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University of Maine Off-season 2024: Insert Pun Here

Drew S. said:
I don’t think raising ticket prices 10% would move the needle very much, maybe $200k or so. If Maine has a season similar to last year they might raise them some but doubt it will be because of NIL.
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The rumors from the beat writers/"insiders" are that an established high end top 6 forward costs around 100k. If the money from a small ticket price increase was used to bring in a high end transfer like Matt Copponi or Gunnarwolfe Fontaine every year I'd be okay with it. I think that revenue sharing from the University to players is on the table now so given the ticket demand I wouldn't be surprised to see a small increase in ticket prices in the next couple years.
 
blackbears9 said:
The rumors from the beat writers/"insiders" are that an established high end top 6 forward costs around 100k. If the money from a small ticket price increase was used to bring in a high end transfer like Matt Copponi or Gunnarwolfe Fontaine every year I'd be okay with it. I think that revenue sharing from the University to players is on the table now so given the ticket demand I wouldn't be surprised to see a small increase in ticket prices in the next couple years.
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Id expect the ticket prices will go up, given recent demand, when the renovations are done. There might be a price breaking point. There has to be success on the ice though, couldnt give tickets away three years ago.
 
blackbears9 said:
The rumors from the beat writers/"insiders" are that an established high end top 6 forward costs around 100k. If the money from a small ticket price increase was used to bring in a high end transfer like Matt Copponi or Gunnarwolfe Fontaine every year I'd be okay with it. I think that revenue sharing from the University to players is on the table now so given the ticket demand I wouldn't be surprised to see a small increase in ticket prices in the next couple years.
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Where are we with non-American players getting NIL money? Zach Edey (Canadian basketball player for Purdue) was pretty vocal about not being able to capitalize on NIL when he is in the US on a student visa.
 
AMC said:
Where are we with non-American players getting NIL money? Zach Edey (Canadian basketball player for Purdue) was pretty vocal about not being able to capitalize on NIL when he is in the US on a student visa.
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NIL money, which cannot be distributed by the school can only go to American citizens. I’m not 100% sure about revenue sharing, which can be distributed by the school but I would assume athletes on a student visa would run into the same problems as they do with NIL money.
 
Had my first opportunity to take in a practice this offseason. Barr wasn't on the ice, so Fortier/Michaud led the drills, big emphasis on PP/PK.

Based on what they worked on, I'd expect them to be very aggressive on the PK. Really liked seeing them practicing retreating diamond structures on the breakout for the PK. That should help them stand teams up in the neutral zone more often by forcing icings/offsides and create more turnovers. Good way to improve their 25th-ranked PK from last season (80.6%). PP breakout didn't look fresh (the pressure of that 1-3 PK was a struggle for them).

None of the goalie really stood out to me in good or bad ways. Will keep an eye out on them if I can make it to any other practices over the next couple weeks.

Forwards were getting mixed and matched a bunch, so imagine the final trios will change often. Noticed Nobes getting used mostly at forward so that's something interesting to keep an eye on as the season progresses. The D-pairings stayed pretty consistent so I'd imagine the top three units are relatively locked in. Some lines combos I saw together frequently:

Nadeau-Breen-Scholle
Freel-Scott-Russell
Mitton-Pichette-Niemo
Makar-Renwick-Fowler
Scholle-Komarov-Nobes
Freel-Scott-Calafiore
Mitton-Pichette-Scholle
Niemo-Breen-Nadeau
Renwick-Scott-Russell

Breazeale-Chabrier
Holt-Djurasevic
Lesakowski-Antonacci
Arnott-Dalton
Holt-Morse
Dalton-Morse

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PP units:
Mitton-Breen-Scholle
Chabrier-Nadeau

Niemo-Freel-Nobes
Breazeale-Antonacci

Renwick-Scott-Freel
Lesakowski-Antonacci

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PK units:
Breen-Nadeau
Breazeale-Chabrier

Scott-Freel
Holt-Djurasevic

Calafiore-Freel
Arnott-Dalton

Makar-Fowler
Holt-Djurasevic

Calafiore-Renwick
Arnott-Dalton
 
Makar-Renwick-Fowler has a chance to be a wrecking ball line that gets under your skin

Djurasevic was an excellent find out of the portal he is going to be a game changer
 
tylerzx2002 said:
Had my first opportunity to take in a practice this offseason. Barr wasn't on the ice, so Fortier/Michaud led the drills, big emphasis on PP/PK.

Based on what they worked on, I'd expect them to be very aggressive on the PK. Really liked seeing them practicing retreating diamond structures on the breakout for the PK. That should help them stand teams up in the neutral zone more often by forcing icings/offsides and create more turnovers. Good way to improve their 25th-ranked PK from last season (80.6%). PP breakout didn't look fresh (the pressure of that 1-3 PK was a struggle for them).

None of the goalie really stood out to me in good or bad ways. Will keep an eye out on them if I can make it to any other practices over the next couple weeks.

Forwards were getting mixed and matched a bunch, so imagine the final trios will change often. Noticed Nobes getting used mostly at forward so that's something interesting to keep an eye on as the season progresses. The D-pairings stayed pretty consistent so I'd imagine the top three units are relatively locked in. Some lines combos I saw together frequently:

Nadeau-Breen-Scholle
Freel-Scott-Russell
Mitton-Pichette-Niemo
Makar-Renwick-Fowler
Scholle-Komarov-Nobes
Freel-Scott-Calafiore
Mitton-Pichette-Scholle
Niemo-Breen-Nadeau
Renwick-Scott-Russell

Breazeale-Chabrier
Holt-Djurasevic
Lesakowski-Antonacci
Arnott-Dalton
Holt-Morse
Dalton-Morse

-

PP units:
Mitton-Breen-Scholle
Chabrier-Nadeau

Niemo-Freel-Nobes
Breazeale-Antonacci

Renwick-Scott-Freel
Lesakowski-Antonacci

-

PK units:
Breen-Nadeau
Breazeale-Chabrier

Scott-Freel
Holt-Djurasevic

Calafiore-Freel
Arnott-Dalton

Makar-Fowler
Holt-Djurasevic

Calafiore-Renwick
Arnott-Dalton
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I’m guessing Holt/Djuresevic must have been a pairing for a power play unit. You have Antonacci listed twice, and he is not really an offensive power play type. He’s strong fundamentally on defense but undersized. For his size though he is a defensive bulldog. But Holt/Djuresevic might be the 2nd power play pairing because they like to use one defensemen for the top unit which Charbrier did a lot of.
 
The rich get richer....Denver scoops up Mikey Berchild. Thought that Maine might have an outside shot....a lot of people thought he was bound for Minnesota. Gopher fans must be beside themselves....they have not done well keeping their best at home.
 
tylerzx2002 said:
Had my first opportunity to take in a practice this offseason. Barr wasn't on the ice, so Fortier/Michaud led the drills, big emphasis on PP/PK.

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Thanks for this. How did the news guys look, especially Russell and the freshmen? Does Carney look like he might contribute this year?
 
Drew S. said:
At this point Maine would be better off not being on tv.
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They could kick extra point to be down by field goal, instead they go for a two point play and did this odd formation that looked horrible. Failed. I haven’t been following yet this year, but I’m guessing coaching isn’t a strength.
 
Sparkee said:
They could kick extra point to be down by field goal, instead they go for a two point play and did this odd formation that looked horrible. Failed. I haven’t been following yet this year, but I’m guessing coaching isn’t a strength.
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Not every team can turn 1st and 10 from the 40 into a safety.

I guess there is a reason the coach has a 5-20 record.
 
Unreal, Maine took so many penalties it backed them up to the end zone and was 1st and 34 yds to go. Next play is a sack in the end zone for the safety. I’m not sure they could have played any worse on that series. This isn’t a cliche. I’m legitimately trying to think of anything more they could have done worse. I suppose if he fumbled it on the sack and then Merrimack recovered it for a touchdown. But this was very close to being the worst you can play. It likely it the worst you can do without turning the ball over.
 
Drew S. said:
Not every team can turn 1st and 10 from the 40 into a safety.

I guess there is a reason the coach has a 5-20 record.
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And they should have started from Merrimack’s 40 yard line, but a Maine blocker was called for a hold on the return. Which he held after the return man already was by him anyways.
 
If they're doing things like turning 1st and 10 from the 40 into a safety against when playing Merrimack, they are going to get absolutely vaporized in Norman in November.
 
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