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I hate to say it but after the 18 day layoff I do not think the Gophers will go to far in this seasons playoffs, the 2nd half of this season they are not a top skilled team
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As I said in the other thread, the team isn't playing well enough to worry about a layoff. If they lose it won't be because they had so much time off...
This team will go as far as Jimmy Snuggerud goes. Layoff or no layoff.
In his 6 NCAA Tournament games, he has 1 goal and 0 assists. That single goal was in the Fargo Regional against Canisius in 2023. A PPG during a 9-2 MN win that night. He was a +/- of 0 in that game.
ZERO points in his 5 other NCAA games. He has basically disappeared in March & April playing for the Gophers. But especially during the NCAA Tournament.
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Hopefully not off thread topic, but I'm curious about the following:
Bob's team are typically very low penalty teams - which is good on face. However, how much does that contribute to lack of aggressiveness and cause their play to be toned down? This team never seems to have any "edge" to it.
Watching the games this weekend and over the course of year, any time a Gopher gets near an opposing goalie, they get one maybe two shots with an opponents stick to remind them to stay away. And no Gopher shows up to balance the odds and give it back. Just opposite when they crash the Gopher's net --- limited retribution, and other teams swarm to protect their own.
I get there's no fighting in college hockey and Bob wants to limit "dumb penalties", and I'm not suggesting they go Old School Fighting Susie, but at some point, ya gotta defend your own. No?
This would seem to be a culture thing for the program. Curious to get other's opinions.
I get where you're coming from but retaliating definitely cost the team in the national championship 2 years ago and has definitely cost them some five min majors every season. It's a fine line admittedly.
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The lines going forward were mentioned in the season thread but Huglen out could you see lines like the following?
Ziemer Pahlsson Snuggerud
Kurth Clark Wood
Hendrickson Moore Lamb
Falloon Mittlestadt Nevers
The fourth line of Hendrickson Mittlestadt and Nevers has been good but obviously you have to shift things around now and then I don’t think I’d want to break up that second line. Despite Clark not scoring of late I thought they were one of the better lines this past weekend. This also means Whipple, who hasn’t played in a few weeks, is getting thrown back in the mix. Unless he’s suffering from some secret injury.