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Wisconsin Hockey: Vol. XXI - For every dark night, there's a brighter day

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Chuck Schwartz said:
Yeah, the Kessel hype was greater than it was surrounding Parise's commitment. Kessel dragged his decision out until March of the year he was going to go to school which added to the suspense. Additionally, USA hockey was driving the hype bus x1000. From what I can remember, Kessel is the only college hockey recruit to hold a press conference to announce his decision.
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True, forgot about his press conference. I guess the Parise hype just seems like it was greater to me because of the disappointment I felt when he made his decision.
 
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markwojo said:
In the end...I would have enjoyed seeing the talent that is Phil Kessel play at home, but it made good theater adding to a storied rivalry having him as a rodent and the end result was the Badgers won a national title and Phil was a one and done.
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A rich one and done. ;)
 
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The Hobey this year...uhm...this is why it's sort of a joke of an award and most of these winners are forgotten in terms of NHL careers...the best players don't win them plain and simple.

Case in point: Healtey, Dany, Reinprecht, Steven, Schultz, Justin and that's just guys from 1 school who got robbed

ugh

go FERRIS!
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Who did you think it should have gone to?
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honestly, for most of this season Justin Schultz was a man amongst boys and I would have given it to him (yeah he didn't make the final 3, and that was a joke). 10 years from now people will look back on this and I'm certain will feel the exact same way. Also, I think there are better forwards in the WCHA than JC but I digress
 
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solovsfett said:
honestly, for most of this season Justin Schultz was a man amongst boys and I would have given it to him (yeah he didn't make the final 3, and that was a joke). 10 years from now people will look back on this and I'm certain will feel the exact same way. Also, I think there are better forwards in the WCHA than JC but I digress
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Yeah, Schultz is rated as the 3rd best NHL free agent, but he's not even rated in the top 3 college players? TOTAL joke. College hockey is too regionalized to have a national award like this. How many hobey voters who live east of Lake MI actually saw him play?
 
Timothy A said:
Yeah, Schultz is rated as the 3rd best NHL free agent, but he's not even rated in the top 3 college players? TOTAL joke. College hockey is too regionalized to have a national award like this. How many hobey voters who live east of Lake MI actually saw him play?
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Good point. Plus of the 3 finalist all 3 will probably do absolutey nothing in the NHL and Schultz will be a teams best d-man.
 
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solovsfett said:
The Hobey this year...uhm...this is why it's sort of a joke of an award and most of these winners are forgotten in terms of NHL careers...the best players don't win them plain and simple.

Case in point: Healtey, Dany, Reinprecht, Steven, Schultz, Justin and that's just guys from 1 school who got robbed

ugh

go FERRIS!
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The award isn't given on potential NHL careers, moot point. What really hurt Schultz was the last half of the year. First 19 games of the year 32 points, the last 18 games 12 points.
 
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REDMEN2002 said:
Mike Mottau says hello!:D



Still upset about 2010?
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I don't want to dislike BC, but with their obnoxious arrogant d-bag fanbase it's pretty difficult to cheer them on.

Jerry York is a class act and the modern-day Bob Johnson or Herb Brooks. He really is. if he wins tonight that puts him immediately in that company (though one can argue he's already there I suppose).

that said I don't want BC winning because I don't want them anywhere close to UW in titles won;)
 
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badgerhawk said:
The award isn't given on potential NHL careers, moot point. What really hurt Schultz was the last half of the year. First 19 games of the year 32 points, the last 18 games 12 points.
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true, but it also doesn't go to the BEST NCAA player either (with very few exceptions, Paul Kariya being one of them). I honestly am at a loss to explain several of the Hobey choices. Mottau? really? bs. Holzinger? really? against all the forwards of that year he was top 15-20 but not #1, not by a longshot.
 
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solovsfett said:
true, but it also doesn't go to the BEST NCAA player either (with very few exceptions, Paul Kariya being one of them). I honestly am at a loss to explain several of the Hobey choices. Mottau? really? bs. Holzinger? really? against all the forwards of that year he was top 15-20 but not #1, not by a longshot.
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It's the same with the Heisman, MVP or any other individual award. There is really no way to know who is the "best player" (except Kariya)when it is a team sport. There are too many variables, how good is the team, linemates etc. etc.
 
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badgerhawk said:
It's the same with the Heisman, MVP or any other individual award. There is really no way to know who is the "best player" (except Kariya)when it is a team sport. There are too many variables, how good is the team, linemates etc. etc.
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Yeah, how many Heisman winners went on to dominant careers in the NFL? Eric Crouch? Jason White? Matt Leinart, Troy Smith?
 
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It's a nice consolation to know only MI has more players contending for the Cup than UW does. Take that BC, Rodents and Sue.
 
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Who made that video? Pretty cool. I love the (paraphrasing) "what if he never went to NHL U".

Let's Go RED!
 
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JDUBBS said:
More like "what if he didn't grow up in the Twin Cities where he could idolize Gopher hockey and all that bull****?", amiright?
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Or something like that.
 
ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Or something like that.
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Since you decided to talk about me in this thread, I think it's only fair that I get to respond :). I think my good friend said it best:

Mr Common Sense said:
You see, we have a pro hockey team, so we aren't forced to just cheer for ex-Gophers in the NHL. It's kinda nice ;)

And we are proud of every Minnesotan who makes it to the NHL. Even the misguided ones who go to Madison for their schooling. They will always be Minnesotans.

And yes, I believe the time they spent playing youth hockey in Minnesota is as important, if not more, than the time they spent in Madison in shaping their futures.

But, as I said before, we don't have the ex-player fetish you guys have because we have an NHL team to call our own. We actually think it's a little creepy.
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