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Gophers 2013-14 B1G Things To Come!

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I have tempered expectations, but given they are my favorite sports program (college or pro) this weekend cannot come soon enough.
 
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Tempered expectations here as well, but I'm very optimistic for what the future holds.

Our Gophers lost four of their top five scorers early to the pros, plus a solid defenseman. These five early departures accounted for 155 points, more than 40% of the team's scoring. Is there any other team that even comes close?
 
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Well, after all the tired, not-that-funny insults I've given the gophers and their fans over the years, I have to say I will sadly miss having the UND/UMinn games to look forward to this year. Both UM and UW look to be very strong, and it would have been a pleasure to have both on UND's schedule.

But a brand new season is about to begin today, and it's like being 18 again: Anything is possible and it's all out there for the taking. Good luck this season and, more than anything, have fun with it.
 
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burd said:
Well, after all the tired, not-that-funny insults I've given the gophers and their fans over the years, I have to say I will sadly miss having the UND/UMinn games to look forward to this year. Both UM and UW look to be very strong, and it would have been a pleasure to have both on UND's schedule.

But a brand new season is about to begin today, and it's like being 18 again: Anything is possible and it's all out there for the taking. Good luck this season and, more than anything, have fun with it.
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Whatareya, drunk? ;)

In all seriousness, same to you. There was never a weekend throughout the season that I looked forward to more than UM vs. UND. It will be missed.

Good luck to ya, and if both UM and UND make the NCAAs, I'm sure well be seein' ya, as the NCAA seemingly can't resist putting us in the same bracket EVERY GODDAYUM YEAR. :D
 
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Wrote this in response to all of the worrying I have heard lately about the size of our roster. Keep in mind, my intent in the article isn't to suggest that this team is likely to win a National Championship this season (they don't have the experience....yet), but instead to illustrate that there is a method to the madness with recruiting smaller guys.

<a href="http://www.mnhockeycentral.com/apps/blog/show/33769926-gopher-hockey-how-much-does-size-matter-in-today-s-ncaa-">Gopher Hockey: How much does size matter in today's NCAA?</a>

As always, comments, feedback, and even criticism is welcome.
 
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mnstate0fhockey said:
Wrote this in response to all of the worrying I have heard lately about the size of our roster. Keep in mind, my intent in the article isn't to suggest that this team is likely to win a National Championship this season (they don't have the experience....yet), but instead to illustrate that there is a method to the madness with recruiting smaller guys.

<a href="http://www.mnhockeycentral.com/apps/blog/show/33769926-gopher-hockey-how-much-does-size-matter-in-today-s-ncaa-">Gopher Hockey: How much does size matter in today's NCAA?</a>

As always, comments, feedback, and even criticism is welcome.
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I skimmed through but I liked the list of the last seven years of natl champions. UMD and BC are the first two teams that cam to mind when I read your post.
 
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Didn't even realize they talked about this topic briefly on Judd and Duaby this morning with Condon.
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Yeah. Been hearing talk about it a lot lately. It's an interesting discussion. Recruiting smaller guys seems counter-intuitive, but I think there is a lot of merit in the strategy as long as you get really highly skilled guys.
 
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mnstate0fhockey said:
Yeah. Been hearing talk about it a lot lately. It's an interesting discussion. Recruiting smaller guys seems counter-intuitive, but I think there is a lot of merit in the strategy as long as you get really highly skilled guys.
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Yep. The key is getting these smaller high skilled guys to stay through their junior and senior seasons, if they can do that this team will be very good. May be a few "growing" pains early this year though.
 
Driftryder said:
Yep. The key is getting these smaller high skilled guys to stay through their junior and senior seasons, if they can do that this team will be very good. May be a few "growing" pains early this year though.
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Agree whole-heartedly. Will probably see some inconsistency this year, especially early on.
 
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mnstate0fhockey said:
Agree whole-heartedly. Will probably see some inconsistency this year, especially early on.
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It's kind of scary when You look at all the non-conference games to start the year. Hopefully a slow start doesn't cost the Gophers in regards to PWR.
 
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It's kind of scary when You look at all the non-conference games to start the year. Hopefully a slow start doesn't cost the Gophers in regards to PWR.
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Yeah, that's the part of the schedule that worries me the most. But seeing Michigan beat Boston college gives me some solace. I think sometimes we get so focused on our own team and tend not to realize that all teams are going thru some transitions at the beginning of the season. If the gophers can stay above .500 thru the first third of the season and win some of the big games on their schedule, I think they will be alright. The second half of our schedule is setup to make a nice little run if this team can gel.
 
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gopher wes said:
It's kind of scary when You look at all the non-conference games to start the year. Hopefully a slow start doesn't cost the Gophers in regards to PWR.
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Well, they could lose to UNH I suppose. They should be 3-1 or 4-0 going into BC. BC losses and Notre Dame losses won't hurt much. They're at home for Mankato and UMD and should be able to at minimum split those 4 but I'll go out on a limb and say 3-1 there as well.

So, that's 6-6 , or 5-7 worst case scenario with losses against teams that shouldn't effect the PWR much. I'll take it. As long as they improve as the season progresses. What drives me crazy is every once in a while they'll have a team that just doesn't seem to get any better.
 
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