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Minnesota Golden Gophers 2009-2010: Calmly Step Away from the Ledge

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dggoddard said:
I'm doubting it. Minnesota is going to buy out the contract of a coach in a Tier II sport like Ice hockey?

Its easy to for fans to start rumors, but who's going to pay the freight?

I actually wonder if another NHL team might take a look at Deano now. He's kind of like Herb Brooks and maybe the WJT success has increased his stock.
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You'd be hard pressed to find examples of a guy getting his first NHL head coaching job at 60.

I'd say most likely scenarios over next 3-4 years:

Continues to coach at UNO 45%
Offered, and takes U of M job 40%
Leverages his WJT success with USA hockey into a position with them, maybe with an eye to being Olympic coach 15%
 
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This stinks, from a Roman tweet:

Coach Lucia said Matson would see doc again next week. No bones broken, but Lucia said he might be out for six to eight weeks.
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ScoobyDoo said:
This team is certainly snakebit when it comes to injuries. Matson comes to play every night and he's the guy that ends up hurt. {sigh}
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Well that somewhat negates Cepis coming in. The great thing about getting Cepis out there was that it made our first line better, but also made our third line better with Sachetti moving down. But that second part is moot if Matson is out for almost the rest of the season.
 
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Stauber1 said:
Well that somewhat negates Cepis coming in. The great thing about getting Cepis out there was that it made our first line better, but also made our third line better with Sachetti moving down. But that second part is moot if Matson is out for almost the rest of the season.
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Barriball's injury had already negated Cepis' coming arrival. Now it's even worse.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
Barriball's injury had already negated Cepis' coming arrival. Now it's even worse.
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The glass has a crack, eh?

BTW, saw Barriball walking the concourse on Friday night...limping. :(
 
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Greyeagle said:
The glass has a crack, eh?

BTW, saw Barriball walking the concourse on Friday night...limping. :(
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1. Obviously haven't read Scooby's sig for awhile. All that is left is for the dust to blow away.

2. Was Jay eating crack nuts? Maybe if they are powerful enough to make you feel happy after a loss, they have healing powers too? (You almost have me convinced to drive down for a game this year just to try them.)
 
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HarleyMC said:
I started watching Danny Kristo when he played for the Omaha Lancers where he logged 58 pts./50 games. He could flat out play then and he's even better now. His speed, stickhandling and backcheck was clearly evident and a huge asset for USA. He's a team player and I thought he had a sensational WJC.
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Kristo is an extremely offensively gifted player with speed and finishing ability to boot. Reminds me of Phil Kessel with a tad more grit.

Kristo had several defensive lapses at the WJC that led to opposition goals - I have the games on tape and would have to re-visit, but goals scored by Sweden and Canada come to mind where you saw Kristo's guy score and Kristo trailing him.
 
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Koho said:
1. Obviously haven't read Scooby's sig for awhile. All that is left is for the dust to blow away.

2. Was Jay eating crack nuts? Maybe if they are powerful enough to make you feel happy after a loss, they have healing powers too? (You almost have me convinced to drive down for a game this year just to try them.)
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I would have changed status is they had executed the 7 game winning streak going into UND that they should have.

Now that we have the NMU loss it stays. Lose to Harvard and the glass dust may have to be dissolved in some sort of liquid. :eek: :D
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
I would have changed status is they had executed the 7 game winning streak going into UND that they should have.

Now that we have the NMU loss it stays. Lose to Harvard and the glass dust may have to be dissolved in some sort of liquid. :eek: :D
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So what will it take for you to fire up the furnace, melt the dust and blow another glass? A four game win streak?
 
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bothman said:
Kristo is an extremely offensively gifted player with speed and finishing ability to boot. Reminds me of Phil Kessel with a tad more grit.

Kristo had several defensive lapses at the WJC that led to opposition goals - I have the games on tape and would have to re-visit, but goals scored by Sweden and Canada come to mind where you saw Kristo's guy score and Kristo trailing him.
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As I've watched Kristo over the past two years typically he follows the puck in deep, but generally speaking he's typically strong on backchecking as well. He works hard, has a good attitude, and is not a selfish player at all. He was tenacious in backchecking when he played with Omaha and what I saw in the Finland and Canada games (I didn't see the Sweden game) as well. Blaming USA defensive lapses at times on Kristo alone is ludicrous and reductionist.
 
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bothman is just bitter he didn't get to drink Gatorade with Danny.
 
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HarleyMC said:
As I've watched Kristo over the past two years typically he follows the puck in deep, but generally speaking he's typically strong on backchecking as well. He works hard, has a good attitude, and is not a selfish player at all. He was tenacious in backchecking when he played with Omaha and what I saw in the Finland and Canada games (I didn't see the Sweden game) as well. Blaming USA defensive lapses at times on Kristo alone is ludicrous and reductionist.
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I have only seen Kristo play in the WJ games and I have nothing against him. I think he is offensively gifted and would take him on my team anyday. I'm just saying that I noticed a lack of commitment on the defensive side of things.

The gatorade would have been nice.. :)
 
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bothman said:
I have only seen Kristo play in the WJ games and I have nothing against him. I think he is offensively gifted and would take him on my team anyday. I'm just saying that I noticed a lack of commitment on the defensive side of things.

The gatorade would have been nice.. :)
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I couldn't disagree more. Unless Danny really screwed up in the Sweden game, I didn't see a consistent lack of commitment on backchecking or forechecking from him or any other forward on Team USA. Do you have any specific examples to substantiate your opinion? Make no mistake about it, if that was the case Blais would be on top of that in a heartbeat.

According to Roman, the Gophers have chosen the motto, 'Embrace the struggle.' I like "Snuggle the struggle" better.:D
 
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