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UMaine 25-26: Marques My Word: Back to the Big Time

Jacob0804 said:
Was the offside on Holt not the too many men penalty, and wasn't it DJurasevic, not Holt, or was there another stupid play that I missed?
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This was at the end of the game. Holt was called offsides with about a minute or two left and it wasn't even close. He was onside by a foot and they said the puck went out of the zone. Not to mention the Scholle face off violation in the beginning of the game which was not anything of the sort and Barr was losing his mind
 
pc88 said:
You guys played great last night and obviously deserved the 3 pts. These are the type of games that PC lost all the time in the last few years. Good luck the rest of the way. I wouldn't want to see Maine in the HE playoffs.
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I'm all set with Providence this year. Speed, size, skill. Fantastic recruiting class. Also we have had our share of these at home last few years. Maine has now signed depends as their sponsor since we shit our pants so much under 1 minute
 
Okay guys nobody wants to hear it but we may be losing the locker room. Barr has made some bad decisions this year. He is wearing down some players with his constant bitching. Who knows where we go from here but this may be a lost year and we likely will lose atleast Porier maybe more..can he bring on the right reinforcements? We need some veteran transfers.
 
grooverider said:
Okay guys nobody wants to hear it but we may be losing the locker room. Barr has made some bad decisions this year. He is wearing down some players with his constant bitching. Who knows where we go from here but this may be a lost year and we likely will lose atleast Porier maybe more..can he bring on the right reinforcements? We need some veteran transfers.
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Players should be asked if Barr is the problem
 
I decided to do a little research project regarding Maine's alleged choking habit in the Barr era. I compiled every instance of Maine either scoring or allowing a tying/winning goal in the final two minutes of the third period since Barr took over at the start of 21-22. For my formatting, TGF = Tying Goal For, TGA = Tying Goal Against, WGF = Winning Goal For, and LGA = Losing Goal Against. I also included the final score and result of the game in question after the late goal.

11/12/21
TGF 18:33 3P 6-5 OTW VS MC

1/6/23
WGF 19:40 3P 1-0 W VS UAA

3/9/24
WGF 18:43 3P 4-3 W VS UMA

10/19/24
TGF 19:32 3P 6-5 OT W VS QU

11/8/24
LGA 18:27 3P 2-3 L @ BC

11/16/24
TGA 19:39 3P 2-2 T/SOL VS BU

1/3/25
LGA 19:39 3P 1-2 L VS DU

1/18/25
TGA 19:23 3P 2-2 T/SOW VS CT

2/14/25
TGF 19:14 3P 1-1 T/SOW VS UNH

10/17/25
TGA 18:10 3P 4-4 T @ QU

1/31/26
TGA 19:55 3P 2-3 OTL VS PC

In four and a half seasons with Barr as coach, there's been eleven (11) instances of Maine either scoring or allowing a tying/winning goal in the final two minutes of the third period, or over two per year on average. Of those 11 instances, five of them featured Maine being the team scoring the big goal late, and six of them had the opponent scoring late. However, all six of the goals against have come within the last seven instances, after starting 4-0 (if you will). In addition, all six of the goals against have occurred either last season or this season, which if extrapolated, would be an average of 4 per year (6 instances / 1.5 years = 4). Furthermore, nine of the eleven total instances happened at home at Alfond, five goals for and four against. Don't forget, if not for Albin Boija's incredible diving glove stab last year against UMass, we could have had another entry of a goal against on this list.

Interpret this data how you will.
 
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grooverider said:
Maybe they are. I think he needs to rethink his vision.
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I think Barr has had it with some of the guys in this group. Watching them it seems pretty clear who has bought in / re-bought in, and those who are struggling to adjust.

I’d imagine we see a lot of turnover again which I think may be good for Maine. People comment about the lack of skill on this team but I strongly disagree. There is plenty of skill, the issue is those skill guys not having enough grind to their game. Give me a team full of Fowler, Komarov, Pichette and Gerrior and mix in a couple bigger high end, older skill guys which I think you grab from the portal. Someone else said it but this team is missing a Taylor Makar.
 
Without reading too much into the locker room dynamics, you can see Barr is feeling the pressure of the expectations from last season. Looks like he doesn't really have the answers at the moment which is concerning. Bit hard to get back to that level that with such a large roster turnover, even if there are a lot of quality pieces to build around. I think he expected to get more from the returning players but aside from Holt, Fowler & Pichette it's really been a mixed bag. I won't go so far as to say there is a problem, but there is very clearly not the same level of buy-in from the players this year. I won't be surprised if there is are a lot of portal moves heading into next season at this point.
 
BlackBearFan19 said:
I think Barr has had it with some of the guys in this group. Watching them it seems pretty clear who has bought in / re-bought in, and those who are struggling to adjust.

I’d imagine we see a lot of turnover again which I think may be good for Maine. People comment about the lack of skill on this team but I strongly disagree. There is plenty of skill, the issue is those skill guys not having enough grind to their game. Give me a team full of Fowler, Komarov, Pichette and Gerrior and mix in a couple bigger high end, older skill guys which I think you grab from the portal. Someone else said it but this team is missing a Taylor Makar.
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Barr is obsessed with Cale Makar defensemen types and they don't grow on trees. The closest we have is Petersson. And he isn't Cale Makar. Barr likes smaller, shifty, fast, quick thinking, playmaking defensemen. The problem is you can't have a D corp of smaller guys without a shit stirrer who is a bigger dude that can crush opponents with their physicality. It was mentioned earlier. You need two guys on the team, one forward, and one defensemen who are not offensive players, but more gritty and tough. Make the other team fear them and open up the ice for others. There is no toughness in regards to that on this team. It needs to be addressed.
 
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