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3 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Uh, he had 8 points (3g, 5a) in 4 playoff games. 2.0 ppg during the playoffs is uh... pretty good lol.

Don't confuse Sioux> with the facts Stoney. He's our version of LakesBison and DrunkHockeyGuy. He has an opinion on everything, usually negative and always unsupported by a factual or evidentiary basis. 

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Just now, skateshattrick said:

Don't confuse Sioux> with the facts Stoney. He's our version of LakesBison and DrunkHockeyGuy. He has an opinion on everything, usually negative and always unsupported by a factual or evidentiary basis. 

I mean, everyone can have an opinion, but saying Blake didn't show up in the playoffs is pretty easily refuted with real stats lol.

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

Not putting that goal on Pehrson. Such a weird situation to be in. I’m not one to blame goaltending for either tournament loss this year. We should have responded instead of fading away. 

I'm not putting it on Pehrson either. I'd say Persson had a big deal to do with it, though. I almost never blame a goal on a goalie because there are almost always 5 other guys on the ice that could have been around to help out. But that tying goal at the beginning of the 3rd could have been very avoidable if Ludvig either covers it or pushes at a different angle. I'm still not giving the goalie 100% but that was the only goal in the game and maybe only one of the few the entire month that the goalie botched the play. 

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1 minute ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

But that tying goal at the beginning of the 3rd could have been very avoidable if Ludvig either covers it or pushes at a different angle.

I just can't believe that he didn't just cover it.  With how slow it was going and with all that traffic right in front of him?
Just cover it for the faceoff.  Every time.

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Posted
35 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

Just because he didn’t turn the puck over in the worst places doesn’t mean he improved his 200’ game. Coasting back on those Michigan goals proves my point.

It was Blake's effective back check that led to the fluky goal that tied the game. 

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Posted
13 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Blake would have even more leverage next season if he stuck around...then he could become a FA if he wanted.

The deal will be the same either way, the max, just the option of choosing the team.  The leverage of getting a max deal now, and probably burning a year, is pretty compelling.  

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Posted
1 minute ago, Walsh Hall said:

The deal will be the same either way, the max, just the option of choosing the team.  The leverage of getting a max deal now, and probably burning a year, is pretty compelling.  

As much loyalty I'd have to my program, this would be very, very hard to resist as a kid his age. Very hard.

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1 minute ago, Walsh Hall said:

The deal will be the same either way, the max, just the option of choosing the team.  The leverage of getting a max deal now, and probably burning a year, is pretty compelling.  

Not to mention they are one of the best teams in the league at the moment. It’s not like he’s dealing with San Jose… 

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Posted
51 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

Maybe Carolina didn’t like the way Blake was developing. Wanted to get him within the program to get him on track

Carolina is on a prospect signing binge right now. They did not have an AHL affilaite this season and it has hurt their depth. They need to restock the shelves which is why they are currently trying to sign all the prospects in their system as they plan on having an AHL team again next season.

 

"For starters, the Hurricanes currently do not have any AHL veterans signed to two-way contracts. 

Last season, the Canes had 10 two-way contracts, meaning they had plenty of organizational depth.

Furthermore, of those 10 two-way players, four played in at least one game for the Hurricanes over the course of the season, with two of them - Jalen Chatfield and Stefan Noesen - becoming NHL regulars out of training camp.

The bottom line is that the lack of veteran depth will be a big hurdle that the team will surely have to face at some point during the season.

The whole point of having those AHL vets is to 1) provide some dependable culture and experience for your prospects to learn from and, most importantly, 2) have dependable players that you can call up in the case of injuries.

Without those players, your options when things start to go sideways are not promising ones."

 

They had 14 players on entry level contracts this season and had them scattered around the AHL, ECHL, and Europe. This is not ideal for continuity as most NHL teams and their AHL affiliates work hand in hand on the systems they use.

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Posted
31 minutes ago, brianvf said:

I just can't believe that he didn't just cover it.  With how slow it was going and with all that traffic right in front of him?
Just cover it for the faceoff.  Every time.

it was like watching in slow motion..i could see he was thinking of sweeping it to the corner, and in my head im screaming COVER THE PUCK UP!....and then its in the back of the net...that was a killer..could just see the team was out of it after that

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Posted
21 minutes ago, crb1 said:

Probably announce it tomorrow then??

Saw something on Twitter that says Blake's announcement will be tomorrow.

Posted
3 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

Saw something on Twitter that says Blake's announcement will be tomorrow.

Yeah. That was yesterday, no?

Posted
2 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

guess I didn't look closely at the date

No worries. I am sure he will sign. Just wondering what is taking so long. They said today but doesn’t seem like it. Probably could have announced it over the weekend too. Whatever works I guess. 

Posted
2 minutes ago, Big A HG said:

Blake seemed like he was a one-man-band because oftentimes he had to be.

Yep.
Unfortunately puts a big dampener on our offensive chances for next season with Gaber and potentially Blake/Berg gone as well.  That's our top 3 goal scorers from this past season.  Highest returning goal scorer would be OMac then with 13 goals.

I know that some returning guys will step up with increased ice time and special teams play and that we have a very good recruiting class and portal pickups coming in...but that's a lot of talent and points to replace.  I feel less optimistic about next year's team since the Blake/Berg news has been floated around.  Of course, maybe they could put it together at the end...that's my hope.

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Posted
5 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Too early to give up on next year's team. Let's wait and see how the team looks when classes start in August.

I'm certainly not giving up on them, by any stretch.
Just lowering my expectations a little. 

With Blake & Berg and our current portal additions, I would peg this team as top 5 pre-season.
With both Blake & Berg gone, they won't be a top-5 team in my opinion.  Of course, that can change if they progress during the season.
Less talented teams than that have won the title in the last decade.  ;)

Posted
1 minute ago, brianvf said:

I'm certainly not giving up on them, by any stretch.
Just lowering my expectations a little. 

With Blake & Berg and our current portal additions, I would peg this team as top 5 pre-season.
With both Blake & Berg gone, they won't be a top-5 team in my opinion.  Of course, that can change if they progress during the season.
Less talented teams than that have won the title in the last decade.  ;)

There may be some big portal additions in the coming weeks and months. Even if there aren't, this team may be better if everyone chipped in on the offensive end and not just one or two guys.

Posted
3 hours ago, 1972 said:

it was like watching in slow motion..i could see he was thinking of sweeping it to the corner, and in my head im screaming COVER THE PUCK UP!....and then its in the back of the net...that was a killer..could just see the team was out of it after that

That would be a huge indictment on the mental toughness if that was the case.  Yes, it was a disappointing goal to give up, but I would argue the response to it was far more disappointing.  Good teams react positively to adversity, not fold under a small bit of adversity.

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