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UMaine Hockey Offseason: Insert Funny Title Here

Drew S. said:
That might be a good thing for Maine.

How are people feeling about next year right now? I have a gut feeling it might be a bit disappointing. I don’t think Maine will be bad, but I wouldn’t be shocked if they wind up in fifth or sixth place again and it’s kind of a wasted year.
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I think it will be an interesting upcoming year in Hockey East. In my opinion, there's a clear top two (BC, PC) and a clear bottom two (MC, NH). The rest could finish in really any order. I genuinely think Maine could finish anywhere from third to finishing ninth and missing the playoffs. Realistically, I peg them to finish fourth or fifth as it stands right now.
 
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Suze said:
I just saw that as well. What can you tell me about him? I wonder if he will have to sit out a year, with the new rules and all.
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He give's 100 percent...but after that I don't think he'll make a big difference for your team. He showed flashes {some} when he played, but he also took bad penalty's....all in all he's maybe a depth player.
 
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Suze said:
I just saw that as well. What can you tell me about him? I wonder if he will have to sit out a year, with the new rules and all.
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First, he can play right away... since he graduated with undergrad degree. He just has to enroll full time in a graduate degree program at UAA.

He is a big rugged power forward that converted to forward after playing defense in college prep. He is a touch slow and struggled at consistently scoring. He does go to thenetfront well and can battle there, set screens, etc... Hopefully he does well there, but I doubt he makes a major impact for your team. He wasn't able to crack Maine's line up.
 
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Malcolm has been hurt also.

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Also he played in wrong era, if he played in 80s, 90s he could be a difference maker as hits like a truck. Now it's a penalty when you can hear a hit

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Ma#1ne Hky said:
He give's 100 percent...but after that I don't think he'll make a big difference for your team. He showed flashes {some} when he played, but he also took bad penalty's....all in all he's maybe a depth player.
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Yea, we nick named him the "wrecking ball" for his ability to hammer a guy on one side of the ice, then skate to the other side and hammer a guy over there, usually several seconds after the puck has moved on. He took some of boarding calls as I recall.

As far as sitting out a year, he graduated last year, so he should be good to go as a grad student.
 
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dogtagger said:
Yea, we nick named him the "wrecking ball" for his ability to hammer a guy on one side of the ice, then skate to the other side and hammer a guy over there, usually several seconds after the puck has moved on. He took some of boarding calls as I recall.

As far as sitting out a year, he graduated last year, so he should be good to go as a grad student.
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Gotta have skates in ncaa.
 
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Swayman with some praise...
https://weei.radio.com/blogs/cameron-kerry/bruins-day-2-development-camp-observations

And more here...
https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/br...tions-day-one-bruins-development-camp#slide-4

I continue to like what I see of Jeremy Swayman. He’s got idea size at 6-foot-2, 187-pounds, he posted a pretty solid .921 save percentage at the University of Maine last season and he was taking really good angles on the shooters throwing rubber at him on Tuesday morning. Certainly he’ll have competition in this camp with Daniel Vladar as a guy that needs to start seizing his chance with the Bruins organization, and a goalie in Kyle Keyser that’s going to be invited to the Team USA World Junior camp this summer. But Swayman looks like he’s got the goods between the pipes and certainly got his development camp off to a good start. Langenbrunner on Swayman: “He was probably [Maine’s] best player. That was great. A kid that’s continued to work, he looks bigger and stronger in the net right now. He’s filling out nicely. His competitiveness, he saw a lot of shots last year and held them in a lot of games. He’ll continue this year maybe a little ahead of where we projected possibly, but he was drafted in that slot for a reason. I think the scouts believed he could play and he’s shown it."
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Video Bruins tweeted of Swayman...
https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/1012366554443472901?s=19
 
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dogtagger said:
Yea, we nick named him the "wrecking ball" for his ability to hammer a guy on one side of the ice, then skate to the other side and hammer a guy over there, usually several seconds after the puck has moved on. He took some of boarding calls as I recall.

As far as sitting out a year, he graduated last year, so he should be good to go as a grad student.
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Thank you and thanks to the other posters who answered my question. He did his best as a freshman … maybe another fresh start will be just what he needs.
 
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Suze said:
Thank you and thanks to the other posters who answered my question. He did his best as a freshman … maybe another fresh start will be just what he needs.
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He should get ample playing time and from there it's all up to him on how he produces/performs for your Sea Wolves. Good Luck on your upcoming hockey season.
 
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Ma#1ne Hky said:
He should get ample playing time and from there it's all up to him on how he produces/performs for your Sea Wolves. Good Luck on your upcoming hockey season.
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Same to you. I have a soft spot for Maine, having lived in Bangor when I was a kid. :)
 
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Ma#1ne Hky said:
AND Brian Flynn has signed a 1 year deal with the St.Louis Blues
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Yes. Just got done listening to Thorne call sox game. Blast from the past. :)

Great these guys are getting borderline ones. But what about Shore?
 
BlackI said:
Yes. Just got done listening to Thorne call sox game. Blast from the past. :)

Great these guys are getting borderline ones. But what about Shore?
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Devins restricted and Dallas tendered him, probably gets a couple million on a 2/3 year deal after the Stars are done trading and they have their salary in order.

Pretty cool to have 3 different generations/eras of Maine hockey in Dallas. Monty from the Walsh golden age, Bish from Whitehead’s prime and Shore frim, well, whatever this is
 
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