If Alt or his father are lukewarm before they even get a paycheck waved in their face...I dont mind them finding another home. I can’t say I disagree with you. I was thinking about the very same thing last night. If he wants to look around and flirt with the idea of football (much like Lofquist onc...

Apparently, this year's favorite whipping boy is David Fischer, a player who would be a first or second line defenseman on any college hockey team in the country. While I certainly feel Lucia and Hill need to look in the mirror more with regard to being reasons for the lackluster results of late, I...

Apparently, this year's favorite whipping boy is David Fischer, a player who would be a first or second line defenseman on any college hockey team in the country. While I certainly feel Lucia and Hill need to look in the mirror more with regard to being reasons for the lackluster results of late, I...

I get the impression Alt's old man would rather Mark play football. I think this is a fair remark. I can’t recall for sure who told me but that was the impression I had when he first committed in hockey. I don’t recall how it was said but it was either “He will play hockey unless he gets a scholars...

Just because a player signs a letter of intent doesn’t mean he is coming in that next year. Some players still defer a year after signing a LOI.

dxmnkd316 wrote:Also it should be noted that sharper is top in his position. D'OH

Sharper wouldn't be close to his current performance if he stayed here because he wouldn't be able to free lance all the time in our system. So I don't feel bad about him being somewhere else.

I don’t see a lot of self centered stuff. Not saying it never happens either but I don’t see consistent issues. Certainly nothing that stands out as being worse than what you might see on many teams at certain points during the season. As I said, I can see occasions where a guy may be trying to make...

I don’t agree that the guys are playing too individualistic. If anything, there are times where I think they pass a little too much and don’t pull the trigger a little faster. I have seen good puck movement and team play in many respects. Not that we don’t ever see guys pressing a bit and trying to ...

If it is a player, I'd hope he is mad/upset. Although I would hope that energy would be used in practice and in games and not wasted here. Because it is badly misplaced if the energy is spent here and not on the ice. I'd be more than happy to eat crow and have the team rally and make some serious no...

I have no idea what Don will do and I'm not going to question him, but he's starting to fall into the same trap he put himself in last year if he continually does not give Patterson any starts. My thoughts exactly. I am not thinking short term. I am thinking long term. Patterson needs to opportunit...

Just curious, how do you see Walters being inconsistent? He has 13 points in 14 games, it doesn't seem too bad. He's been better as of late. But he has been inconsistent throughout his time in the USHL. It will be intersting to see what he provides in college. I think some hockey types are starting...

I know the UW players really gave Lofquist a lot of grief in his final game for the Gophs as well. But the injury stuff wasn't a realistic factor.

No Vaneks or Canadians in the near future for the hockey team: Also, Gophers coaches now are being prohibited from recruiting internationally. That hasn't helped the men's golf team, which considers players from across the globe. The Gophers men's hockey team won't be able to scout international to...

I read Hammy's message on the locked thread. I hope people understand that there are NHL representatives watching several players at almost every game. In my commentary on that thread, I wasn't even discussing scouts per se since I thought that was a given for people to know. I used White and the C...

Does the Schroeder statement remove all doubt or is there still another player in question? I was busy all day today so I really didn't have a chance to comment on all of this JS stuff. Since the other thread was locked after the official statement shooting down that rumor, there isn't too much lef...

IMO, Schmidt is playing for the Fargo Force and will be more ready to play next season than Alt. Whether they both come in will likely depend on what Fairchild and Ness have in mind for next year. Holl will not be ready for prime time. Should play a year in Jr. and see where it goes. I believe Mars...

dryfly wrote:Do you think the coaches were giving him a push?

No. Especially when they already have a shorter bench on defense with Leddy out. If they really wanted him gone, there would be more timely "pushes" than this. Particularly in the off-season.

The way I read that was that Sam was debating whether or not to ever come to the U before his freshman season; it makes sense since he visited an OHL camp before the season started. I have no idea if that's what his uncle was referring to but it's another possibility. He definitely flirted with the...

So what's more important - the team or the individual? I do agree that Lofquist really wanted to be a Gopher and he did take pride in it (until a certain point in time). Unfortunately, there are some young guys that eventually allow ego/ambition to overcome the concept of team. A coach isn’t suppos...

You need to be a little more fair to Lucia on this, there is a decent chance that he looked at the body language of his goaltenders Saturday morning and didn't think Patterson was acting in a way that seemed like he was ready to be successful. Body language? I find that to be a pretty large stretch...

I don't care what the result is for one night. I am thinking big picture. The lack of a rotation last season hurt and Lucia openly admitted he didn't do a good job in that regard. Which is why I scratch my head why he has made some of the recent decisions. Give each guy one game a week to put all hi...

psych wrote:What a lying toolbag.

You sound surprised.

dammit....I don't see where to delete my acct. Mod's....please feel free to nuke it. I'm done I doubt any tears will be shed. As I have always said about you, you have to seriously question whether you are really a Gopher fan if all you ever do is whine and complain even when they do have success. ...

Patterson is not sick. I can assure you of that. He was under the impression he was going to play tonight. The big problem for me is the communication factor. If a guy thinks he is going to play and then finds out otherwise (w/o much of an explanation) that is how a coach can "lose" a team...

Admittedly, I am not at practice every day to break down goalie performance... but Lucia is starting to lose me a bit with his decisions in that area. The alternating of goalies seemed to be working fine (even though the end results didn't show wins the first two weekends). It sounded like he was go...

BTW, the guy he collided with was Lofty. I would imagine he feels pretty bad about it even though it is obviously an accident.

I did put a question mark after my “season ending” remark on my Twitter. Mainly because the source that told me about it put it in those terms.

Needless to say, given how it was stated to me, I’d be surprised if he isn’t out for a while… even if it isn’t the entire season.

stickboy56 wrote:Interesting - no Bjugstad or Ben Marshall .

Marshall was dinged up weeks ago and hasn't been playing full time. Sounds like Bjugstad will be playing for Team USA instead of this.

KillerCarlson wrote:Adam Wilcox (G, SSP) has verbally committed to the Gophers as of tonight.

He was the goalie I alluded to on my Twitter on October 23rd as having been offered.

Walters needs to pick up his game in some fashion. Most of what I hear through the hockey grapevine is he might be stagnating a bit developmentally. On the plus side, I had a bit of that about Nate Schmidt too last year but he has picked it up and is playing better. Maybe he needed the push of jumpi...

You guys were right.....I was wrong!!!! What was I thinking....FROZEN 4 BABY!!! That's it.....a 5-1 win against a visiting UAA team all but punches our ticket. Are they working on a parade route?? (the ability for some to EVER look at things objectively still amazes me....yes, Friday night was grea...

I haven't read the whole thread but I am sure the refs have been brought up a good amount. I can't speak for what it looked like on TV since I haven't seen the tape of it but I thought the refs were pretty bad. I usually don't say much about refs since I just assume WCHA guys are going to miss more ...

As for attributing to Guentzel to Woog, I don't know. An argument that alludes to MG being a big part of the success for the good seasons yet disregards his accountability on the teams he helped coach that were not as good is not very balanced. That is political double talk that doesn’t hold water…...

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Hammy wrote:No.

LOL. I finally did the math in my head and now I feel dumb.

That will teach you for not listening in class back in the day.

No.

Lucia had seen Warning play a few weeks ago. I speculated at the time to a few of the other posters that Warning might be the reason he was there and it looks like that was the case. With the Reilly boys, Boyd, and Warning lined up for 2011 or so, the program won’t be lacking for smaller playmaking ...

I think the under development has been exacerbated by the loss of Mike Guentzel. Lucia’s winning percentage with Guentzel on staff was 61%. Without Guentzel, he is at 41%. I have inside information that Guentzel organized and ran the practices. Let's be honest, Guentzel was here for some of the pro...

I think in some respects people are overreacting. It's not like we are on the ice by ourselves and the other two teams we have played have no talent in their own right. Even in our best years, UND and Denver play us very tough and win games against us. Besides, two series into the season is not exac...

What is the problem? I don't know that it is simply one obvious factor. You lose a few guys earlier than expected, a few guys that are brought in don't step up as expected, the coaching staff has its share of turnover in a span of a few years, Lucia's health (for last year, it did affect matters), ...

Simply put.... snip All of those situations are not going to be a direct apples to apples comparison. You need to consider factors such roster needs when a player was available, the year a player entered college, etc. Any team would love to have a guy like McDonagh or Gardiner. That isn't unique to...

hockey35 wrote:Does anyone know if Ben Marshall is hurt? Looks like he played 14 games and only has 6 points.

He did get hurt and had a diagnostic exam done a little while back. Pretty sure the results came back OK and it was not anything major.

This is the catch 22 because it seems these guys are being brought in for the exact reason you say, but it seems like they are bringing them before they are ready in many cases. Clearly there are exceptions like JS, but what are you accomplishing by having a guy on the team three years vs one if he...

Here are a few examples. It is fair to raise it as a potential issue with some players but the reality is those kinds of examples happen everywhere. Even NHL types don't always get the most out of their talent. The main issue I would raise with your comments is that I don't believe you used very go...

I don’t know Patty Wetterling but I do know Jerry Wetterling a bit. In fact, I will be talking to him in about a half an hour (via phone) as he is in a fantasy football league that I am the commissioner of and the league pickups/drops are done today. He is a very nice guy. I have to admit, I am feel...

They will be rated in a similar fashion at a later date.

Fine. Let's revisit this discussion in 2 months. To discuss it after 2 games is insane. Correct. Although even then, I am not convinced it will be enough to know (barring a total meltdown). There are too many examples of second half surges to really go too far with judgments after a total of 16 gam...

People who want to jump to massive conclusions after the first 60 minutes of their team's season are a joke. Period. Some fans here (and elsewhere) are pretty much an embarrassment after the way they acted.

Given Gardiner's NHL stock is higher, I would make Isackson the more likely of those two to play USHL next season. I was told this past summer that their plan (at that time) was to bring Gardiner in directly from HS. He is a hard nosed, hard working kid with good size already. So he could handle th...

- Where was Wehrs? I assume he was injured or sick. There is no way Schack should have played over him on D. Right? Though he does look to be the 7th guy this season on D. I said it most of this summer… I think Wehrs might have a tough time finding his way into the lineup on a regular basis unless ...

- As already noted, the refs do not have names listed on their uniforms. So you will have to recognize their face in order to know who it is. They're the guys in the stripes, right? What more do I need to know? :wink: I'm not gonna get too hyped up by this scrimmage. I'll credit UBC for not getting...