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Re: 2010 Maine offseason: a lazy summer on the Stillwater
I think I'd be pretty excited for next season if I were a Maine fan. Assuming you find a way to solidify the goaltending situation, the offense looks to be downright scary.The ORIGINAL Cross Check
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Re: 2010 Maine offseason: a lazy summer on the Stillwater
Originally posted by Cross Check View PostI think I'd be pretty excited for next season if I were a Maine fan. Assuming you find a way to solidify the goaltending situation, the offense looks to be downright scary.
Whitehead's still got some work to do [/understatement], but there are enough encouraging signs that I'm anxious for October. Been a few years since I've written that.1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2012(!)
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Seems like man-up time for Darling. And he's probably fortunate that the sheet hit the fan when it did - during his sophomore year instead of his senior or pro-level year when this could have killed his career. If he gets squared away, he has the chance to come back for two more years, and show the pros what he is capable of. Here's hoping he's successful.bigmrg74: "You can't drink the day away if you don't start early!"
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Originally posted by UncleRay View PostSeems like man-up time for Darling. And he's probably fortunate that the sheet hit the fan when it did - during his sophomore year instead of his senior or pro-level year when this could have killed his career. If he gets squared away, he has the chance to come back for two more years, and show the pros what he is capable of. Here's hoping he's successful.
If things don't go his way, it looks like we have 1, maybe 2, solid up-and-coming goaltenders, who can only improve over the next 3-4 years and get Maine hockey back on the map nationally. TIMMAY'S got the program back on track. Can't wait til October!!!PP34 - BEAT LA
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Originally posted by sandiegoblkbr View PostI wouldn't consider missing 3 straight NCAA Tourneys as "back on track".......I swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell.
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I said it all year prior to the suspension....
"There are nights Darling looks unbeatable, and nights he looks....well....distracted...."
Finding out the details of his suspension made a LOT of sense.
He DOES have a brain up there and has to realize....if nothing else.....the Coyotes are probably NOT impressed with his antics. If he cleans up his act and plays with his reputation and future on the line....along with this french kid pushing him....I say he emerges better than ever.
Some say goaltending inconsistency, some say defense....but I actually struggle to find a huge weakness in next years team. (OK, Head Coach )
I am NOT worried about goaltending...at all, actually.
The D got a pretty bad rep for their end of the year run...but lets not forget how banged up they were. By the end, they were dressing everyone healthy enough to play, and of them, Dimmen was on a bad knee and Hegarty was probably playing with a concussion. Van Dyk was playing without Banwell consistently for the first time in his 3 years...I mean, it was just a mess. We had a 5'8'' freshman forward playing D for us in a playoff game for heaven's sake. I love Matt to death....but c'mon....that was a telltale sign that we weren't under normal circumstances.
TRUTH IS....we have 5 seniors/juniors anchoring next year's D-Corps....and more than any other position.....EXPERIENCE goes the farthest with D in college hockey. Mediocre nobodies can look like fairly significant players by their upperclass years on the blueline, and I'd like to believe our five are better than that to begin with!
Dim and O'Neill will be a premeir pairing in our league. Ban and Van play best together and they'll be reunited, barring health, playing approximately 100 games together as D-linemates by the end of the year. Hegarty led our D-Men in +/- even though he was kind of quiet. Cornell looks like a hardnosed, real MAINE D-Man. Pryor is an NHL draftee who is coping with injuries, but obviously could be an impact player with health. They just verballed with the EJHL's D-Man of the year....and I think Nemec exceeded everyones expectations this past year. I really don't see where the problem lies in D.
A presentable *at very least* defense, on top of returning eight 20+point scorers (not even including Joey Diamond), and two NHL draftee goalies competing for time????
Pressures on, Timbo, because anything short of a trip to Minny will be a failure with this caliber team.
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Originally posted by GoMaine24 View PostI I really don't see where the problem lies in D.
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other than that, it was poke check and watch the guy in the crease get off a one timer.
I am glad that a few of them know how to (and are allowed to) jump into the offense, but they cannot all fit into the Lundin 8-TOTAL-penalty minutes in 3 years mold
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