Minnesota Gopher Season Thread: 2014-15 (Continued)

[SanTropez]

Re: Minnesota Gopher Season Thread: 2014-15 (Continued)

I think the Gophers will get in because we are going to win the B1G tourney. We are starting to click, Wilcox is looking much better and we are getting goals from guys who were quiet a chunk of the year but are starting to put the puck in the net.

[Bonin21]

Re: Minnesota Gopher Season Thread: 2014-15 (Continued)

Starting to click? The Gophers have looked good for only two games in a row.

[SanTropez]

Re: Minnesota Gopher Season Thread: 2014-15 (Continued)

Starting to click? The Gophers have looked good for only two games in a row.

7-3 in the last 10 games. Yes, starting to click.

[Bonin21]

Re: Minnesota Gopher Season Thread: 2014-15 (Continued)

Three absolutely pathetic losses. 7-3 is not that great of a run given the opponents.

[5mn_Major]

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I think its safe to say the Gophers have been quite good but quite inconsistent. Right now it seems like we could/should roll through the tourney. But we thought this in the past and came up supremely flat...and we seem to always have trouble for MSU. I'm hoping we see a strong yet tired MI team (they did everything they wanted against MSU but put the puck in the net).

[Stauber1]

Re: Minnesota Gopher Season Thread: 2014-15 (Continued)

That Ferris-Mankato game is one of the big pieces to give MN a margin for error, especially so if BGSU beats Tech that afternoon.

It would be great to see a boat load of Gopher fans at the X Friday night to cheer on the purple cows.

[Hammy]

Re: Minnesota Gopher Season Thread: 2014-15 (Continued)

7-3 in the last 10 games. Yes, starting to click.

The Gophers have played two games since November against teams that are currently in the top 20 of the pairwise. Given the competition quality, I am not sure how much stock I'm willing to put in to the "starting to click" stuff. Especially after getting beaten by a weak OSU team the week prior and splitting at home vs Michigan State the week before that.

[SanTropez]

Re: Minnesota Gopher Season Thread: 2014-15 (Continued)

Michigan State has 5 losses since January 1st, I actually think they are a decent team with a great goalie. Losing to them isn't the end of the world.


I know the cool thing to do on that other site (gpl) is to bash the Gophers every time they don't win 10-0. And god forbid if they only win 3-2 or 2-1 over a seemingly "inferior" opponent, may as well shut that site down after that. Though I do love reading all the "world is coming to an end" posts on there. Amusing and sad really.

This isn't the 80's or 90's college hockey where the gap between the haves and have nots was huge. Parity runs through college hockey today, yes even in the B1G.

[D2D]

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This isn't the 80's or 90's college hockey where the gap between the haves and have nots was huge.

Explained in part by the vast improvement of each team's 3rd and 4th lines, relative to the level they were at in the 80's and 90's. And maybe most important is the drastically improved goaltending - more quality tenders to spread around.

[Hammy]

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Michigan State has 5 losses since January 1st, I actually think they are a decent team with a great goalie. Losing to them isn't the end of the world.

Losing to them on home ice during a key stretch is not excusable in my book. Outshot, etc. Not good.

I know the cool thing to do on that other site (gpl) is to bash the Gophers every time they don't win 10-0. And god forbid if they only win 3-2 or 2-1 over a seemingly "inferior" opponent, may as well shut that site down after that. Though I do love reading all the "world is coming to an end" posts on there. Amusing and sad really.

It'd be amusing if the criticism wasn't typically warranted this year. This is a team that has too much ability on it to be sitting on the bubble right now (or having to sweat it out in the final game of the season to win the B1G). If you think this team hasn't underachieved for the bulk of this season, then you must have had rather low expectations for them coming into it. This is a team that was the NCAA runner up last season and was returning the vast majority of its key players.

This isn't the 80's or 90's college hockey where the gap between the haves and have nots was huge. Parity runs through college hockey today, yes even in the B1G.

The "parity" in the B1G this year has been more like a bad comedy.

[Happy]

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Losing to them on home ice during a key stretch is not excusable in my book. Outshot, etc. Not good.



It'd be amusing if the criticism wasn't typically warranted this year. This is a team that has too much ability on it to be sitting on the bubble right now (or having to sweat it out in the final game of the season to win the B1G). If you think this team hasn't underachieved for the bulk of this season, then you must have had rather low expectations for them coming into it. This is a team that was the NCAA runner up last season and was returning the vast majority of its key players.



The "parity" in the B1G this year has been more like a bad comedy.

I laugh every time I look at Wisconsin.

[5mn_Major]

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I know the cool thing to do on that other site (gpl) is to bash the Gophers every time they don't win 10-0. And god forbid if they only win 3-2 or 2-1 over a seemingly "inferior" opponent, may as well shut that site down after that. Though I do love reading all the "world is coming to an end" posts on there. Amusing and sad really.

Holy smokes was I crucified for suggesting we consider playing a defenseman at forward early in the year. We should ask Glover how that turned out.

Love the running of the site, Jup is an all star...but the poster criticisms are ceaseless.

[The Rube]

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Holy smokes was I crucified for suggesting we consider playing a defenseman at forward early in the year. We should ask Glover how that turned out.

Love the running of the site, Jup is an all star...but the poster criticisms are ceaseless.

Most of the "bigger" posters laugh at the criticism as well.

[D2D]

Re: Minnesota Gopher Season Thread: 2014-15 (Continued)

Congrats to Mike Reilly on winning the Big Ten hockey Defensive Player of the Year award. Other Gopher award winners are named here:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/bl...ml#commentHere

[Stauber1]

Re: Minnesota Gopher Season Thread: 2014-15 (Continued)

Holy smokes was I crucified for suggesting we consider playing a defenseman at forward early in the year. We should ask Glover how that turned out.

Love the running of the site, Jup is an all star...but the poster criticisms are ceaseless.

That whole line has been looking pretty good. Glover has definitely been a part of that.
I'm a big fan of R Reilly and the energy he brings, and was a little dubious when he continued to be left out of the line-up after his brother went down. But the coaching staff clearly knows what they are doing.

I also thought Michaelson had his best game that I've ever seen from him on Saturday. He showed some flashes of that high-end quality he was recruited for and has struggled to live up to. It's good to see. Both he and Isackson have been subjected to some unfairly harsh criticism in my opinion, so I enjoy seeing them contribute.