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Maine Black Bears 2026 Offseason: Missing Out on Mistlebacher

Man, quite the turnover. Not gonna lie, kind of disappointed that Barr seems to have personality conflicts with the highest skilled players on the team. Seeing Marquez and Poirier leaving is a bummer. It appears as though he is overly upset when the highest skilled players skilled guys don’t give a full 200 foot effort and having a selfless attitude. He’s essentially been harping on them and trying to make them conform. But in today’s environment they just leave. The teams that have been going to frozen fours regularly have coaches that have handled their skilled babies, so Barr needs to adapt.
 
The teams that win the frozen four don’t have those type of players. Carle gets guys that fit his system. When’s the last time Michigan, Michigan state, Minnesota won the championship? When’s the last time multiple 1st rounders on a team won one?
 
Really good writeup from Ryan Sikes about how CHL scoring translated this past season and how it compared to USHL and BCHL pathways. LINK

He touches briefly on Poirier as one of the outliers for QMJHL production. Could give some insight on which type of CHL guys Maine targets in the years to come.
 
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