luck excuses year after year as if every other team just gets lucky in their wins. Most on here would be making fun of any of our rival fan bases making excuses every year about being the better team but losing because of luck. I’d like to think we’re better than making those same excuses. 
 

UND hasn’t been good enough to win without luck, for whatever reason…and winning the luck-battle isn’t a great strategy. Hopefully they figure it out soon. 

[mygarske]

On 3/18/2024 at 1:22 PM, brianvf said:

I think hat trick will be Celebrini, Gauthier, and Blake.

Nailed it!!

[jk]

There are facts, and you can call them excuses if you want.  Before that, though, it's a fact that they've lost almost all their NCAA games since 2016.  Ultimately the final score dictates who moves on.  But they have had the worst run of experiences in the tourney lately, kind of the opposite of the incredible fortune Duluth had in their run.

They didn't allow a shot on goal in the entire fourth period against BU.  Does that count as controlling?  And the disallowed goal.  Ugh.  And Duluth taking Poolman out the game before.

Covid wipes out the postseason of a great team.  

UND did not dominate against Duluth, in fact they looked like a team playing the second leg of a back to back against a rested team.  How does that happen?  Sanderson (I think) has a shot go post-goalline-post and out.  You knew then it was cursed.

UND did not dominate Notre Dame.  That was not a great UND team, nor a very good ND team.  It was evenly played, and kinda boring.  We'll never know, but I suspect having the country's best player play 30 minutes that game may have changed the outcome.

UND did not dominate MI, who is also very good.  But UND did carry the play for maybe 35-40 minutes.  It's not like they didn't show up.  Pointing to Pyke is an excuse if you want to call it that, but he was probably the team's best all-around defenseman and it is an unquestionable fact that he got injured in the game before the tournament and didn't play.

Do those five outcomes, with their odd circumstances, define the program?