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  • #76
    Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

    Originally posted by Stauber1 View Post
    That's the way I look at it. We easily could have lost half that list a year earlier, so I think it's a testament to the program turning back around that there were so many high-end juniors this year.
    Minnesota had a strange roster, with a huge junior class and one senior. While no one likes losing underclassmen, in a strange way this brings more balance back to the roster in terms of seniors, juniors, etc...
    That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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    • #77
      Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

      Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
      Minnesota had a strange roster, with a huge junior class and one senior. While no one likes losing underclassmen, in a strange way this brings more balance back to the roster in terms of seniors, juniors, etc...
      I'm more pessimistic than you. I don't see how losing some potential Seniors with major skills (not that I expected them to stay, other than Alt) from a team that was already very young makes them more balanced. When it comes to age, older is better in most cases for college sports..bigger, stronger, smarter, more consistent. If a young team gets hot right at the end of the year, they can go on a tear, although the 2 week break between rounds in the NCAA tends to un-do momentum. I agree with SCSU Euro's post. Consistency is unlikely, and unfortunately, there will be more risks for early departure after next year. Team's with the potential this year's team had come by rarely, so it hurts to have the early finish and early departures, regardless of how good your incoming class is. I am guessing none of them will have a Vanek like impact.

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      • #78
        Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

        Originally posted by Bonin21 View Post
        Vannelli will be coming in.
        I'd seen this before in posts, but never saw the source. Did Lucia say this somewhere? And was it said they would bring in an eighth D as well, or does that all depend on who they could get?

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        • #79
          Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

          Originally posted by Stauber1 View Post
          That's the way I look at it. We easily could have lost half that list a year earlier, so I think it's a testament to the program turning back around that there were so many high-end juniors this year.
          Maybe. Or maybe it was just a testament to the character of these players and the circumstances of the NHL teams that drafted them.

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          • #80
            Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

            Two consecutive national champions from the Ivy league knocked off very good Gopher teams. Which Gopher team was better, this year's or 1989? For those who don't remember (or weren't alive yet)...

            1988-89 roster:
            http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m...mtt-88-89.html

            1988-89 results:
            http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m...hed-88-89.html

            You just don't see as many 9 goal games these days.

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            • #81
              Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

              Originally posted by MN Amh Fan View Post
              Two consecutive national champions from the Ivy league knocked off very good Gopher teams. Which Gopher team was better, this year's or 1989? For those who don't remember (or weren't alive yet)...

              1988-89 roster:
              http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m...mtt-88-89.html

              1988-89 results:
              http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m...hed-88-89.html

              You just don't see as many 9 goal games these days.
              That's a question that doesn't require serious thought... The 88-89 team was one of the best ever at the U that didn't win a NC. Great group of players that consistently played well throughout the season.

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              • #82
                Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

                Interesting final D1 USCHO rankings. The Gophers were ranked #1 or #2 for the entire 2012-13 season and they lose a regional game to Yale and drop to #6? So throw the Gophers #1 offense and #3 ranked defense under the bus, put Q at #2 and substitute Yale for #1, the #24 offense (tied with Michigan Tech) and #24 ranked defense (tied with Dartmouth) instead. Just another valid reason to ignore the pathetic "feel good" logic behind the USCHO polling mechanism.

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                • #83
                  Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

                  Originally posted by HarleyMC View Post
                  Interesting final D1 USCHO rankings. The Gophers were ranked #1 or #2 for the entire 2012-13 season and they lose a regional game to Yale and drop to #6? So throw the Gophers #1 offense and #3 ranked defense under the bus, put Q at #2 and substitute Yale for #1, the #24 offense (tied with Michigan Tech) and #24 ranked defense (tied with Dartmouth) instead. Just another valid reason to ignore the pathetic "feel good" logic behind the USCHO polling mechanism.
                  Maybe they just need to eliminate the end of the season poll. There is a playoff to determine the final positioning so who cares what the writers think on a poll after we know what happened.

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                  • #84
                    Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

                    Originally posted by HarleyMC View Post
                    Interesting final D1 USCHO rankings. The Gophers were ranked #1 or #2 for the entire 2012-13 season and they lose a regional game to Yale and drop to #6? So throw the Gophers #1 offense and #3 ranked defense under the bus, put Q at #2 and substitute Yale for #1, the #24 offense (tied with Michigan Tech) and #24 ranked defense (tied with Dartmouth) instead. Just another valid reason to ignore the pathetic "feel good" logic behind the USCHO polling mechanism.
                    From overrated to underrated in no time flat... man, it must be tough to be a gopher fan.

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                    • #85
                      Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

                      Originally posted by MN Amh Fan View Post
                      Two consecutive national champions from the Ivy league knocked off very good Gopher teams. Which Gopher team was better, this year's or 1989? For those who don't remember (or weren't alive yet)...

                      1988-89 roster:
                      http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m...mtt-88-89.html

                      1988-89 results:
                      http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m...hed-88-89.html

                      You just don't see as many 9 goal games these days.
                      88-89 team. It's not even close.
                      **NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.

                      Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
                      Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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                      • #86
                        Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

                        Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                        88-89 team. It's not even close.
                        +1 That was a good team, they should have won that sucker.
                        Slap Shot - 444 might want to consider a restraining order.
                        dggoddard - Minnesota is THE ELITE Program in all of college hockey.
                        wasmania - you have to be the very best to get ice time with the great gophers!

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                        • #87
                          Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

                          Originally posted by HarleyMC View Post
                          Interesting final D1 USCHO rankings. The Gophers were ranked #1 or #2 for the entire 2012-13 season and they lose a regional game to Yale and drop to #6? So throw the Gophers #1 offense and #3 ranked defense under the bus, put Q at #2 and substitute Yale for #1, the #24 offense (tied with Michigan Tech) and #24 ranked defense (tied with Dartmouth) instead. Just another valid reason to ignore the pathetic "feel good" logic behind the USCHO polling mechanism.
                          Apologize if this is crass compared to your typical bloviating, but jeezus who cares?
                          Last edited by Slap Shot; 04-17-2013, 06:26 PM.

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                          • #88
                            Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

                            Originally posted by willythekid View Post
                            From overrated to underrated in no time flat... man, it must be tough to be a gopher fan.
                            Not as hard as being a UND fan. I see you retained your ranking of insignificance.

                            Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                            Apologize if this is crass compared to your typical bloviating, but jeezus who cares?
                            Although your apologetic lampooning is of the typical Slap Shot yokel, meaning very crude and unrefined, lacking in discrimination and sensibility...I don't have a problem with you asking "jeezus", Slllaaaapper.

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                            • #89
                              Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

                              Originally posted by HarleyMC View Post
                              We've got a great recruiting class coming in so we'll be young, but extremely talented.
                              Yep, maybe when they're all seniors we'll see something special.

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                              • #90
                                Re: Minnesota Gophers Offesason Thread: Back To 1896

                                Some nice goals here from last season. Warning's first goal in the video was especially cool.

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