Re: Wisconsin Hockey: Episode XXXI: A New Hope
There are plenty of arguments to make about the program but as far as this team goes, comparing it to last year's MN team with 8 freshman isn't any of them. Do you really think returning upperclassmen skaters Navin, LaBate, Paape, Zulinick, and Drake, Shulze and injured Wittchow (combined 54pts.) is the same as last year's MN returning upperclassmen skaters Rau, Warning, Boyd, Condon, Ambroz, Marshall, Serratore, Holl and Parenteau (combined over 200 pts.)? Probably count sophomore Mike Reilly as he was one of the top D-men in the country.
All kinds of points to be made about why we're in this situation of course, but you can't just look at the # of freshman on two teams and draw a conclusion from it. MN had 10 very experienced and very good upperclassmen skaters back. We have 0 upperclassmen with any real top two line credentials. It's not even apples and oranges.
There are plenty of arguments to make about the program but as far as this team goes, comparing it to last year's MN team with 8 freshman isn't any of them. Do you really think returning upperclassmen skaters Navin, LaBate, Paape, Zulinick, and Drake, Shulze and injured Wittchow (combined 54pts.) is the same as last year's MN returning upperclassmen skaters Rau, Warning, Boyd, Condon, Ambroz, Marshall, Serratore, Holl and Parenteau (combined over 200 pts.)? Probably count sophomore Mike Reilly as he was one of the top D-men in the country.
All kinds of points to be made about why we're in this situation of course, but you can't just look at the # of freshman on two teams and draw a conclusion from it. MN had 10 very experienced and very good upperclassmen skaters back. We have 0 upperclassmen with any real top two line credentials. It's not even apples and oranges.
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