Wisconsin Hockey: Vol. XXI - For every dark night, there's a brighter day

[vizoroo]

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Gurss Turris well get some Badger love after his GWG against the Rangahs

[Chuck Schwartz]

Re: Wisconsin Hockey: Vol. XXI - For every dark night, there's a brighter day

Gurss Turris well get some Badger love after his GWG against the Rangahs

Still should have stayed at least 2 years.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

Still should have stayed at least 2 years.

Still shocked he stayed an entire season.

[Gandalf the Red]

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Still should have stayed at least 2 years.

Totally agree, that decision set his NHL career back. That summer of strength training would have done wonders. My opinion on players leaving early is when they are dominating or near dominating and don't have much left to prove at this level, fine leave early. I would still love for them to stay, but I can't fault Craig Smith when he plays in the NHL out of training camp or McDonagh when he is shortly dominating for the Rangers, etc. I think that has played out for the majority of guys bolting early the past several years; expect Turris. He never lit up the WCHA, how did he think he would light up the NHL?

I haven't followed him at all this season, did he have a good year? Holding out when he hadn't done anything yet as a pro didn't sit well with me.

[Gurtholfin]

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While I'm in the Turris should have stayed another year/didn't like his holdout camp, he sure looked excited in the locker room interview post game. Good for him.

Still remember the only time I met him - took a few of my son's team mates to a game for his birthday, bought them each a puck in Bucky's Locker Room to get signed after the game. They asked me who I thought they should get and I said "Turris, he's gonna be great some day." That proclamation hasn't looked so good in the years that have followed.

The Badgers laid an egg that night against Mankato and I could hear Turris actually apologizing to the boys as they got his autograph. "Sorry we played so bad tonight, we'll try to do better tomorrow."

Really cool to those kids. Those pucks may actually end up being worthwhile after all.

Good to see him doing well.

[Gurtholfin]

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With all the things Gurt and others have said about UND on this site, I wouldn't be surprised if UND just said P!$$$ on it, we'll try to get a nice team on the schedule.

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[Chuck Schwartz]

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FWIW I didn't mind the Turris hold out one bit this year. People think it was about money but that had nothing to do with it. It was all about trying to get Phoenix to trade him to a better situation. Tippet was playing him like 8-9 minutes a night when he was with the Coyotes last season. In Ottawa he's centering the second line most of the time which is a much better fit for him.

[Almington]

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FWIW I didn't mind the Turris hold out one bit this year. People think it was about money but that had nothing to do with it. It was all about trying to get Phoenix to trade him to a better situation. Tippet was playing him like 8-9 minutes a night when he was with the Coyotes last season. In Ottawa he's centering the second line most of the time which is a much better fit for him.

The situation in Phoenix changed greatly from the time that he was drafted and signed to when he was traded. While staying would have helped Turris get off to a better start in the NHL, he needed a fresh start and the only way to do that as a RFA is to force your teams hand and orchestrate a trade. I suspect that trade requests were made prior to the hold-out that Phoenix didn't accommodate. At that point, the hold-out and a public falling out is about the only option for the player. It isn't pretty and doesn't do anything for the player's reputation but better to take that hit and be out of Phoenix than to stay and be considered a giant draft bust.

[Chuck Schwartz]

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[Gurtholfin]

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Might just be me, but I'd rather keep the current members of the WCHA (and NMU) on the schedule on a regular basis then add a team (like Miami) that UW had almost zero history with.

As someone who's gotta pay for these games each year, I'd rather see us play a quality opponent - regardless of history. Bring in Notre Dame too.

BSU, Mankato, Tech, Omaha, UAA, heck, even CC and SCSU... wake me when it's over.

The fact (hopefully) that we will leave the WCHA but retain UND and Denver has actually rejuvenated my interest in the regular season on a micro level. Meaning - more than interested in the regular season as just a path to the playoffs. I will actually care more about individual games than just how they effect our record.

I'm really looking forward to seeing some new blood on the schedule.

It'd be cool if we could play Duluth every once in a while also.

[Gurtholfin]

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2012-13 Tentative Wisconsin Hockey Schedule

OCTOBER

12/13--@ Northern Michigan (Resch Center)
19/20--Miami (?)
26/27--@ Minnesota-Duluth

NOVEMBER

2/3--Colorado College
9/10--
16/17--@ Minnesota
23/24--Minnesota State
30/1--@ Denver

DECEMBER

7/8--Michigan Tech
14/15--
21/22--
28/29--Lake Superior State (?)

JANUARY

4/5--@ Alaska Anchorage
11/12--@ Minnesota State
18/19--
25/26--Alaska Anchorage

FEBRUARY

1/2--@ North Dakota
8/9--Bemidji State
15/17--Minnesota (Friday Kohl Center, Sunday @ Soldier Field)
22/23--Penn State

MARCH

1/2--@ Nebraska Omaha
8/9--St. Cloud State

I hadn't really looked closely at this till now, but what a horrible home schedule.

No Denver OR UND?

ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...............

[burd]

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I hadn't really looked closely at this till now, but what a horrible home schedule.

No Denver OR UND?

ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...............

Yeah, that's got to be as uninteresting a home schedule as the Badgers have had in a while. Ever done the Grand Forks road trip--down Sat and back Sun?

[mnstate0fhockey]

I hadn't really looked closely at this till now, but what a horrible home schedule.

No Denver OR UND?

ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...............

You got Penn State at home

[Gurtholfin]

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You got Penn State at home

We want TWO SCOOPS!

CLAP.....CLAP...clap.clap.clap!

[Gurtholfin]

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Yeah, that's got to be as uninteresting a home schedule as the Badgers have had in a while. Ever done the Grand Forks road trip--down Sat and back Sun?

I don't do meth, so not sure I could stay awake for that long in the car.


No, haven't been to GF but hope to someday. Who says that?

"I hope to get to Grand Forks someday!"

Hilarious