Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
I think an equal contributor, maybe bigger, has been the trend of the BlueBloods from the 90's and earlier recruiting 18 yr olds to now committing to 16 yr olds and younger. Way more misses for those teams on recruiting and when there is a kid who develops late, these teams have committed all their scholies and so the late bloomer is available to programs that didn't get such talented players regularly in the past. And when the Blueblood team do hit the jackpot with a player who takes off in skill, because of the NHL CBA, they don't stick around more than a year or two. Hence, the streak of one seeds losing in the first round since 2006 (think that is correct) and number of 4 seeds who've won it all.
Originally posted by The Rube
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