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Maine Black Bears 2020: The Hunt For Red October

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I can appreciate your collective paranoia, but Vermont is truly a bad team. After watching my ‘Cats, playing poorly and missing three starting forwards, sweep them, you guys will have no trouble doing the same at Alfond.
 
Aerman said:
I can appreciate your collective paranoia, but Vermont is truly a bad team. After watching my ‘Cats, playing poorly and missing three starting forwards, sweep them, you guys will have no trouble doing the same at Alfond.
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Maine couldn't even sweep St. Lawrence. Don't underestimate their ability to give away easy wins.
 
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I've got no faith that Maine could sweep a gym right about now.
 
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Seems to be lots of negativity regarding a team that, in the grand scheme of things, is still playing well...
 
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Seems to be lots of negativity regarding a team that, in the grand scheme of things, is still playing well...
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The team has lost all benefit of the doubt. Want positivity? I'm like someone from the Great State of Kansas: Show me.
 
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The team has lost all benefit of the doubt. Want positivity? I'm like someone from the Great State of Kansas: Show me.
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I believe that Missouri is the Show-Me state, not Kansas. But why did they lose the benefit of the doubt? From *one* tough loss to a team that's on a run? The last time they lost a game other than to Connecticut was on December 10. The last time they lost a Hockey East game to a team other than them was December 7. They've beaten some quality opponents both in this recent stretch and early on in the season. Yes, they are highly volatile in the quality of their play, but on the whole they are undoubtedly better this year than any other team in recent memory. Even if you don't believe in them, even if you think this year is a fluke and next year they will be awful, even if you have no faith in Red in the long term, why can't you accept that in the present, in the now, the team has objectively been playing well and is in a prime position to make the big tournament for the first time in 8 seasons? Just have fun with what we are currently seeing. Enjoy the ride while it is lasting, and suspend your disbelief for a bit. It might turn out to be enjoyable.
 
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And my last post isn't meant to have any ill-will or hard feelings, I just think the team deserves more credit than it gets around here, and that we should enjoy the good play we've been seeing and not be so quick to cast them in doubt.
 
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amkirby10 said:
I believe that Missouri is the Show-Me state, not Kansas. But why did they lose the benefit of the doubt? From *one* tough loss to a team that's on a run? The last time they lost a game other than to Connecticut was on December 10. The last time they lost a Hockey East game to a team other than them was December 7. They've beaten some quality opponents both in this recent stretch and early on in the season. Yes, they are highly volatile in the quality of their play, but on the whole they are undoubtedly better this year than any other team in recent memory. Even if you don't believe in them, even if you think this year is a fluke and next year they will be awful, even if you have no faith in Red in the long term, why can't you accept that in the present, in the now, the team has objectively been playing well and is in a prime position to make the big tournament for the first time in 8 seasons? Just have fun with what we are currently seeing. Enjoy the ride while it is lasting, and suspend your disbelief for a bit. It might turn out to be enjoyable.
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KRACH - Opponent - Result
34 - Connecticut - Loss
34 - Connecticut - Loss
40 - Yale - Loss
59 - St. Lawrence - Tie

<img src="https://i.ibb.co/2WqJx7j/Great-State-of-Kansas.jpg" alt="Great-State-of-Kansas" border="0" "height"=300></a>
 
ticapnews said:
KRACH - Opponent - Result
34 - Connecticut - Loss
34 - Connecticut - Loss
40 - Yale - Loss
59 - St. Lawrence - Tie

<img src="https://i.ibb.co/2WqJx7j/Great-State-of-Kansas.jpg" alt="Great-State-of-Kansas" border="0" "height"=300></a>
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KRACH - Opponent - Result
6 - Boston College - Win
6 - Boston College - Win
16 - Northeastern - Win
21 - Mass-Lowell - Tie
22 - Quinnipiac - Win

They've got just as many good wins/ties as bad losses/ties.
 
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amkirby10 said:
KRACH - Opponent - Result
6 - Boston College - Win
6 - Boston College - Win
16 - Northeastern - Win
21 - Mass-Lowell - Tie
22 - Quinnipiac - Win

They've got just as many good wins/ties as bad losses/ties.
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So when they play 57th ranked Vermont, which games are more relevant?
 
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Pucknut said:
Yes it never gets old. I was working that Sunday morning and slipped home to watch it on Canadian TV. The only time since I have been that excited was in April 1993 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
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What happened then?
 
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amkirby10 said:
And my last post isn't meant to have any ill-will or hard feelings, I just think the team deserves more credit than it gets around here, and that we should enjoy the good play we've been seeing and not be so quick to cast them in doubt.
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Maybe you are right but the last 6 years have jaded me. This team isnt those teams but its still Red. No doubt they can beat Vermont. No doubt they can lose also. All of us want them to win, dont doubt that at all.

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Possible Pairwise and Hockey East implications tonight:

Win: Maine can go as high as 12th in the Pairwise and 3rd in Hockey East.
Loss: Maine will be out of the Pairwise top 15 and could drop all the way to 8th in Hockey East.
Tie: There are a few scenarios where Maine will be as high as 14 in the Pairwise (but will most likely drop out of the top 15) and could drop to 7th in Hockey East.
 
walrus said:
Maybe you are right but the last 6 years have jaded me. This team isnt those teams but its still Red. No doubt they can beat Vermont. No doubt they can lose also. All of us want them to win, dont doubt that at all.

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I don't disagree, I just think that since they have been playing very well in 2020 its reckless to be sounding the alarms just yet. If they play badly again this weekend I would be much more concerned, even if they do so in a win.
 
ticapnews said:
The team has lost all benefit of the doubt. Want positivity? I'm like someone from the Great State of Kansas: Show me.
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Um... that would be Missouri. The “show me” state. :D

(Obviously I didn’t read all the posts before replying...)
 
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