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Maine Black Bears 2019: Offseason Approaching

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ticapnews said:
If Maine plays at Michigan Tech, the Black Bears begin with six straight road games and don't play a home game until 1 November.
If Michigan Tech comes to Orono, the Huskies begin with seven straight road games and don't play a home game until 8 November.
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I just looked it up on a map, honestly it might be easier to get to Alaska.
 
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Captains announced today.

Fossier (C)
Dohrety (A)
Smith (A)
Quinlivan (A)
 
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TheRevengeance said:
The week that Anchorage is/was in Maine, Fairbanks is/was at Michigan Tech. Unless you want Maine to volunteer for that trip to Houghton, I'm sure both teams are equally disinterested in travelling to the other.
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I was merely pointing out that as people are looking all over for an available opponent with the weekend off, there's a really obvious candidate. Don't like them? Then don't bother. Drop two games from the schedule and see how that works for the PWR.
 
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TheRevengeance said:
The week that Anchorage is/was in Maine, Fairbanks is/was at Michigan Tech. Unless you want Maine to volunteer for that trip to Houghton, I'm sure both teams are equally disinterested in travelling to the other.
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So split the travel and play that series in Utica. ;)
 
UncleRay said:
I was merely pointing out that as people are looking all over for an available opponent with the weekend off, there's a really obvious candidate. Don't like them? Then don't bother. Drop two games from the schedule and see how that works for the PWR.
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Honestly 2 games against UAA wouldn't change Maine's PWR much from 2 idle dates. For Michigan Tech it is a matter of losing six games (four home games) but there is a chance the WCHA will have to redo the entire conference schedule. If the WCHA does that there will be other teams in that conference looking for NC games. MTU, NMU, LSSU and the Minnesota teams aren't ideal for travel, but Bowling Green and Huntsville are good options and even Ferris State could work.

We'll have to wait at least two weeks to learn what is happening at UAA and more for the WCHA to decide (although one hopes they already have a contingency plan ready to go)
 
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What are the odds that Maine's PWR matters in any regard next year?
 
AMC said:
What are the odds that Maine's PWR matters in any regard next year?
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If you assume that three teams from Hockey East make the NCAA tournament and UMA is the only one nailed on to take a spot than Maine should be in the mix. Obviously Red’s track record isn’t great, but talent wise there is no reason they shouldn’t be in contention.
 
Drew S. said:
If you assume that three teams from Hockey East make the NCAA tournament and UMA is the only one nailed on to take a spot than Maine should be in the mix. Obviously Red’s track record isn’t great, but talent wise there is no reason they shouldn’t be in contention.
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The biggest question mark for me is their center depth, especially after losing Pearson. I think they look solid on the wings, a 1-2-3 of Fossier-Schmitty-Smith on the left and Tralmaks-Dawe-Shea on the right is pretty solid if you ask me. Im interested if they will try to put a freshman like Breen between Fossier and Tralmaks and try and develop some chemistry, or will they just bump Dohrety to the first line. The D is also interesting, only 2 of the top 6 from last year return, but they were both pretty solid. Greenway should be a big add, and if VMT returns from injury, it will be more about how they gel and how the freshman do at the bottom of the lineup. Same story mostly if you ask me, they have the ability to be pretty darn good but its a matter of if they will be
They might be slightly worse, though, losing Keeper and especially Pearson early hurts.
 
amkirby10 said:
The biggest question mark for me is their center depth, especially after losing Pearson. I think they look solid on the wings, a 1-2-3 of Fossier-Schmitty-Smith on the left and Tralmaks-Dawe-Shea on the right is pretty solid if you ask me. Im interested if they will try to put a freshman like Breen between Fossier and Tralmaks and try and develop some chemistry, or will they just bump Dohrety to the first line. The D is also interesting, only 2 of the top 6 from last year return, but they were both pretty solid. Greenway should be a big add, and if VMT returns from injury, it will be more about how they gel and how the freshman do at the bottom of the lineup. Same story mostly if you ask me, they have the ability to be pretty darn good but its a matter of if they will be
They might be slightly worse, though, losing Keeper and especially Pearson early hurts.
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Breen was in Fargo’s camp. So looks like he isn’t coming in this fall after all. He, like Roy, signed an LOI. So this is odd.

Gould and Poissant were also in Fargo’s camp.
 
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AMC said:
What are the odds that Maine's PWR matters in any regard next year?
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Yeah, there's that, but even scheduling a UAA series is dicey. Assuming that UAA is going to be as bad as they were last year, failing to sweep them will result in an RPI hit that probably won't be recouped in any fashion next season.
 
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walrus said:
slim to none. Has it mattered since Red became coach?
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You have a point, to say the least.

Red's teams have almost exactly mediocre year-in and year-out.

And next season looks to be somewhat worse.

(Still going to Upper Bumf..., I mean Canton NY to see them at St. Lawrence. That's a great old barn.)
 
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