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I think you're pretty much spot on. This doesn't so much "feel like the year" as "if it's ever going to happen this feels like it's going to have to be the year or it's not going to happen."
That gets mitigated to an extent because so many top teams get hit hard by graduation after the coming season. Looking at what other contenders like Harvard, Minnesota, and Clarkson will lose, as well as the next tier of teams like Quinnipiac, BU, Mercyhurst, Bemidji State, North Dakota, and Northeastern, the Eagles won't be the only ones trying to fill big holes a year from now. Wisconsin figures to be most likely to benefit compared to the rest.
DATE STAMPED!good luck with that
if you make enough predictions, some are bound to be true
just ask atrologists
FWIW, both All-Americans return, the WCHA is the best this year it has ever been between the pipes, goals are going to be at a premium this year
CUPCAKE I say! An additional team for the Gophers to fatten up on before the tournament. "The Merrimack Of The West"!Slow news day, I'll bite. Da Dawgettes considered a cupcake!? Eastern bias, when you you people ever learn?
I agree that she'll improve over her first year, but insane numbers for a goalie on a team that dominates territorially often doesn't lead to Kaz recognition. The Kazmaier isn't really a goalie-friendly award. It doesn't penalize them as much as D, but it is close. In her first year as the starter, Leveille had numbers similar to what Räty posted the year before, but it is tough for a goaltender to make Kaz waves if the perception isn't that she's one of her team's top couple of players. If she's also an underclassman, that's another hurdle to clear. Maschmeyer is the most likely to make the top 10, although she'll be hurt by a rotation. Mowat and Amsley-Benzie also figure to have to share some starts. Of the underclassmen, Tiley is probably positioned the best in terms of the combination of her reputation and talent combined with her role and importance to her team's success. We saw last year when Burt was gone that BC could stick any rusty goalie between the pipes and still win. The goalie might looks shakey, but it doesn't matter because the offense will outscore almost everyone and will control the puck most of the time. Once Carpenter and Skarupa are gone and aren't taking two Kaz votes from every opposing coach, then Burt will have much better prospects then she will this year.I'm glad this is on page one so it'll be easy to find when the Kaz10 announcement comes out
I mean, yeah, but that's true for most teams,* and let's all remember that the first three shots of the year against a goalie not named Katie Burt all ended up in the net lol**
in addition to ARM's argument another reason is when you look at the statistics, the 3 goalies for BC, MN, & WI are statistically indistinguishable:
I think a big help to A-B was that UND was "meh" for much of the season, then she started getting all the starts and the team became one of the hottest in the country. If a player can do something that visibly improves results, that is huge.
A man can dream! Girl is going to be a superstar.Maybe she will transfer