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Maine - the Golfing Season

Pucknut said:
If you were to choose someone, who would it be?:confused:
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not Heggerty.....Mangene as a Defensive player may have been a better choice. Cornell for Covering for O'Neil, and Nemec had a better defensive year than Heggerty....but Hegs was Tmmiay's boy this year........so could do no wrong.
 
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Pucknut said:
If you were to choose someone, who would it be?:confused:
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Hegarty without question was this year's best defenseman.

he played the most short handed minutes of anyone, AND he ALWAYS and only played against top lines.
Best offensive defenseman was ONeill, great vision and great passing ability, on a team that had NO use for those talents.... you should see him in the AHL...absolutely no ability to control the gap, but after 4 years of never standing anyone up, who can blame him?
 
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Jeez, everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but Heggs probably made as many bone-headed passes as his two nearest competitors combined. He never seemed to learn anything from his mistakes, and I'll be shocked if he survives any more than a couple of so-so seasons in the AHL, at best.

The entire D-corps was sub-par, for sure... But I'd take Nemec, Cornell, or even a green O'Connor over Hegarty any day of the week.
 
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before we completley bag the D corp, I think we have to appreciate that we had one line contribute over 50 % of our points......and the other lines not scoring places alot more pressure on the d, meaning Maine is on their heels a great deal.....so having a plus rating overall, is positive....I don't think they are the next coming of Robinson, Potvin, Bourque or lidstrom....but they are very servicable and aside from BC, on par with any group of D in HEA...IMHO
 
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Fishman'81 said:
Jeez, everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but Heggs probably made as many bone-headed passes as his two nearest competitors combined. He never seemed to learn anything from his mistakes, and I'll be shocked if he survives any more than a couple of so-so seasons in the AHL, at best.

The entire D-corps was sub-par, for sure... But I'd take Nemec, Cornell, or even a green O'Connor over Hegarty any day of the week.
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as far as potential, I know I have said it many times, O'Connor, no question.
but as far as who did what this past season. hegarty.... he was the one called on and who answered the call. in tim's system, he played the best positionally, and clogged the lanes best and shut down the opposition best.
 
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BearNecessity said:
before we completley bag the D corp, I think we have to appreciate that we had one line contribute over 50 % of our points......and the other lines not scoring places alot more pressure on the d, meaning Maine is on their heels a great deal.....so having a plus rating overall, is positive....I don't think they are the next coming of Robinson, Potvin, Bourque or lidstrom....but they are very servicable and aside from BC, on par with any group of D in HEA...IMHO
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I do not want the D contributing 50% of the points. I want them standing up opponents at the blue line. I want opponents scared to death of going near the crease and I want the D to know when to poke check (as a surprise tactic) and when to knock a guy on his tail.

I want the D jumping into the offense, again, as a surprise tactic... that is when it works.
 
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What stinks the most is that this group could have been a decent bunch...not elite,but dependable...but not under the TW system...ever notice how much upside a d-man has his 1st/2nd season then the 3rd and 4th years you scratch your head and wonder what the h#ll happen to the talent we saw the 1st and 2nd seasons...scares me to think that O'Conner & Rutt could be upsiders and then NOT. NEXT batch of HOPEFUL'S: Conner Riley/Ben Hutton & Kyle Williams....time will tell AGAIN..??? Coaching 101..?
 
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I met Spencer Abbott this morning during a break in player workouts (off-ice) at the Ricoh Coliseum. A friend of mine works for Building Operations there and suggested I come down for a visit. I only spoke to him (Abbott) for a brief minute, congratulating him on his time at Maine (especially the past season) and his signing with the Toronto organization - nice for a local guy to get a chance here. He was very polite with a pleasant personality - seems to be a nice young man. With the Marlies doing so well he isn't getting any game ice, but hopefully he'll have a fair chance to show his talents next season.
 
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The Toronto Marlies will face The Oklahoma City Barons in the next round of the AHL playoffs starting next Thursday. Former Black Bear Tanner House has 1G, 2A, and is +4 in 9 games in the playoff run for the Barons.
 
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Jimmy Howard pitches a shutout against Finland at the 2012 IIHF World Championship in Finland 5-0.
 
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dwollstadt said:
Nice article about Dustin Penner on NHL.com /http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631511
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so, there may be a Black Bear name (Penner as a player and Torts as a coach) on this year's Stanley cup...( as I remember, they are the only 2 black bears on the cup)

and depending on whether a player actually has to have ice time during the playoffs, there WILL be a Black Bear's name on the Calder Cup this year
House and Ramsey actually play for Oklahoma City and St. John's
Dimmen has played in 2 playoff games for Norfolk and
Abbott and ONeill are on the playoff rosters for Toronto and St. John's.
 
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I'm thinking that both NY and LA will make the Finals, and if LA wins it, we're looking at another Bear's name etched on that thing.

(So far, we have Lundin, Tort, and Clark, right?)
 
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Fishman'81 said:
I'm thinking that both NY and LA will make the Finals, and if LA wins it, we're looking at another Bear's name etched on that thing.

(So far, we have Lundin, Tort, and Clark, right?)
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I am not sure,but just Torterella(TB and Penner(Anaheim)..
 
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Fishman'81 said:
I'm thinking that both NY and LA will make the Finals, and if LA wins it, we're looking at another Bear's name etched on that thing.

(So far, we have Lundin, Tort, and Clark, right?)
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I am pretty sure the only cup Tampa won was in 03-04, with all the Catamounts, but no Black Bears.
Clark was with the Avalanche and Lundin was a freshman at Maine.

and come on... Penner counts, he played 4 more games for Maine than Clark did... and won it with the Ducks
 
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