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Maine Black Bears 2020: The Hunt For Red October

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Fishman'81 said:
Well, this very thin team seems to have just been gutted.
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Especially, if Doherty leaves. Larry says in BDN article today that he is currently weighing his options. He has a year of eligibility left.
 
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GoBlue51 said:
red gendron = coach of the year!

Extension! Extension! Extension!
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Oh, didn't see that Red received that honor. Congrats for that too. Any positives out of this current mess we are all in, the better!
 
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Well. Red gets COY, hmmm.

If you start with the bar set low............ Oh well, I still will congrat.
 
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GoBlue51 said:
red gendron = coach of the year!

Extension! Extension! Extension!
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Congratulations to Gendron! He proved many of us wrong in terms of his coaching ability to advance this team through the season. While he deserves credit, much of the credit goes to the players who believed in one another. It can be debated as to how much that was influenced by Gendron. Couple that with a Hobey Baker finalist at the key position of goal tender and there you have it. Probably at least four more years of Gendron.
 
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Earning COTY will certainly be a feather in Red's cap, but I would bet that Ralph and Co would be skeptical, at least if they're as big of hockey guys as they seem/should be coming from hockey schools. If I were them, I'd be taking a "wait and see" approach, because if Maine completely implodes next year and is on the fringes of the playoff hunt or even misses it entirely, he should be in trouble.

At the same time, you could do worse than Red.
 
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Both awards are an honor for the individuals and program The players should all feel proud, you can't get coach of the year without having full support of the team.

Ok, so where do we go from here with red. This will be interesting as it plays out. Retire on a high? Bring in the replacement and work with red for a year? Extension? Wait for next year to determine if to give an extension, retire, replace? We will see.
 
NorthMike said:
Both awards are an honor for the individuals and program The players should all feel proud, you can't get coach of the year without having full support of the team.

Ok, so where do we go from here with red. This will be interesting as it plays out. Retire on a high? Bring in the replacement and work with red for a year? Extension? Wait for next year to determine if to give an extension, retire, replace? We will see.
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Let's first see if there even is a 'next season' for us to worry about.
 
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They were outshot by a cumulative if 124. The only reason they didn’t crater was .940 goaltending. Lets be smarter than thinking there was a ton of good coaching or other good players in the mix here.

Study hockey. See what happens to teams with such bad underlying numbers who “stay the course” believing that kind of goaltending is replicable. (Hint it always ends badly)
 
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BoSox3066 said:
They were outshot by a cumulative if 124. The only reason they didn’t crater was .940 goaltending. Lets be smarter than thinking there was a ton of good coaching or other good players in the mix here.

Study hockey. See what happens to teams with such bad underlying numbers who “stay the course” believing that kind of goaltending is replicable. (Hint it always ends badly)
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Swayman was the key all season long...but as you say...look over this team as it will look next season: young unproven goaltending...little to no scoring punch/no true sniper...defense can and should be good...not great..but good enough. Incoming recruits are always a wait and see on the ice...I see a very big drop off next season(if we can have a season)...this Team most likely will be lucky to finish 8th and playoffs to a team watching the post season on TV....Swayman did everything possible and was rewarded with accolades this past week...Gendron gets COY award, deserving??? no, maybe yes...but he has not and will not lead this Program in being relevant(imo only). All in all this season was a whole lot better then expected(at least from my stand point). Lastly it would be sure nice to see a surprise and Swayman winning the Hobey Baker Award...myself I think he won't, but I figure he factors in being in the top 3 for the Hobey…(again only imo).
 
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Cavanaugh and Gendron came into the league at the same time. It's possible to make a case for Cavanaugh as coach of the year. As I recall he did not have the full complement of scholarships the first few years and has slowly built a program that finished one point behind Maine in the final season standings. He has some talented players and a good goal tender in Vomachka. Not as good as Swayman however and probably resulted in Gendron winning the award. Just my opinion.
 
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For those who are interested in the sim, some great results in the Hockey East semifinals tonight!

But I do understand if people aren't on board with the sim. It's depressing to think what might have been...
 
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ticapnews said:
For those who are interested in the sim, some great results in the Hockey East semifinals tonight!

But I do understand if people aren't on board with the sim. It's depressing to think what might have been...
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It kind of peeks my interest, followed it and sounds like how games would go...well at least imo. Not the real thing mind you but its college hockey when times are in the unknown...beats being negative and looking forward....but the UMaine/BC game sim. would have been a barn burner and just as they said many/many Mainers at the Garden...like old times...next up UMass-Lowell and Norm Bazin:D...go Maine/go Blue...!!!!!
 
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BoSox3066 said:
They were outshot by a cumulative if 124. The only reason they didn’t crater was .940 goaltending. Lets be smarter than thinking there was a ton of good coaching or other good players in the mix here.

Study hockey. See what happens to teams with such bad underlying numbers who “stay the course” believing that kind of goaltending is replicable. (Hint it always ends badly)
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I agree.

Next season -if it even happens- will be the usual Red disaster.

I have no idea whatsoever why he was named COTY, when it took a miracle of the PW to even get him into the conversation.
 
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