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(10-28-2014 05:45 AM)Hoekjeness Wrote:  Whooooosh

Yeah, I think these hockey guys got checked into the boards one too many times, or maybe they never read the crap that transpires on topics other than hockey.

(10-29-2014 04:55 PM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  

(10-28-2014 05:45 AM)Hoekjeness Wrote:  Whooooosh

Yeah, I think these hockey guys got checked into the boards one too many times, or maybe they never read the crap that transpires on topics other than hockey.

There is nothing else BUT HOCKEY

Dip, perhaps you were not aware, this is a hockey forum and most of the reader/posters here are more focused this great game. Obviously your just more interested in stirring up the mix...

Please come back when you actually have something of value to discuss that is hockey related.....

(10-29-2014 03:46 PM)Bronco1974 Wrote:  

(10-29-2014 03:20 PM)BroncoFever Wrote:  

(10-28-2014 02:54 PM)BroncoDetroit Wrote:  Have no idea why Tiffels was brought in or why he even came here...wow...European type player, speed and skill....then now to be stuck into Murray's rigid non-offensive system!

Perhaps in order for Tiffels to become a more complete "two way" player, he is benefiting from playing for a coach who plays a very structured game and requires "all" the players to be defensively reliable?

Exactly. If he hopes to go anywhere, he will have to learn to be a two-way player.

So is it shear coincidence that early on Muir has been paired with "two forwards" (Dries/Kessel) from last years shut down line or pure genius on Murray's in part to help Muir develop this area of his game?

Bull-crap! The NHL is not looking for two way players except on grind lines! They want skilled scorers on their main lines...putting Muir on a shut-down line won't do him that much good. Tiffels will be stifled and this may have been the worst system for him to come to. Same with Muir. Nong-Lambert may be able to overcome it depending on which line he plays on.

(10-29-2014 06:17 PM)BroncoDetroit Wrote:  Bull-crap! The NHL is not looking for two way players except on grind lines! They want skilled scorers on their main lines...putting Muir on a shut-down line won't do him that much good. Tiffels will be stifled and this may have been the worst system for him to come to. Same with Muir. Nong-Lambert may be able to overcome it depending on which line he plays on.

I doubt that you will find many hockey coaches who agree with you on that.

(10-29-2014 06:17 PM)BroncoDetroit Wrote:  Bull-crap! The NHL is not looking for two way players except on grind lines!

Looks like Murray's system didn't hurt Bailsy's productivity:

http://theahl.com/stats/statdisplay.php?...op_scorers

http://www.uscho.com/stats/conference/nchc/2013-2014/

I thought he was one of the best two way forwards in the NCHC last year. Imagine his point production if we could of gotten our power play going?

I also believe he would not be getting any looks at the next level had he not "proven" that he can play and be productive in a structured system.

(10-29-2014 03:00 PM)BroncoFever Wrote:  

(10-29-2014 07:52 AM)Bronco nut Wrote:  

(10-29-2014 07:20 AM)DudeReally Wrote:  Let's hope you are right Boston. I don't see it, haven't seen in it 4 years. Heard yesterday, he gives the team this weekend off, then changes his mind 2 days later and adds a workout and practice Saturday on a bi-weekend. Maybe the guys could use a break?

This is also the only D1 hockey team that it is mandatory to be at school all summer,very little break time.

Not true nut, I know of several...

I know players from nearly every team and WMU trains more over the summer than any one of them,not saying its bad,just wondering if it causes burnout.

(10-28-2014 03:19 PM)DudeReally Wrote:  I was at the games this weekend and did see Kovacs on the backend. I hate the Forwards back there, why do we not have 4 competent Dmen that can anchor the PP?

Dude, I'm also not a big fan of forwards on the point, more so because I want to see a defensemen defending a rush when there is a turnover in our OZ. But many, many teams do it, even at the pro level. Sometimes it's out of necessity, sometimes part of a offensive strategy.

Kovas has been on the point this year since day one. He is probably this teams best play maker who should be out there.

As for having 4 competent Dmen that could anchor the PP, you forget that we had an un-expected early departure in Osterlee and he would have been one of those 4 defensemen you are looking for.

(10-26-2014 07:28 PM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  I'm tired of his act and his Grecian Formula hair.

Earth to Hockey Forum.

In case you haven't noticed there's a thread on the football forum titled "Fire Fleck."

It's been there for nearly two years and was inspired by some people who had issues with his poor record, attention seeking, and even his hair care products.

I started this to mock the silliness of that thread, hence the "Grecian Formula" reference.

SARCASM............get it? Man, I hate when I have to explain the jokes.

(10-30-2014 08:28 AM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 07:28 PM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  I'm tired of his act and his Grecian Formula hair.

Earth to Hockey Forum.

In case you haven't noticed there's a thread on the football forum titled "Fire Fleck."

It's been there for nearly two years and was inspired by some people who had issues with his poor record, attention seeking, and even his hair care products.

I started this to mock the silliness of that thread, hence the "Grecian Formula" reference.

SARCASM............get it? Man, I hate when I have to explain the jokes.

For those of us who do not read the football forum, your reference was missed entirely. It only served to make you look ridiculous. Thank you for correcting that misinterpretation.

(10-30-2014 08:43 AM)Bronco1974 Wrote:  

(10-30-2014 08:28 AM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  

(10-26-2014 07:28 PM)Chipdip2 Wrote:  I'm tired of his act and his Grecian Formula hair.

Earth to Hockey Forum.

In case you haven't noticed there's a thread on the football forum titled "Fire Fleck."

It's been there for nearly two years and was inspired by some people who had issues with his poor record, attention seeking, and even his hair care products.

I started this to mock the silliness of that thread, hence the "Grecian Formula" reference.

SARCASM............get it? Man, I hate when I have to explain the jokes.

For those of us who do not read the football forum, your reference was missed entirely. It only served to make you look ridiculous. Thank you for correcting that misinterpretation.

And I don't read the football forum, don't care about anything else sports related with WMU other than hockey. Thats why I read and post ONLY only on the hockey forum

If Dip (an appropriate name for him I might add) has absolutely nothing "hockey related" to contribute to the hockey forum, he should not be posting and certainly not create threads like this.

Hope the moderator is reading this.

(10-30-2014 09:08 AM)BroncoFever Wrote:  Hope the moderator is reading this.

Don't worry. He's a huge hockey fan and, unlike the other sports, reads every thread in here.

(10-30-2014 09:18 AM)moe24 Wrote:  

(10-30-2014 09:08 AM)BroncoFever Wrote:  Hope the moderator is reading this.

Don't worry. He's a huge hockey fan and, unlike the other sports, reads every thread in here.

He must be, I'm now at a 50% warning level.

(10-30-2014 09:18 AM)moe24 Wrote:  

(10-30-2014 09:08 AM)BroncoFever Wrote:  Hope the moderator is reading this.

Don't worry. He's a huge hockey fan and, unlike the other sports, reads every thread in here.

Yes, he is as big of a fan of hockey as he is of world cup soccer.

(10-30-2014 01:03 PM)texasbronco1 Wrote:  

(10-30-2014 09:18 AM)moe24 Wrote:  

(10-30-2014 09:08 AM)BroncoFever Wrote:  Hope the moderator is reading this.

Don't worry. He's a huge hockey fan and, unlike the other sports, reads every thread in here.

Yes, he is as big of a fan of hockey as he is of world cup soccer.

I can't stop singing that Ole, Ole Ole Ole.....song.

Every time WMU hockey scores I yell, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!

You know, I find it interesting reading peoples comments about Murray's defensive play and how it stifles our offense, etc...

Looking at our first year in the NCHC, WMU was 4th in 5x5 scoring GPG:

SCSU 2.31
UNO 1.93
UMD 1.92
WMU 1.89
UND 1.76
CC 1.33
Miami 1.21
DU 1.17

And where did UND finish???

And how is it that Balisy finishes 2nd in the league in points, only 1 point shy of the league leader, on a team who's power play struggled all year??? So he is getting all of his points in Murray's restrictive defensive system?

Murry's system is very capiable of producing adequate offense and forwards can be league leaders

3-7-1 overall
1-5-1 in NCHC
0-6 in Friday games

Ouch.

(10-29-2014 06:17 PM)BroncoDetroit Wrote:  Bull-crap! The NHL is not looking for two way players except on grind lines!

Like Datsyuk and Zetterberg.

(11-24-2014 01:02 PM)moe24 Wrote:  

(10-29-2014 06:17 PM)BroncoDetroit Wrote:  Bull-crap! The NHL is not looking for two way players except on grind lines!

Like Datsyuk and Zetterberg.

and Toews... and bergeron.... and kesler....

We start playing in Lawson soon, I see a good run coming from this group. Young and getting crushed by the refs, they're going to have to adjust sooner or later. They were hawking the line changes at DU like nobody's business.