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UMaine Black Bears, 2017-2018 season, is this Reds last stand?

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Drew S. said:
He did, but the rest of his game was fine. Michel misplayed them as much as him, especially the first one. Even with those plays he only gave up three goals.
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3 goals to what appears to be a bad Lowell team.

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True dat, Maine hasn't beaten a good team yet. (They only improved to #50 KRACH with today's win.)

But it's still early, and there's *some* hope yet. Swayman will be absolutely essential in that equation.

BU ain't great-shakes so far either, but 3 points next weekend would be a major step in the right direction at this point.
 
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We know no captain but the captain in the North whose name is Montgomery.

If this season were a ride at Disneyland it would be an E ticket.

This was a milestone win for Maine. 10th win on the road in the Red Gendron Era. 10-49-9 (.213)

Road wins: UMass (3)
UNH, Merrimack (2)
Notre Dame, Vermont, Lowell
 
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ticapnews said:
We know no captain but the captain in the North whose name is Montgomery.

If this season were a ride at Disneyland it would be an E ticket.

This was a milestone win for Maine. 10th win on the road in the Red Gendron Era. 10-49-9 (.213)

Road wins: UMass (3)
UNH, Merrimack (2)
Notre Dame, Vermont, Lowell
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Quite the resume for RG on the road.
 
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Maine will be in the NCAA Tourney this season. You heard it here first!
 
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I'm encouraged. They've scored 4 goals in 4 of 8 gamess. They had 5 in a game 6 times all of last yr and only 3 the entire year for 2015-16. This is positive development. And they're only shooting 10.8 percent which isn't so great as to suggest he goal totals are a mirage.

Pucks going in the net there's gotta be something good going on.
 
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BoSox3066 said:
I'm encouraged. They've scored 4 goals in 4 of 8 gamess. They had 5 in a game 6 times all of last yr and only 3 the entire year for 2015-16. This is positive development. And they're only shooting 10.8 percent which isn't so great as to suggest he goal totals are a mirage.

Pucks going in the net there's gotta be something good going on.
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What confounds me is how bad they play one night then turn around and play like a ranked team the next...and they need to upgrade the PK...can't hover around 60% PK time and not expect to be down.
 
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Ma#1ne Hky said:
What confounds me is how bad they play one night then turn around and play like a ranked team the next...and they need to upgrade the PK...can't hover around 60% PK time and not expect to be down.
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I think the PK has gotten a lot better as the season has gone on. Maine didn't look horrible Friday, it was just a couple individual bonehead plays that cost them. I'm actually surprised and pleased with just how well Maine actually looked this weekend overall. If Maine can win one of the next three they'll be right where I hoped they would be and will have put themselves in great position to have a .500 season, which I would view as a positive step forward.
 
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Drew S. said:
I think the PK has gotten a lot better as the season has gone on. Maine didn't look horrible Friday, it was just a couple individual bonehead plays that cost them. I'm actually surprised and pleased with just how well Maine actually looked this weekend overall. If Maine can win one of the next three they'll be right where I hoped they would be and will have put themselves in great position to have a .500 season, which I would view as a positive step forward.
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100% agree. They've played fairly well in the past five, unfortunately they're 2-3 in those games. With a easier stretch of schedule perhaps they would be 5-0. Suprised to say they left 2 points on the table this weekend at Lowell, but I think we caught them at a good time. Bazin will have them playing much better come January. BU has struggled so far, I think they could be vulnerable, and the boys have two weeks to prepare for them. A three point weekend would go a long way especially with the Ireland trip looming.
 
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Thoughts on the team so far.
-They're better than I expected. Tralmaks is an absolute gem. Keeper is a nice player. Doherty is a great role player with a scoring touch.
-Pearson looks a little off. Don't know if it's the C on his jersey or what. He had a good game yesterday but still waiting for him to find the back of the net.
-Swayman is the goalie. McGovern isn't a bad goalie but Swayman looks like the real deal and the goalie of the future. I understand not rushing him along but if he's comfortable I say ride him.
-They play hard. Since the whipping they took from Miami, they have turned in 5 good performances.
-They lack a true scorer. (Tralmaks is probably the guy but he's not quite ready yet)
-Are we going to keep the 7 defensemen look? Is Muehlbauer really a better choice than Binner on the blue line? Muehlbauer is pretty solid defensively but he is useless in the offensive zone.
-They're not the worst team in Hockey East. Shocked to say this but Maine is better than Lowell and I don't think Lowell is all that bad. We're they are at in the standings right now is probably where they will stay and that would be a major step in the right direction.
-Don't get wrapped up in the Pairwise or KRACH. Maine isn't making the tournament, let's set realistic goals,(Mid-pack finish in Hockey East, make it to the garden) to measure the teams success
-Overall, it was another solid weekend. They left points on the table and the drumming yesterday was them showing it. When they score and bury their chances early, they're tough to beat.
 
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BlackBearFan19 said:
100% agree. They've played fairly well in the past five, unfortunately they're 2-3 in those games. With a easier stretch of schedule perhaps they would be 5-0. Suprised to say they left 2 points on the table this weekend at Lowell, but I think we caught them at a good time. Bazin will have them playing much better come January. BU has struggled so far, I think they could be vulnerable, and the boys have two weeks to prepare for them. A three point weekend would go a long way especially with the Ireland trip looming.
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Thing is, Maine has a bad record vs. bad competition so far.

As much as some fine folks want to discount the KRACH, it's easily the best metric out there... And the best team via the KRACH that Maine has played is MN-Duluth, which sits at #23, and which swept Maine on the road. Outside of that, Maine has a losing record vs. some of the worst teams in D-1 right now, even setting the Duluth losses aside.

Things need to change big-time for this team to even flirt with .500, never mind a bid.
 
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Fishman'81 said:
Thing is, Maine has a bad record vs. bad competition so far.

As much as some fine folks want to discount the KRACH, it's easily the best metric out there... And the best team via the KRACH that Maine has played is MN-Duluth, which sits at #23, and which swept Maine on the road. Outside of that, Maine has a losing record vs. some of the worst teams in D-1 right now, even setting the Duluth losses aside.

Things need to change big-time for this team to even flirt with .500, never mind a bid.
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Give me a break. You really think Miami and Lowell are two of the worst teams in the country? Uconn isn't a great team but they are no worse than 40th or so. Duluth made the final last year so they can't be that bad. Lowell and Miami are probably somewhere in the 20's. Those formulas that try to calculate where teams should be are absolute rubbish and are even more inaccurate with so few games played.
 
Drew S. said:
Give me a break. You really think Miami and Lowell are two of the worst teams in the country? Uconn isn't a great team but they are no worse than 40th or so. Duluth made the final last year so they can't be that bad. Lowell and Miami are probably somewhere in the 20's. Those formulas that try to calculate where teams should be are absolute rubbish and are even more inaccurate with so few games played.
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Lowell is 1-5 and dead last in Hockey East. By what metric would you say they are a good team?
 
Re: UMaine Black Bears, 2017-2018 season, is this Reds last stand?

ticapnews said:
Lowell is 1-5 and dead last in Hockey East. By what metric would you say they are a good team?
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The same metric Maine fans used to use. Maine used to be good therefore they are. Now Lowell may turn it around and by end of season be decent. But their chance to be a ncaa team is real slim as is there HE chances.

Maine has to win consistently before I'm going to get excited. A road win is great, doesn't mean **** unless you can string some more wins with it. Let's see them beat BU in 2 weeks.

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Re: UMaine Black Bears, 2017-2018 season, is this Reds last stand?

BU is the real test. They have the 6th most shots this season and a lowly 7.4 SH% (6th worst overall) so they have been insanely unlucky thus far and a correction is coming their way, just hopefully not against the Bears. Maine needs to stay out of the box and not let the BU PP (top-15) get chances to move the puck around.

The Maine PK being dead last in the nation at 63% is a massive disappointment in what has otherwise been a decent start to the season.

Is the PK personnel the problem? The scheme? Something needs to change for that to improve.
 
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