Re: UNH Wildcats 2017/2018 - Umile's Last Stand - The Grand Finale
No doubt about it, the blown opportunities against the "cupcakes", and the three blown multi-goal 3rd period lost results against Brown, UConn and UMaine, those would have not only gotten Coach close to (if not to or past) the NRN, but also could have set UNH up for home ice next weekend. Talent no doubt is down, but good coaching keeps this somewhat afloat in the sea of mediocrity that Hockey East has been this season.
I'll also bring up the on-ice leadership vacuum that continues to be present for most of the last few years with this program. Putting aside last year's captain (Cleland), two of the last three seasons,, this has been a significant issue ... and looking ahead to next season, it may be an issue yet again. Most of the obvious candidates (and I use that term loosely) are either depth players (Miller), spare parts (Dawson, Cefalu), 5th year seniors (Clark, maybe Boyd?) or have been career underachievers (Vela). Nazarian may be the only one who does not fall into one of those categories, and his production has been decent, but not great. I've always thought underclassmen should be considered, but the options there (Blackburn, Wyse, BvR) are hardly obvious ones at this point of the game, either.
Sorry if I took this astray a little, but I'm searching for rays of hope, and I'm not seeing (m)any ...
Originally posted by JB
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I'll also bring up the on-ice leadership vacuum that continues to be present for most of the last few years with this program. Putting aside last year's captain (Cleland), two of the last three seasons,, this has been a significant issue ... and looking ahead to next season, it may be an issue yet again. Most of the obvious candidates (and I use that term loosely) are either depth players (Miller), spare parts (Dawson, Cefalu), 5th year seniors (Clark, maybe Boyd?) or have been career underachievers (Vela). Nazarian may be the only one who does not fall into one of those categories, and his production has been decent, but not great. I've always thought underclassmen should be considered, but the options there (Blackburn, Wyse, BvR) are hardly obvious ones at this point of the game, either.
Sorry if I took this astray a little, but I'm searching for rays of hope, and I'm not seeing (m)any ...
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