brianvf Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 10 minutes ago, .357 said: Consistency is a state of mind rather than something that's dependent on how many healthy players a team has A state of mind? So let's say you replace Montgomery (a player with like 8 games total of playing dman in his entire career) with Zmolek (one of the best defensive dmen in the entire league), that wouldn't matter in any of these missed assignments or situations? I'm not saying that UND couldn't beat DU with its current lineup. It absolutely could. And I'm not trying to rip on Monty, as he's done great stepping up into the role as others have gone down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxForever Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago If healthy, UND could compete and potentially beat Denver. What concerns me the most lately at UND is the following: O Mac = O goals Wilkie = 1 Goal TJ S. = Not his fault, but is letting in 3 goals per game against good competition. UND isn’t going to score 4+ goals to win these games. Lack of continued production from USHL to college. I understand it’s a big jump but our USHL studs, minus Jackson Blake, are not developing enough (production wise) at UND. Sasha, Mac S (skating is a hurting at this level) are on a decent trajectory, would be nice to get a few more goals… Transfer portal - depending on it way too much annually for goalies and D-man. Have to do better recruiting, no reason you can’t find a goalie or D-‘man. Tons of players and parity, most blue chippers are forwards coming into college hockey minus Sanderson, Makar etc. over the last few years. Zeev Buium is really good but I don’t think most scouts had him putting up 50 points as freshman. Could say, UND’s Jake L. no one expected him to dominate points wise last year like he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.357 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago 16 minutes ago, brianvf said: A state of mind? So let's say you replace Montgomery (a player with like 8 games total of playing dman in his entire career) with Zmolek (one of the best defensive dmen in the entire league), that wouldn't matter in any of these missed assignments or situations? I'm not saying that UND couldn't beat DU with its current lineup. It absolutely could. And I'm not trying to rip on Monty, as he's done great stepping up into the role as others have gone down. Wiebe was raised a d-man, is a draft pick & is a second-year starter, & he made quite a big gaffe by not covering his man in the slot on a basic play, resulting in a goal. The forwards were also missing assignments, resulting in many grade A chances for DU. We got a glimpse last night of the same inconsistency that we saw in the Augustana game (& even the first MSU-M game, which should have been a loss) when most everyone was healthy; except now we can pin it on injuries. Even in the first Cornell game before Strathmann & Croal got injured, the entire team looked like they had just returned from summer vacation. The inconsistency appears to be systemic, regardless of the health of the roster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 37 minutes ago, .357 said: The inconsistency appears to be systemic, regardless of the health of the roster. The next head coaching hire could possibly be a yoga master of some kind? To improve the mental health and state of mind of the team? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeytherapy13 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 5 hours ago, SIOUXELEVENS said: Berg is the only hard one but he is on one line three other lines don’t need to change Several of the lines didn’t change for a few games in a row and once berg was out we had no choice but to shuffle the deck. Especially when Andrew is in, he can’t just slide onto a line where berg was. It’s a lot tougher than saying “keep the lines together” when you lose your top center since one of your next best options at center happens to be the wing on a different line (although it seems like Omac should be the one sliding to center). Therefore you have to change 3-4 lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago OMac is center tonight 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejm Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago When is the last time UND could overcome a ferocious forecheck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxfaninseattle Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago Too much negative vibes. We knew that the first 10 or 11 games would be difficult, and injuries have come into play. Last time I looked at SOS, we were 2. After DU it will probably be 1. Win tonight and we're 6-5. Win 5 of the next 6 and we're at least 10-6. Not what we would like but not horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 5 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said: Too much negative vibes. We knew that the first 10 or 11 games would be difficult, and injuries have come into play. Last time I looked at SOS, we were 2. After DU it will probably be 1. Win tonight and we're 6-5. Win 5 of the next 6 and we're at least 10-6. Not what we would like but not horrible. Only problem with that is winning 5 of the next 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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