AMC
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I don't understand this "Maine blows late/close games" thing. Before the PC loss Maine was 4-0-1 in OT, and the 1 tie was a shootout win. Maine came back from 2 goals down with 10 minutes left just last weekend! They scored with 2:30 left to tie night two in Denver! Djurasevic scored with less than 10 minutes left to send the Lowell game in Portland to OT. There were third period/multi-goal comebacks against Colgate and BU. Go back to last year and you have Maine trailing the Hockey East semi with less than 10 minutes left and eventually winning in double overtime?
Have there been some games where Maine gave away a late lead? Sure! But it isn't like Maine is 0-12 in late/close situations. It's probably about even at worst.
Barr/the coaching staff were up front that this year was going to be a step backwards. Even with the recruiting shifting to the Q, this is a young team. It's playing like a young team. This is going to be the first year that Barr has won fewer games than he did previously (7-15-23-24). If Maine goes .500ish down the stretch (which the schedule suggests), that's going to be 18/19 wins, probably 20th or so in the country. In a rebuilding year, that's fine. Are there legitimate questions? Sure! This being the second time a goaltender has peaked and then regressed is a bit concerning. I'm a broken record on this, but I'd like a bit more information about whether we are spending any money in recruiting. The guys coming in all seem fine to good, do we have a chance to even get in the room with the higher end guys?
None of us are in the locker room, I'm not really going to fantasize or speculate about what's going on motivationally or whatever. These guys are all adults, and they all know that this tape will follow them when they are trying to latch on wherever. They're trying.
I will say, per the BDN talk above, some sort of REALISTIC look at recruiting, Maine's place in the world, etc. would be A LOT more useful than the long article this weekend on why Maine hockey can't just recruit a team of all Maine kids. That was ridiculous.
Have there been some games where Maine gave away a late lead? Sure! But it isn't like Maine is 0-12 in late/close situations. It's probably about even at worst.
Barr/the coaching staff were up front that this year was going to be a step backwards. Even with the recruiting shifting to the Q, this is a young team. It's playing like a young team. This is going to be the first year that Barr has won fewer games than he did previously (7-15-23-24). If Maine goes .500ish down the stretch (which the schedule suggests), that's going to be 18/19 wins, probably 20th or so in the country. In a rebuilding year, that's fine. Are there legitimate questions? Sure! This being the second time a goaltender has peaked and then regressed is a bit concerning. I'm a broken record on this, but I'd like a bit more information about whether we are spending any money in recruiting. The guys coming in all seem fine to good, do we have a chance to even get in the room with the higher end guys?
None of us are in the locker room, I'm not really going to fantasize or speculate about what's going on motivationally or whatever. These guys are all adults, and they all know that this tape will follow them when they are trying to latch on wherever. They're trying.
I will say, per the BDN talk above, some sort of REALISTIC look at recruiting, Maine's place in the world, etc. would be A LOT more useful than the long article this weekend on why Maine hockey can't just recruit a team of all Maine kids. That was ridiculous.
