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10 minutes ago, Irish said:

How about if your expectation is to win some games in the regional and put yourself in position to win a natty instead of flaming out in the first round - or even making the tournament?

Those folks were deeply unhappy under Hak, and there were a lot of them.  

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The Wood loss hurts a bit, will hurt even more once Blake signs. 
Some UMN fans are already proclaiming the Wood/Moore/Snuggerud line to be as good as the Knies/Cooley/Snuggerud line, which is laughable. UMN still won’t have very good forward depth next season, even with the Wood pickup. 

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1 minute ago, brianvf said:

The Wood loss hurts a bit, will hurt even more once Blake signs. 
Some UMN fans are already proclaiming the Wood/Moore/Snuggerud line to be as good as the Knies/Cooley/Snuggerud line, which is laughable. UMN still won’t have very good forward depth next season, even with the Wood pickup. 

I wouldn’t even put Snuggerud and Wood on the same line. They both essentially do the same thing. But I’m not sure what kind of playmakers Minnesota has on their other lines. But I also don’t really care because it doesn’t affect me lol. 

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44 minutes ago, brianvf said:

The Wood loss hurts a bit, will hurt even more once Blake signs. 
Some UMN fans are already proclaiming the Wood/Moore/Snuggerud line to be as good as the Knies/Cooley/Snuggerud line, which is laughable. UMN still won’t have very good forward depth next season, even with the Wood pickup. 

I wish I could agree with you but I’ll argue that if Pitlick stays, the gophers might have one of the deepest forward groups in the country, if not the deepest.

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1 hour ago, SiouxFanatic said:

I really like the recruiting class coming in and while Wood would have been a very nice addition, I still like UND’s chances to contend next season. Could really use a FO guy like Wilkie from the portal though.

Yeah I’d rather have a faceoff specialist like Wilkie. We have guys coming in that can score and make plays. We badly need a reliable winner in the dot. 

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13 minutes ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

I wish I could agree with you but I’ll argue that if Pitlick stays, the gophers might have one of the deepest forward groups in the country, if not the deepest.

Depending on who leaves Mich & MSU, I don’t even think they’ll have the deepest forward depth in their conference, let alone the country. We’ll see I guess. 

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1 hour ago, Irish said:

How about if your expectation is to win some games in the regional and put yourself in position to win a natty instead of flaming out in the first round - or even making the tournament?

The same folks complaining now did the same for Hak.  He apparently couldn’t win the big game and needed to go.

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49 minutes ago, Walsh Hall said:

The same folks complaining now did the same for Hak.  He apparently couldn’t win the big game and needed to go.

I don't think it's too much to expect our program to win some regional games and get to the Frozen Four regularly - Apparently on this board that is too high an expectation.  Frustrations were for Hak were that he needed to win to win a Natty - frustrations for Bubs are that he needs to win a regional game.  Sad. 

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2 minutes ago, Irish said:

I don't think it's too much to expect our program to win some regional games and get to the Frozen Four regularly - Apparently on this board that is too high an expectation.  Frustrations were for Hak were that he needed to win to win a Natty - frustrations for Bubs are that he needs to win a regional game.  Sad. 

@Walsh Hall is also okay with Bubba's totally unearned and undeserved extention over on the FB forum, so you shouldn't be surprised.

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6 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Anyone want to try to spin this as not a big deal?

Not spinning, as I’m guessing the staff would have wanted both. 
But they've shown to do well getting good players out of the portal when needed, so I trust they have a plan to fill any holes should any further pro or portal departures happen. 

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10 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Not spinning, as I’m guessing the staff would have wanted both. 
But they've shown to do well getting good players out of the portal when needed, so I trust they have a plan to fill any holes should any further pro or portal departures happen. 

If you're not ranting, you're spinning.

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2 minutes ago, SiouxFanSince1990 said:

Can Blake sign already. The anticipation is driving me up the wall…

Agreed. Pull the dang ripcord so we can say congrats, thank you, and reconcile/move on or say you’re coming back now. That works too. :lol::) 

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5 minutes ago, SiouxFanatic said:

Agreed. Pull the dang ripcord so we can say congrats, thank you, and reconcile/move on or say you’re coming back now. That works too. :lol::) 

I'd prefer the latter, but doubt there's much of a chance of that happening at this point.

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