Wisconsin Badgers 2026 Offseason

[WiscTJK]

Wouldbt surprise me if Murdock isnt long at Shattuck. Outside of the ability for hos to maybe steer guys our way, he prob wants a USHL HC or Asst HC NCAA job which is a relatively plausoble scenario from the Goalie Coach. Who knows.

It's possible he was told to find something else too, or your contract isn't being extended. Who knows. Goalies haven't been stable with him as the goalie coach, so I am hoping for someone to stabilize the position for UW.

 

[WiscTJK]

It's almost August, no mention of Goalie Coach or roster announcements. I am acthally pretty amazed at how quiet it has been. Even Hastings has been super quiet. Head down, nose to the grindstone approach?

And the non-con schedule hasn't been released either.....

 

[UW student and hockey fan]

It's almost August, no mention of Goalie Coach or roster announcements. I am acthally pretty amazed at how quiet it has been. Even Hastings has been super quiet. Head down, nose to the grindstone approach?

On the roster front, I think the roster as is has a very high floor. Proven goaltending, very solid D, very solid down the middle at center. That’s why Id like to see them take a swing on a forward who could provide some scoring upside, even if it’s a bit riskier.

On the schedule side of things I’m expecting at least one, maybe bothAlaska schools. Probably a different small east coast school if not both Alaskas again. Believe nchc and ccha have already released schedules

 

[GoBucky18]

On the roster front, I think the roster as is has a very high floor. Proven goaltending, very solid D, very solid down the middle at center. That’s why Id like to see them take a swing on a forward who could provide some scoring upside, even if it’s a bit riskier.

On the schedule side of things I’m expecting at least one, maybe bothAlaska schools. Probably a different small east coast school if not both Alaskas again. Believe nchc and ccha have already released schedules

If anything, we have learned NPI rewards a strong schedule. Although I really dont think Dartmouth was as good as they appeared on paper.

If theu schedule CCHA/ECHA, it needs to be the top teams.

That being said, I just dont see why Miami is in the NCHC. It makes zero sense. St. THOMAS should have replaced them. Miami has Basketball and Fball to worry about and I just dont see them putting resources into hockey like the other NCHC schools do.

 

[con1977]

Been gone, but the comments from MJ and Gard just show out of touch meathead Mac was. So that's all good. We will see if this works out, but Eichorst was the safe pick for AD, but he's saying all the right things out of the gate and has fans on two of my favorite UW coaches. Will he clean out the stale athletic directors that need to go and were Mac's yes people? I hope so.

Also, I hope we hear on a new goalie coach soon and they pay the man better than Murdock so they don't lose him to a high school team.

Getting the goalie coach settled will be big. I will say, its a pretty big understatement to refer to SSM as a "high school team". Its an elite level AAA private sports high school, so its not an unreasonable move for the guy depending on what his career aspirations are.