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

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Almington said:
Folks, can you please either put him on your ignore list or show the self-restrain required to not respond to his posts. We've been down the path that responding will invariably lead, I have no desire to head down that path again. That post was nothing but blatant attempt at trolling for a response, no need to give him the satisfaction of taking the bait.
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I have him ignored, unfortunately he's quoted enough where I still see them from time to time.

Anyways...moving on...
 
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Is anyone else concerned at how left hand dominant Wisconsin will be next season? Specifically looking at the forwards, we'll have 9 LH, and 6 RH.

Looking at the projected top six, Labate, Mersch, and Kerdiles are all LH, and Zengerele, Barnes, and Lee are RH.

I originally projected Kerdiles on the LW to start his career but now I'm leaning on playing him in the middle. He's been in the middle exclusively for the NTDP this season and obviously is tearing it up. I think it might be better to move a RH lee to the wing in order to balance out that top six.
 
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Chuck Schwartz said:
Is anyone else concerned at how left hand dominant Wisconsin will be next season? Specifically looking at the forwards, we'll have 9 LH, and 6 RH.

Looking at the projected top six, Labate, Mersch, and Kerdiles are all LH, and Zengerele, Barnes, and Lee are RH.

I originally projected Kerdiles on the LW to start his career but now I'm leaning on playing him in the middle. He's been in the middle exclusively for the NTDP this season and obviously is tearing it up. I think it might be better to move a RH lee to the wing in order to balance out that top six.
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No. Assuming we can hang on to Zengerle, it will be a pleasant problem to have because the forward talent depth will be approaching the last 2 frozen 4 teams. The other thing is that 3 of the LH kids (Kerdiles, Zullnick, & Labate) are quite capable of playing center which will even things out a bit. In the end, a good/talented player can play either side (or any of the 3 forward position for that matter) and it will sort itself out.
 
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Chuck Schwartz said:
Is anyone else concerned at how left hand dominant Wisconsin will be next season? Specifically looking at the forwards, we'll have 9 LH, and 6 RH.

Looking at the projected top six, Labate, Mersch, and Kerdiles are all LH, and Zengerele, Barnes, and Lee are RH.

I originally projected Kerdiles on the LW to start his career but now I'm leaning on playing him in the middle. He's been in the middle exclusively for the NTDP this season and obviously is tearing it up. I think it might be better to move a RH lee to the wing in order to balance out that top six.
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Not particularly. while I recognize that it can matter situationally, I don't see it as being a driving factor for who plays on what line. It will influence what get tried first, but at the end of the day, Eaves will go with what works.
 
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markwojo said:
No. Assuming we can hang on to Zengerle, it will be a pleasant problem to have because the forward talent depth will be approaching the last 2 frozen 4 teams. The other thing is that 3 of the LH kids (Kerdiles, Zullnick, & Labate) are quite capable of playing center which will even things out a bit. In the end, a good/talented player can play either side (or any of the 3 forward position for that matter) and it will sort itself out.
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I don't think we'll see LaBate back at center. That experiment didn't go well this season.
 
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Almington said:
Folks, can you please either put him on your ignore list or show the self-restrain required to not respond to his posts. We've been down the path that responding will invariably lead, I have no desire to head down that path again. That post was nothing but blatant attempt at trolling for a response, no need to give him the satisfaction of taking the bait.
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We feel the same way about Old Pio and duper. :p
 
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Chuck Schwartz said:
Is anyone else concerned at how left hand dominant Wisconsin will be next season? Specifically looking at the forwards, we'll have 9 LH, and 6 RH.

Looking at the projected top six, Labate, Mersch, and Kerdiles are all LH, and Zengerele, Barnes, and Lee are RH.

I originally projected Kerdiles on the LW to start his career but now I'm leaning on playing him in the middle. He's been in the middle exclusively for the NTDP this season and obviously is tearing it up. I think it might be better to move a RH lee to the wing in order to balance out that top six.
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Would be much more concerned about a lack of LW than RW, which isn't the case. The only reason for Kerdiles NOT to play C is for him to be grouped w/ Zengerle for the potent combination they could be. I just happy the team doesn't have a shortage of center option, since this year that was a bit of a problem IMO. The 2010 team having Geoffrion/Stepan/Dolan/Bendi as centers was a big advantage.
 
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One of my pet peeves is when the coaches have to call the officials over to their bench between periods as Mike Eaves loves to do. He had all four of them over on Saturday night and was really mad. I found out why today from a friend who knows Greg Shepard the head of officials for the WCHA. Mr Eaves was screamimg that he wanted Kyle Rau kicked out of the game, but I have no idea why.
 
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jorgie74 said:
One of my pet peeves is when the coaches have to call the officials over to their bench between periods as Mike Eaves loves to do. He had all four of them over on Saturday night and was really mad. I found out why today from a friend who knows Greg Shepard the head of officials for the WCHA. Mr Eaves was screamimg that he wanted Kyle Rau kicked out of the game, but I have no idea why.
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Was Rau the guy that knocked LaBate all woozy?
 
Timothy A said:
Was Rau the guy that knocked LaBate all woozy?
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Yes. Clean check though. Labate's head was down. He was not prepared to be hit square in the chest. He played the rest of the game so I am assuming he was ok. Is he good to go for this weekend?
 
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goofy gopher said:
Yes. Clean check though. Labate's head was down. He was not prepared to be hit square in the chest. He played the rest of the game so I am assuming he was ok. Is he good to go for this weekend?
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It was a good clean hit.

I don't really have a problem with Eaves looking for a call there. You see the big hit, and his guy is so shaken he can't even skate off the ice. He's paid to do everything he can to make his team win. Bending the ear of an official to try and get a call once in a while is one of those things. He took a swing, missed.

I'm sure after looking at the replay he would agree it's a good hit.
 
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That sounds like career in jeopardy kind of news for Clark. Hopefully I'm reading too much into that.

I liked Chuck's Blog post on future scheduling with DU. Any time Big 10 HC stuff came up, I was excited at the possibilities of the non-conference schedule. If we manage to land one of DU and North Dakota on our schedule every year as it seems likely now, and get more Michigan, MSU, & even Ohio St (w/ what I expect Oz to do there), we could have a better overall schedule then we were trending toward. Add in a marquee East coast series (or two a year), and I'll be happy. Once the WCHA expanded and UNO and Bemidji were forced into the scheduling, the product was diluted too far in my opinoin. Having to play Bemidji, UNO (they may prove to be a solid program w/ Blais....but there is zero history there and not much of a buzz), Tech, Mankato, Alaska on a pretty regular basis is not inspiring. Replacing them with OSU, MSU, & Michigan (and I suspect with the resources that PSU will be respectible fast), keeping Minnesota rivalry, and maintaining a regular dose of DU and North Dakota is an upgrade depending on what else we do OOC. I suspect we'll still have some revenue generating filler of teams that can not command a return home game...but we've already had that with RIT, Northern Michigan, & Mercyhurst this season no different then Alabama Hunstville & U Mass the year before. Done right, the Big 10 HC may be a better overall schedule with much greater variety. Once the WCHA expanded...it's luster was gone.
 
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markwojo said:
That sounds like career in jeopardy kind of news for Clark. Hopefully I'm reading too much into that.

I liked Chuck's Blog post on future scheduling with DU. Any time Big 10 HC stuff came up, I was excited at the possibilities of the non-conference schedule. If we manage to land one of DU and North Dakota on our schedule every year as it seems likely now, and get more Michigan, MSU, & even Ohio St (w/ what I expect Oz to do there), we could have a better overall schedule then we were trending toward. Add in a marquee East coast series (or two a year), and I'll be happy. Once the WCHA expanded and UNO and Bemidji were forced into the scheduling, the product was diluted too far in my opinoin. Having to play Bemidji, UNO (they may prove to be a solid program w/ Blais....but there is zero history there and not much of a buzz), Tech, Mankato, Alaska on a pretty regular basis is not inspiring. Replacing them with OSU, MSU, & Michigan (and I suspect with the resources that PSU will be respectible fast), keeping Minnesota rivalry, and maintaining a regular dose of DU and North Dakota is an upgrade depending on what else we do OOC. I suspect we'll still have some revenue generating filler of teams that can not command a return home game...but we've already had that with RIT, Northern Michigan, & Mercyhurst this season no different then Alabama Hunstville & U Mass the year before. Done right, the Big 10 HC may be a better overall schedule with much greater variety. Once the WCHA expanded...it's luster was gone.
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I agree 100%.

Not sure if that helps your cause or not... :p:D


The WCHA is not what it once was and the unbalanced scheduling where we might not have North Dakota or Denver in Madison every year was a downer.

As stated by another, I want to see DU, UMD & UND. The rest of the WCHA has the same appeal to me as RIT does.

I also believe that in a 6 team conference, EVERY game will have added weight coz if you're playing Minnesota this week, you better take it seriously coz you don't get BSU & Tech in the following few weeks where you can make up ground. You're gonna have Michigan the week after that and then maybe MSU.

The rivalries should heat up exponentially.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
As stated by another, I want to see DU, UMD & UND. The rest of the WCHA has the same appeal to me as RIT does.
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I'll also didn't mind CC and SCSU rolling into Madison. I think there is something about potentially less familiarity in Minnesota that worries me a touch with recruiting. The WCHA footprint in Minnesota was extremely deep which exposed UW to kids in that state. Yes Minnesota will still give UW a bright spotlight and platform to reach potential recruits, but there will certainly be a little less quantity. Hopefully the added national exposure that comes with Big10 Network offsets that and if as I suspect OZ builds OSU into a solid program and PSU takes advantage of it's resources to become decent quickly...the BTHC will be the premier conference the WCHA was.
 
markwojo said:
I'll also didn't mind CC and SCSU rolling into Madison. I think there is something about potentially less familiarity in Minnesota that worries me a touch with recruiting. The WCHA footprint in Minnesota was extremely deep which exposed UW to kids in that state. Yes Minnesota will still give UW a bright spotlight and platform to reach potential recruits, but there will certainly be a little less quantity. Hopefully the added national exposure that comes with Big10 Network offsets that and if as I suspect OZ builds OSU into a solid program and PSU takes advantage of it's resources to become decent quickly...the BTHC will be the premier conference the WCHA was.
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I believe most people in this thread have made it clear they don't care about Minnesota or recruiting Minnesota.
 
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