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  • Re: Minnesota Gopher 2012 offseason thread

    Nice to see the Gophs have more players mentioned than any other conference, and the WCHA has more than all the rest combined.

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      Who Disappointed?

      In the book “Moneyball”, Billy Beane uses the term ‘jeans model’ in reference to a player who has the look of someone bound for stardom, yet that’s all it is – a look. Standing a healthy six-foot-three and weighing in at 203-pounds, Brady Skjei is a powerful and fluid skater as well- a mouth watering combination for fans and scouts alike. Disappointingly enough, Brady Skjei is a ‘jeans model’.

      In an exhibition game around the New Year, the U18′s took on Minnesota State-Mankato and Skjei’s mental deficiencies were exposed. Poor decision-making and bad instincts made him a liability, and his insistence on skating the puck end to end often put his partner Brett Pesce in comprising situations. Despite having the size, Skjei was muscled off of pucks and lost battles.

      Now, in fairness, he was playing in front of friends and family so there may have been some desire to put on a show for them, which is understandable. However, a few weeks later I saw the same troubling deficiencies in a game against Dubuque, but they were disguised because of who he was playing against – players in his age group, instead of the 20-somethings who skated in the WCHA. He could get away with the same things he was exposed for at the USHL level, which begs the question- what will happen at the professional level?

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      • Re: Minnesota Gopher 2012 offseason thread

        Originally posted by mnstate0fhockey View Post
        Who Disappointed?

        In the book “Moneyball”, Billy Beane uses the term ‘jeans model’ in reference to a player who has the look of someone bound for stardom, yet that’s all it is – a look. Standing a healthy six-foot-three and weighing in at 203-pounds, Brady Skjei is a powerful and fluid skater as well- a mouth watering combination for fans and scouts alike. Disappointingly enough, Brady Skjei is a ‘jeans model’.

        In an exhibition game around the New Year, the U18′s took on Minnesota State-Mankato and Skjei’s mental deficiencies were exposed. Poor decision-making and bad instincts made him a liability, and his insistence on skating the puck end to end often put his partner Brett Pesce in comprising situations. Despite having the size, Skjei was muscled off of pucks and lost battles.

        Now, in fairness, he was playing in front of friends and family so there may have been some desire to put on a show for them, which is understandable. However, a few weeks later I saw the same troubling deficiencies in a game against Dubuque, but they were disguised because of who he was playing against – players in his age group, instead of the 20-somethings who skated in the WCHA. He could get away with the same things he was exposed for at the USHL level, which begs the question- what will happen at the professional level?

        http://futureconsiderations.ca/fcs-scout-series-dan-shrader-upper-midwest/
        For some reason, I got the impression that Seth Ambroz fit this mold. He got off to an amazing start as he trounced everyone physically in high school. Yet when he got to the USHL, I think he stumbled and also got held back from coming in early. He ended up doing decent this year...but looking at his sophomore high school stats, you'd think he could be a Kessel. I may have been wrong about all this...that was my impression.

        In the end, Skjei's young and took a big step up this year. This could be a small sample of poor play or he may be cutting his teeth right now. But its good to see him getting taken behind the WCHA woodshed now so he will be more ready when he gets to the U.
        Go Gophers!

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        • Originally posted by 5mn_Major View Post
          For some reason, I got the impression that Seth Ambroz fit this mold. He got off to an amazing start as he trounced everyone physically in high school. Yet when he got to the USHL, I think he stumbled and also got held back from coming in early. He ended up doing decent this year...but looking at his sophomore high school stats, you'd think he could be a Kessel. I may have been wrong about all this...that was my impression.

          In the end, Skjei's young and took a big step up this year. This could be a small sample of poor play or he may be cutting his teeth right now. But its good to see him getting taken behind the WCHA woodshed now so he will be more ready when he gets to the U.
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          • Re: Minnesota Gopher 2012 offseason thread

            Russo on KFAN this morning said he thinks Bjugstad comes back.
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            • Re: Minnesota Gopher 2012 offseason thread

              Originally posted by mnstate0fhockey View Post
              Russo on KFAN this morning said he thinks Bjugstad comes back.
              Hope he does,they would have 2 very good lines if that were to happen.
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              • Re: Minnesota Gopher 2012 offseason thread

                Curious to see if Jake Bischoff gets picked up in the draft this weekend.

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                • Re: Minnesota Gopher 2012 offseason thread

                  Swift-skating Skjei shows the makeup of an NHL first-rounder
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                  • Re: Minnesota Gopher 2012 offseason thread

                    Another year light on MN draft picks...both for the school and the state. At 173, surprised Kloos is so far down. Central Rating service rankings:

                    9 Jacob Trouba D U.S. NTDP Michigan 18 Zemgus Girgensons F Dubuque/USHL Vermont 19 Brady Skjei D U.S. NTDP Minnesota 27 Cristoval Nieves F Indiana/USHL Michigan 29 Nicolas Kerdiles F U.S. NTDP Wisconsin 30 Michael Matheson D Dubuque/USHL Boston College 31 Patrick Sieloff D U.S. NTDP Miami 34 Jordan Schmaltz D Green Bay/USHL North Dakota 36 Samuel Kurker F St. John's Prep (Mass.) Boston University 43 Mark Jankowski F Stanstead (Quebec) College Providence 50 Robbie Baillargeon F Indiana/USHL Boston University 51 Matt DeBlouw F Muskegon/USHL Michigan State 53 Zachary Stepan F Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep (Minn.) Ohio State 54 Brian Hart F Phillips-Exeter Prep (N.H.) Harvard 58 Devin Shore F Whitby/OJHL Maine 68 Brian Cooper D Fargo/USHL Nebraska-Omaha 69 Chris Calnan F Nobles Prep (Mass.) Boston College 74 Jujhar Khaira F Prince George/BCHL Michigan Tech 76 Daniel O'Regan F St. Sebastian Prep (Mass.) Boston University 77 Jimmy Vesey F South Shore/EJHL Harvard 78 Kevin Roy F Lincoln/USHL Brown 79 Devin Tringale F Lawrence Prep (Mass.) Harvard 80 Quentin Shore F U.S. NTDP Denver 81 Thomas DiPauli F U.S. NTDP Notre Dame 82 Adam Johnson F Hibbing (Minn.) HS Minnesota-Duluth 84 Dakota Mermis D Green Bay/USHL Denver 86 Riley Barber F U.S. NTDP Miami 87 AJ Michaelson F Waterloo/USHL Minnesota 88 Frank Vatrano F U.S. NTDP Boston College 90 Reece Willcox D Merritt/BCHL Cornell 91 Samuel Fejes F Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep (Minn.) Colorado College 98 Paul Dejersey F Prince George/BCHL Providence 99 Doyle Somerby D Kimball Union Prep (N.H.) Boston University 105 Jacob Montgomery F Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep (Minn.) Nebraska-Omaha 106 John Draeger D Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep (Minn.) Michigan State 108 Matt Beattie F Phillips Exeter (N.H.) Academy Yale 112 Austin Farley F Fargo/USHL Minnesota-Duluth 115 Vincent Hinostroza F Waterloo/USHL Notre Dame 116 Theodor Blueger F Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep (Minn.) Minnesota State 124 Connor Carrick D U.S. NTDP Michigan 126 Morgan Zulinick F Salmon Arm/BCHL Wisconsin 127 Nicholas Bligh F South Shore/EJHL Dartmouth 130 Will Merchant F Eagan (Minn.) HS Maine 132 John Stevens F Salisbury Prep (Conn.) Northeastern 133 Alex Iafallo F Fargo/USHL Minnesota-Duluth 134 Cameron Darcy F U.S. NTDP Northeastern 138 Mackenzie MacEachern F Brother Rice (Mich.) HS Michigan State 142 Wade Murphy F Victoria/BCHL Merrimack 143 Brendan Collier F Malden Catholic Prep (Mass.) Boston University 144 Justin Wade D Fargo/USHL Notre Dame 145 Kevin Duane F Brunswick Prep (Conn.) Boston University 147 Jake Bischoff D Grand Rapids (Minn.) HS Minnesota 149 Dominic Toninato F Duluth (Minn.) East HS Minnesota-Duluth 150 Matthew Lane F U.S. NTDP Boston University 159 Peter Quenneville F Sherwood Park/AJHL Quinnipiac 166 Alex Rauter F Choate-Rosemary Prep (Conn.) Cornell 167 Rhett Holland D Okotoks/AJHL Michigan State 168 Alex Kile F Green Bay/USHL Michigan 170 Clifford Watson D Sioux City/USHL Ohio State 172 Tyler Wood D Nobles Prep (Mass.) Brown 173 Justin Kloos F Lakeville (Minn.) South HS Minnesota 175 James Haas D Toronto Lakeshore/OJHL Clarkson 177 Matthew Grzelcyk D U.S. NTDP Boston University 180 Christian Weidauer D Carleton Place/CCHL Niagara 184 Travis Jeke D Northwood School (N.Y.) Boston College 185 Drake Caggiula F Stouffville/OJHL North Dakota 186 Gavin Bayreuther D Holderness Prep (N.H.) St. Lawrence 187 Grant Besse F Benilde-St. Margaret's HS (Minn.) Wisconsin 188 Louis Nanne F Edina (Minn.) HS Minnesota 191 Grant Opperman F Breck HS (Minn.) Dartmouth 200 Ben Hutton D Nepean/CCHL Maine 201 Miles Koules F U.S. NTDP North Dakota 206 Sam Wolfe D Eagan (Minn.) HS Maine 207 Eli May D Eagan (Minn.) HS Minnesota State 208 Tim Boyle D Nobles Prep (Mass.) Union
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                    • Re: Minnesota Gopher 2012 offseason thread

                      Next year should be a pretty good year though: Hudson Fasching, Taylor Cammarata, Michael Brodzinski, Jordan Gross, Jake Guentzel, Blake Heinrich, Dan Labosky, Vinni Lettieri, Parker Reno, and Luke Voltin among others.
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                      • Re: Minnesota Gopher 2012 offseason thread

                        Originally posted by 5mn_Major View Post
                        Don't see that this has been posted. Here's the top 10 rated forwards yet to sign a pro contract from reputable Hockeys Future website: http://www.hockeysfuture.com/article...ncaa-forwards/
                        Thanks for the info.

                        3 @ Minnesota + 2 @ North Dakota = 1/2 of the top rated forwards.
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                        • Originally posted by SoCalSiouxFan View Post
                          Thanks for the info.

                          3 @ Minnesota + 2 @ North Dakota = 1/2 of the top rated forwards.
                          Think it's safe to say our games against each other this season are going to be high scoring affairs.
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                          • Re: Minnesota Gopher 2012 offseason thread

                            Originally posted by mnstate0fhockey View Post
                            Think it's safe to say our games against each other this season are going to be high scoring affairs.
                            we'll have to see how your goalie situation works out... everyone might have a high scoring affair with goldy

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                            • Originally posted by willythekid View Post
                              we'll have to see how your goalie situation works out... everyone might have a high scoring affair with goldy
                              I am pretty confident we'll be fine there. Asked a pro goalie scout on Twitter what he thought of our tenders next season and he said we should be fine. I guess we'll see.
                              Last edited by mnstate0fhockey; 06-21-2012, 04:48 PM.
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                              • Re: Minnesota Gopher 2012 offseason thread

                                Sure you'll meet again soon.

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