JESUS,family,rutgers Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 How do you guys think the team would be doing this year with all the kids who left early for the pros? GO FIGHTING SIOUX! GO SCARLET KNIGHTS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujo2 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I think UND would be unstoppable if they had Smaby, Stafford, and Zajac. Seems to me the problems are: 1) Offense--having a hard time scoring. Stafford and Zajac would certainly would afford UND 2 legitimate scoring lines. 2.) Defense--From the sounds of things the defense is plainly putrid but I would think that Smaby would certainly add another dimension to shore up the defense. So if you add these guys back into the mix, yeah UND would be a force. But what if the Gophers had Kessel, Potulny, and Irmen??? or Wisconsin had Pavelski & Earl? Unforuatley the upper echelon teams will continue to attract the big name kids but will also lose them to the NHL sooner. Which I think makes the duties of the coaches even more difficult Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farce poobah Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 All the top teams lost guys to the pros. And any of them would be unstoppable if they hadn't lost top players to the pros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Schwartz Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I think UND would be unstoppable if they had Smaby, Stafford, and Zajac. Seems to me the problems are: 1) Offense--having a hard time scoring. Stafford and Zajac would certainly would afford UND 2 legitimate scoring lines. 2.) Defense--From the sounds of things the defense is plainly putrid but I would think that Smaby would certainly add another dimension to shore up the defense. So if you add these guys back into the mix, yeah UND would be a force. But what if the Gophers had Kessel, Potulny, and Irmen??? or Wisconsin had Pavelski & Earl? Unforuatley the upper echelon teams will continue to attract the big name kids but will also lose them to the NHL sooner. Which I think makes the duties of the coaches even more difficult Well said...unfortunitly some teams take the defections better then the others. Can you imagine the Gophs with these forward combo's... Irmen-Potulny-Okposo Wheeler-Kessel-Hirsch Stoa-Mueller-Bariball Gordon-Carman-Bostrom siiiiiiiiiick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwing77 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Well said...unfortunitly some teams take the defections better then the others. Can you imagine the Gophs with these forward combo's... Irmen-Potulny-Okposo Wheeler-Kessel-Hirsch Stoa-Mueller-Bariball Gordon-Carman-Bostrom siiiiiiiiiick No, because Bariball was only brought in early because Kessel left, so Bariball wouldn't have been with the Gophers this year if Kessel had stayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Schwartz Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 No, because Bariball was only brought in early because Kessel left, so Bariball wouldn't have been with the Gophers this year if Kessel had stayed. Scruge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slap Shot Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Fine, then I guess they could find a spot for Chucko somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwing77 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Fine, then I guess they could find a spot for Chucko somewhere. Do you really want him back? Somehow, he was barely more effective last season than Wheeler! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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